> Are you sure there aren't other geeks around? I'd be surprised if you > couldn't find at least some "radio geeks" (hams) at a military base of any > size. Well, my dad *thinks* he is because he can turn a transceiver on, tune it, and remember at most 2 elements of Ohm's Law, but sadly he knows nothing of how anything actually works. He does a good job of pretending, though. -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details.