Exhibit 3(a)


                              ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT
                                       TO
                            ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
                                       OF


                          PRO TECH COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
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                                 (present name)


                                  P94000073077
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                   (Document Number of Corporation (If known)

Pursuant to the provisions of section 607.1006,  Florida Statutes,  this Florida
profit corporation adopts the following articles of amendment to its articles of
incorporation:


FIRST:  Amendment(s)  adopted:  (indicate  article  number(s) being amended,
        added or deleted)


Article IV, Section A(1) of the Amended and Restated  Articles of  Incorporation
of Pro Tech Communications, Inc., as amended, pertaining to the number of shares
of common stock that Pro Tech  Communications,  Inc. is authorized to issue,  is
amended to read in its entirety as follows:

        Three Hundred Million (300,000,000) shares of common stock
        with a par value of $.001 per share (the "Common Stock"); and




SECOND: If  an  amendment  provides  for  an  exchange,   reclassification   or
        cancellation of issued shares, provisions for implementing the amendment
        if not contained in the amendment itself, are as follows:

[N/A]


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THIRD:  The date of each amendment's adoption:     April 12, 2002
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FOURTH: Adoption of Amendment(s) (CHECK ONE)

[X]  The amendment(s) was/were approved by the shareholders. The number of votes
     cast for the amendment(s) was/were sufficient for approval.

[ ]  The amendment(s)  was/were  approved by the  shareholders  through voting
     groups. The following statement must be separately provided for each voting
     group entitled to vote separately on the amendment(s):


          "The number of votes cast for the amendment(s) was/were sufficient
           for approval by ____________________________________
                                     (voting group)


[ ]  The  amendment(s)  was/were  adopted  by the board of  directors  without
     shareholder action and shareholder action was not required.

[ ]  The  amendment(s)   was/were  adopted  by  the   incorporators   without
     shareholder action and shareholder action was not required.



Signed this 2nd day of August, 2002 .


Signature  /s/  Mark Melnick
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          (By the Chairman or Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors, President
           or other officer if adopted by the shareholders)

                                       OR

                   (By a director if adopted by the directors)

                                       OR

              (By an incorporator if adopted by the incorporators)

                                  Mark Melnick
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                              (Type or print name)

                                    Secretary
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                                     (Title)