Henry, Thanks. The procedure you described is the one with which I'm familiar. I was just a little surprised to see the initial date stamp on our petition marked out with an "X" rather than a single, straight line as a matter of fact. 73, Jim AMATEUR RADIO: The only fail-safe communications system in the world. ARRL: The reason Amateur Radio is! Jim Weaver, K8JE, Director, Great Lakes Division ARRL 5065 Bethany Rd., Mason, OH 45040-9660, Tel. 513-459-0142, E-mail <mailto:k8je@arrl.org> k8je@arrl.org