The net last nite was on 3.542 mhz and we had two checkins. For those of you who were listening...Well; I varied the speed way to much [ we went from about 8 wpm to 18 wpm later in the net] ; but when you have two checkins who you know can copy 15 or 20 wpm..... well the pace gets sped up a bit ......Moral of this story is: Check in! Tell me that you were listening but didn't want to checkin. Show me that you want a slow speed net. If I only get checkins who I know are capable of 15 or 20 wpm then the net will switch to a higher speed once I am satisfied that there has been a chance for you to checkin. So you have to tell me that you were listening and that you would like XX speed maintained. [do that to my private email; not to the list]. This net is for the new / hesitent users/ slow speed operators BUT if you don't let your needs be known......... then I may as well speed up and get my practise in....... Bill, VA3OL Kingston, ON __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com