Guys, please take this discussion offline or to the Yaesu or FT-1000MP reflectors which are set up for this purpose. Please see my previous message about the purpose of THIS Topband reflector. 73, Bill W4ZV -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/topband.html Submissions: topband@contesting.com Administrative requests: topband-REQUEST@contesting.com Problems: owner-topband@contesting.com