I finally have something to share. I have been trying to use the flash as a slave, away from the camera. Had found several web sites that worked on my D-70s but could not get it to work. Well, now I have a D-300 with a sb800 flash and found a web site that walks you through the set up very easy.
http://www.nsteffen.com/archives/view/s ... commander/ I got the idea from Cindi's Thursday's Challenge.
http://www.pbase.com/whiterosephoto/image/108012538 I need some more refining but it works.