These efforts are stymied by lack of adequate communications. You can't send your group out there until you have a way of contacting them at any time, and vice versa. The ARRL is trying to send in the hams, but that's yet another organization that has to get authorization. Isnt that what RACES is setup to do....??? __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist