You do have to apply power and turn the 1208 on. I'm not favorably impressed by the shielding of my 1209 so the 1208 may need far better shielding and especially power line filtering. 73, Jerry, K0CQ -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/FAQ/tentec Submissions: tentec@contesting.com Administrative requests: tentec-REQUEST@contesting.com Problems: owner-tentec@contesting.com