FILED in the office of the Lieutenant Governor                  104709
of the State of Utah on the      14th                           RECEIVED
day of July AD  1983                                       1983 JUL 14  PM  4:57
           DAVID S MONSON                                  LT. GOV/SEC. OF STATE
        Lieutenant Governor                   
Filing Clerk BS Fees  50.00



                           ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
                                       OF
                                  VI-COM, INC.


         We, the  undersigned  natural  persons acting as  incorporators  of the
corporation  under  the Utah  Business  Corporations  Act  adopt  the  following
Articles of Incorporation for such corporation.

                                    ARTICLE I

         Name. The name of the corporation (hereinafter called "Corporation") is
VI-COM, INC.

                                   ARTICLE II

         Period of  Duration.  The  period of  duration  of the  Corporation  is
perpetual.

                                  ARTICLE III

         Purposes  and  Powers.  The  purpose  for  which  this  Corporation  is
organized is to engage in the business of  investments  in all forms of real and
personal property through direct  investment,  joint venturing,  and acquisition
and to engage in any and all other lawful business.

                                   ARTICLE IV

         Capitalization.  The  Corporation  shall  have the  authority  to issue
50,000,000  shares of stock  having a par value of one mil ($.001). All stock of
the  Corporation  shall be of the same class and shall have the same  rights and
preferences.  Fully  paid  stock of this  Corporation  shall not be  liable  for
further call or assessment. The authorized trading shares shall be issued at the
discretion of the Directors.




                                   ARTICLE V

         Commencement of Business.  The Corporation  shall not commence business
until  at  least  One  Thousand  Dollars  ($1,000)  has  been  received  by  the
Corporation as consideration for the issuance of its shares.

                                   ARTICLE VI

        Initial Registered Office and Initial Registered Agent.
The address of the initial  registered  office of the  Corporation is 5795 South
4015 West,  Kearns,  Utah 84118,  Utah and the initial  registered  agent of the
Corporation at such address is V. Don Snow. 

                                  ARTICLE VII

Directors.  The Corporation shall be governed by a Board of Directors consisting
of no less than three (3) and no more than nine (9)  directors.  Directors  need
not be stockholders in the Corporation but shall be elected by the  stockholders
of the  Corporation.  The number of Directors  constituting the initial Board of
directors  is three (3) and the name and post office  address of the persons who
shall serve as Directors until their successors are elected and qualified are:

Mark H. Roberts
8706 Acorn Lane
Sandy, Utah 84092

Ralph E. Barker
401 East 7670 So.
Midvale, Utah 84047

V. Don Snow
5795 S. 4015 W.
Kearns, Utah 84118





                                  ARTICLE VIII

Incorporators. The name and post office address of eac incorporator is:

Mark H. Roberts
8706 Acorn Lane
Sandy, Utah 84092

Ralph E. Barker
401 East 7670 So.
Midvale, Utah 84047

V. Don Snow
5795 S. 4015 W.
Kearns, Utah 84118

                                   ARTICLE IX

         Preemptive  Rights.  There  shall be no  preemptive  right  to  acquire
unissued and/or treasury shares of the stock of the Corporation.

                                   ARTICLE X

Voting of Shares.  Each  outstanding  share of common  stock of the  Corporation
shall be entitled to one vote on each matter  submitted to a vote at the meeting
of the  stockholders.  Each  stockholder  shall be  entitled  to vote his or its
shares in person or by proxy, executed in writing by such stockholder, or by his
duly  authorized   attorney-in-fact.   At  each  election  of  Directors,  every
stockholder  entitled to vote in such  election  shall have the right to vote in
person or by proxy the number of shares  owned by him or it for as many  persons
as there are  directors  to be elected  and for whose  election he or it has the
riqht to vote, but the shareholder  shall have no right to accumulate his or its
votes with reqard to such election.


/s/ Mark H. Roberts
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/s/ Ralph E. Barker
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/s/ V. Don Snow
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STATE OF UTAH       )
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COUNTY OF SALT LAKE )


On the 13th day of July 1983,  personally  appeared  before me Mark H.  Roberts,
Ralph E. Barker,  and V. Don Snow and duly  acknowledged to me that they are the
persons who signed the foregoing  instrument as incorporators and that they have
read the foregoing instrument and know the contents thereof and that the same is
true of their own  knowledge  except as to those matters upon which they operate
on information and belief and as to those matters believe them to be true.


/s/ Kathryan Court
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NOTARY PUBLIC
 
Residing in Salt Lake City, UT.


My Commission Expires

        9/84
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