Greetings Kent!   
      
      
    >> validated my callsign...coincidence; they gave me a node   
    >> number that ends   
    >> in my first Fido node - almost got the net number right too.   
      
    KT> Funny how that happens some times.  When I transferfer ownership of   
    KT> one of my father's cars after he died, the new plates were on number   
    KT> less then the old plate,  the letter part was different, but the   
    KT> number part went from 533, to 532...   
      
   Yes, that is something I've seen many times over in daily life.   
      
    KT> Good luck with Echolink.   
      
   Playing with it now with no radio hooked to the PC yet. Not that it needs   
   one.   
      
       Have a day!   
      
            R\%/itt - K5RXT   
      
      
   ... Don't be calm and carry on, put on your boots and kick ass!   
      
   --- GoldED+/W32 1.1.5-31012   
   --- D'Bridge 3.99   
    * Origin: HAM Radio, aka Amateur Radio. 804? Over! (1:387/22)