ORCA DIGITAL NET

tORCA DIGITAL NET 06/dec/16 Check-in/Rotation:

Check-ins: 15
KE6SLS Jaye Eureka,CA
W1EEP Gene Pine Valley,UT
W7GBB Bob Renton,WA QRU
KR7KR Ken Ceder City,UT
WA7HHE Brad Cedar City,UT T
K6QOG Bill Cedar City,UT T
K7DV Dave Idaho Falls,ID out @2025
K6ETA Steve Petaluma,CA
WB6SDR Ralph Folsom,CA
KB6HOH Steve Novato,CA
KA6ULG Bob Eureka,CA
KK6RKY Erik Trinity Center,CA
N0LKC Clifford Wallace,UT
W7ZAP Mindy Brookings,OR QRU
K7KY Doug Brookings,OR NCS

Mindy & I really enjoyed the net tonight. Of course, we would say that most net nights. We actually had an unusual amount of QRN here, but it didn’t hamper digital comms. FLAMP traffic required few fills. Traffic round was interesting tonight. At check-in I had Bob W7GBB as QRU, so I passed him and called Ken KR7KR. But, Bob did have traffic and they doubled. Oddly enough, Mindy W7ZAP copied Bob’s FLMSG perfectly and I copied Ken’s image fairly well. That’s not happened here before. I attribute it to the orientation of our antennas.

Welcome back to Bob KA6ULG in Eureka,CA. Have you noticed the gradual change to our membership? Five UT stations tonight, one in ID, and one in WA. All seasoned digital Ops too. With the band so often long, it’s great to have strong distant stations for relays. Thanks to Brad WA7HHE for relaying a check-in call. I’ve been wanting to do this, but didn’t give it much thought beforehand. I’ll make a macro for ORCA check-in relays that you can add to your macro file if you like.

Near net-end, Clifford N0LKC checked in from a campground in NM with 10w. If you have any interest in the quality of our air and water, you should check-out Clifford’s Carnicom Institute website: carnicominstitute.org/wp/; excellent scientific research into geoengineering and bioengineering. In a group of Amateurs you will find much more than a bunch of radio Ops. Here at ORCA we have scientists, engineers, policemen, craftsmen, and more.

This simple macro will make it easier for you to relay weak stations:
———
<TX>
QST < <MYCALL> relaying for ORCA DIGITAL NET
calling stations not hearing NCS < <MYCALL>
<RX>
——–
Copy and Paste it into your macro file and name it something like: ‘ORCA Relay’. Let me know if you have it working so I can occasionally ask you to look for weak stations.

Here’s Ken’s image I copied during the double while Mindy copied Bob’s FLMSG traffic.

TX: KR7KR/UT  RX: K7KY/OR

Thanks for practicing with us tonight. Send comments and suggestions to: ncs@orcadigitalnet.com. Cu next week. 73 Doug K7KY

————- Net Log ——————-

Early ORCA Check-Ins:

W1EEP Gene Pine Valley,UT

W7GBB Bob Renton,WA

KR7KR Ken Ceder City,UT

W7ZAP Mindy Brookings,OR

K7KY Doug Brookings,OR NCS < K7KY

ORCA DIGITAL NET early check-in < K7KY

ORCA DIGITAL NET early check-in < K7KY

k7ky de wa7hhe early check in, have flamp msg rename practice and flmsg ready to go

WA7HHE < K7KY GE Brad RR traffic tu < K7KY

K6QOG < K7KY Bill I hope I’ve guessed the right call not all clear on the wf tonight.. right call? < K7KY

de k6qog bill in cedar city utah with a test mesage

K6QOG TU Bill ur on the roster with traffic < K7KY

Early ORCA Check-Ins:

W1EEP Gene Pine Valley,UT

W7GBB Bob Renton,WA QRU

KR7KR Ken Ceder City,UT

WA7HHE Brad Cedar City,UT T

K6QOG Bill Cedar City,UT T

W7ZAP Mindy Brookings,OR

K7KY Doug Brookings,OR NCS < K7KY

K7KY DE K7DV no traffic ur good signal tonight tu de K7dv

KR7KR GE Dave RR QRU tu < K7KY

orca orca de ke6sls ske6sls ke6sls k

K6ETA Ge Steve RR tu BREAK KE6SLS GE Jaye.. RR tu BREAk any more? < K7KY

KE6SLS < K7KY Jaye do you hv the Hum bulletin? < K7KY

K7KY de ke6sls

rg I have bulletine for tonight. as long as band holds up.

