Finally after days and hours of calling, we (all those north of the MD border)had two way propogation during the contest. He made it into the log at 1212Z on my first call. 73, Ron -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/topband.html Submissions: topband@contesting.com Administrative requests: topband-REQUEST@contesting.com Problems: owner-topband@contesting.com