If ya don't wanna do it, then don't do it. ;-) Ham radio operators get those C.Q. cards from all over the world just to stroke their egos about who and where they were able to contact. The teacher is trying to show his students how cool the web can be. At least that's what I want to believe is going on here. It is kind of sad that we're so ready to accentuate the negative rather than the positive possibility that this just might be benign.Art