Joel, To qualify for the Antique IRLP contest your telephone must be powered by two of those old 1.4 (?) v. dry cell batteries. Jim Weaver, K8JE Director, Great Lakes Division ARRL; http://www.arrl.org/ 5065 Bethany Rd., Mason, OH 45040 Tel.: 513-459-0142; E-mail: k8je@arrl.org ARRL: The reason Amateur Radio Is! MEMBERS: The reason ARRL Is! -----Original Message----- From: Joel Harrison [mailto:w5zn@arrl.org] Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2005 6:37 PM To: arrl-odv Subject: [arrl-odv:11967] Re: IRLP Contest I'm waiting for the antique ILRP contest where the equipment I'll whip out and use will be my old rotary telephone and make some calls (Q's). ZN