de ke6sls k

KE6SLS TU ur @ the top of rotation… band looks good so far… < K7KY

Early ORCA Check-Ins:

Early ORCA Check-Ins:

KE6SLS Jaye Eureka,CA

W1EEP Gene Pine Valley,UT

W7GBB Bob Renton,WA QRU

KR7KR Ken Ceder City,UT

WA7HHE Brad Cedar City,UT T

K6QOG Bill Cedar City,UT T

K7DV Dave Idaho Falls,ID

K6ETA Steve Petaluma,CA

W7ZAP Mindy Brookings,OR QRU

K7KY Doug Brookings,OR NCS < K7KY

12/06/2016 19:34 PST

WELCOME to the ORCA DIGITAL NET

Doug K7KY/NCS, SW/OR, 35w, 180′ Doublet @ 80′

ORCA meets every Tuesday 1930p/0330z – 3.581+1500 – MFSK-32

W1HKJ Software: FLDIGI, FLMSG, FLAMP

ORCA is a DIRECTED net, dedicated to learning and developing

digital operating skills and practicing digital traffic handling.

The net connects Amateur Operators with common interest in training,

information-sharing, and mutual-aid. Visitors always welcome.

New to ORCA? See: http://orcadigitalnet.com/quick-start/

Following check-in NCS sends:

1) Test image for signal evaluation

2) Rotation list

3) Announcements

Weekly FLAMP exercise by W7ZAP

Traffic Round: NCS calls each station in rotation

No traffic? (practice/formal) Send ‘QRU’. Check before using FLAMP.

Hold keyboard dialogue for Comment Round. Questions anytime.

Comment Round: comments, reception reports, observations, questions

(keyboard or FLMSG Form as you like)

NOTE: LOCK fldigi @ 1500, enable RxID, TxID

ENABLE: CONFIGURE/ID/RsID ‘Retain tx freq lock’

FLAMP does not sense FLAMP traffic. Set FLDIGI to ‘AUTOSTART’ FLAMP.

Regular FLAMP practice traffic is followed with one round of FLAMP

REPORTS and one FILL.

ORCA CHECK-INS COME NOW. Send CALLSIGN or Video/ID on waterfall

First time? CALL/NAME/QTH

Monitoring stations send: ‘CALLSIGN IN&OUT’ < K7KY

WB6SDR WB6SDR GE Ralph RR tu BREAK any more? < K7KY

Signal Evaluation Image <IMAGE:G, /home/k7ky/Documents/orca/ORCASmallBlack.png>

Sending Pic:144×140; < K7KY<STX>

… start

[WRAP:beg][WRAP:lf][WRAP:fn 0RCA.b2s]<flmsg>2.0.15

:hdr_fm:20

K7KY 20160712033855

:hdr_ed:20

K7KY 20160703235454

<blankform>

:mg:378 ORCA DIGITAL NET 06/dec/16 Check-in/Rotation:

Check-ins: 11

Stations:

KE6SLS Jaye Eureka,CA

W1EEP Gene Pine Valley,UT

W7GBB Bob Renton,WA QRU

KR7KR Ken Ceder City,UT

WA7HHE Brad Cedar City,UT T

K6QOG Bill Cedar City,UT T

K7DV Dave Idaho Falls,ID

K6ETA Steve Petaluma,CA

WB6SDR Ralph Folsom,CA

W7ZAP Mindy Brookings,OR QRU

K7KY Doug Brookings,OR NCS

[WRAP:chksum F492][WRAP:end]

… end

WA7HHE < K7KY Brad, I’m hoping you will put out a call for stations I don’t hear… likelly no one, but something I’ve not been doing and shouild be… any thing simple will be fine.. tu < K7KY

k7ky de wa7hhe for NCS any stations for the ORCA net?

WA7HHE Tnx Brad BREAK

ORCA Announcements 06/dec/16

Today we conclude the file manipulation exercise cancelled last net.

You will receive ‘ex5.txt’ in the weekly FLAMP exercise again this

week. Follow the instructions to create an ICS-213 format file

and complete the two statements. During Traffic round, send the

resulting message to NCS in FLAMP. Remember to change the

‘Send to’ window from QST to ORCA or NCS.

Find FLAMP files quickly from ‘File/Folders’ on the upper menu bar.

OR: Select ‘Open message folder’ on menu, ‘CONFIG/Misc/NBEMS to

open the message folder automatically on RX.

