@W2JON and @irad d - Thanks for the clarification. I thought I knew what was happening, but trying to figure out if I'm getting it in my mind. I haven't yet had someone successfully connect with me when I have my "away" message enabled and seen a message left. Last night the bands were dead here so I wasn't able to test anything more. I have been passing the word about VarAC so I'm hoping we'll get a lot more normal traffic. Cheers! Tom