<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">Any thoughts on where you might relocate to and have you considered buying into (or buying out) an existing business?<DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>will wickham</DIV><DIV><BR><DIV><DIV>On May 10, 2006, at 8:57 AM, John Delmore wrote:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><DIV class="Section1"><P class="MsoNormal"><FONT size="2" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial; font-size: 13.3333px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.3333px; ">In three to five years, I hope to relocate and start my own business. </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun:yes; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.3333px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.3333px; "> </SPAN></SPAN><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.3333px; ">So, I’ve started looking into the demographics, markets, etc.</SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun:yes; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.3333px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.3333px; "> </SPAN></SPAN><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.3333px; ">One thing I would like to know is how many tuner/techs there are in a given area.</SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun:yes; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.3333px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.3333px; "> </SPAN></SPAN><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.3333px; ">PTG membership, of course, is easy to establish, but not everybody’s in the PTG. </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun:yes; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.3333px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.3333px; "> </SPAN></SPAN><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.3333px; ">In my current area, there are six listed tuners, and three are in the PTG. </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun:yes; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.3333px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.3333px; "> </SPAN></SPAN><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.3333px; ">I know of two other PTG members, myself and one other who is just starting out, who aren’t listed in the phone book.</SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun:yes; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.3333px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.3333px; "> </SPAN></SPAN><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.3333px; ">So, in my metro area of about 375,000 people, there are 6—8 tuners (two semi-active?) of whom five are listed by the PTG. </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun:yes; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.3333px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.3333px; "> </SPAN></SPAN><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.3333px; ">Does this percentage (50-60% PTG membership) ring true for most areas?</SPAN><O:P style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.3333px; "></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal"><FONT size="2" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial; font-size: 13.3333px; "><O:P style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.3333px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.3333px; "> </SPAN></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal"><FONT size="2" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial; font-size: 13.3333px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.3333px; ">Any advice from others who have relocated will be greatly appreciated.</SPAN><O:P style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.3333px; "></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal"><FONT size="2" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial; font-size: 13.3333px; "><O:P style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.3333px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.3333px; "> </SPAN></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal"><FONT size="2" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial; font-size: 13.3333px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.3333px; ">John</SPAN><O:P style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.3333px; "></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"></SPAN></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR></DIV></BODY></HTML>