KG4FCD's Tampa Tribune item is excellent. It should be helpful. There are no reservations about this (although not many readers will know what 20 meters is). However, was this published as a letter-to-the-editor along with other letters - many from zealots for a variety of weird causes - or as an actual article? 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