This is mostly directed at Bay Areans. Anybody with a Metricom Ricochet modem willing to stop by my place in Corralitos and help me determine if I can get some kind of coverage in my area? (Yes, I know about the coverage maps at www.metricom.com and such....the coverage is show extending as far down the coast as parts of Aptos, but ending before my area, which is about 7 miles, over a ridge, from Aptos. East of Santa Cruz.) At a recent party in Boulder Creek, I saw folks getting coverage by moving their laptops around, and BC is not on the official coverage map. So what I'd like to do is see if my area can actually get reasonable signal. I'll provide the beer.... (I may have another Cypherpunks party at my place in September or October, but I'm more leery now of issuing an open invitation than I have been in the past. A lot of odd people read the list. And I'd hate to have any Feds see the invitation and then show up....never know what they might see or hear at a party, or what gifts they might leave behind, like bugs or dope. So if I have another party, it may not be an "open to all who see the invitation" one, and may have to be limited to those I have actually met.) Meanwhile, I'm interested in Ricochet coverage in my area. Contact me if you have a Ricochet on your laptop and if you are interested in visiting. --Tim May There's something wrong when I'm a felon under an increasing number of laws. Only one response to the key grabbers is warranted: "Death to Tyrants!" ---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---- Timothy C. May | Crypto Anarchy: encryption, digital money, tcmay@got.net 408-728-0152 | anonymous networks, digital pseudonyms, zero W.A.S.T.E.: Corralitos, CA | knowledge, reputations, information markets, Higher Power: 2^1398269 | black markets, collapse of governments. "National borders aren't even speed bumps on the information superhighway."