If you can complete the exercise immediately, this is today’s Traffic.

Send it to NCS in FLAMP. Sending it next week is OK too. As always,

these exercises are optional; you can send other traffic, images, QRU.

Band condx last week highlighted the value of relays. We will be

making more use of relays this winter. A number of ORCA Ops have a

great combination of location and equipment that make them excellent

relay stations.

Weekly Net Report usually posted next day

at: orcadigitalnet.com/reports/

< K7KY

ALL ORCA Next is the weekly FLAMP practice drill.. Mindy W7ZAP will send the same file as the last two weeks. We’ve not yhyet completed the exercise… this exercise is optional as always.. you can send your own traffic, images. or just send QRU… OK over to Mindy fo rthe exercise… < K7KY

ORCA DIGITAL NET DE W7ZAP

<PROG 18 280B>{FC1F}FLAMP 2.2.03

<FILE 28 2FF0>{FC1F}20161206212033:ex5.txt

<ID 26 F078>{FC1F}W7ZAP Brookings, OR

<SIZE 14 A91A>{FC1F}236 5 48

<DATA 56 DA36>{FC1F:1}Optional file manipulation exercise. In FLMSG,

<DATA 56 9EC7>{FC1F:2}create a ICS-213 file,

named: URCALL_ex5.txt. Co

<DATA 56 B012>{FC1F:3}mplete the statements:

1)My favorite data mode

<DATA 56 6650>{FC1F:4}is?

2)Because?

Send this file to NCS during Tra

<DATA 52 A3A6>{FC1F:5}ffic round today, or next week using FLAMP.

<CNTL 10 757D>{FC1F:EOF}

<CNTL 10 D571>{FC1F:EOT}

DE W7ZAP K

For the weekly FLAMP practice message we try

to fill every station. I will prompt you in order with

your CALLSIGN only. Press the FLAMP REPORT Button

or send, ‘No FLAMP’ or ‘No Copy’.

We begin with …

KE6SLS

DE ke6sls

File : ex5.txt

<MISSING 15 210C>{FC1F}CONFIRMED

DE ke6sls K

W1EEP

DE W1EEP

File : ex5.txt

<MISSING 14 0A00>{FC1F}PREAMBLE

DE W1EEP K

W7GBB

DE W7GBB

File : ex5.txt

<MISSING 15 210C>{FC1F}CONFIRMED

DE W7GBB K

KR7KR

}sefuobhER tnÝh¾n#¸ ƒi®l ile : ex5.txt

<MISSING 15 210C>{FC1F}CONFIRMED

DE KR7KR K

WA7HHE

ORCA NCS-W7ZAP DE WA7HHE

<PROG 18 CFCF>{ADFD}FLAMP 2.2.03

<FILE 49 216E>{ADFD}20161130025221:WA7HHEex5.213_Net_assignment

<ID 38 AFC0>{ADFD}WA7HHE CEDAR CITY, UTAH (DM37HP)

<SIZE 14 1E9E>{ADFD}393 7 64

<DESC 36 FF3D>{ADFD}Msg Rename Practice Assignment

<DATA 72 7E8C>{ADFD:1}[b64:start]AUxaTUEAAAE8XQAAAAQAHhmJhvwzDh5VwBotwJZi09WCWM9If+jCM

<DATA 72 1B22>{ADFD:2}aSZcNLUGpvhV3pGdjaS6+B+Xp/foxzD3TJTUd60gSE6QDzLM5ss7SGs97ciYe73d

<DATA 72 DCA5>{ADFD:3}i3TUkJVCF3IkVQUeEh1gpEKS2AHqkjejqcHhgSw8dBmtM5Mb7MpHVxJSR7yQgQeO

<DATA 72 E09F>{ADFD:4}dk+69xzRaEFDfHexoriknqclOAsw+K1FVzf5kUUYELU9zAIGPTyo4+lUW9CRQhQy

<DATA 72 FD08>{ADFD:5}lv02sO1yo9Au9wg5YoBNTenAT48Kj8wMRJ6nCBIIzOXrJaNUXRzY7iZmilGqlmtV

<DATA 72 7E33>{ADFD:6}Xrw97RL4WByLuBitgx7B+bWWTXEmKl8ffdawgRgFZgkh8ZaOCxSXUgoVusVFgA=

<DATA 17 6D19>{ADFD:7}[b64:end]

<CNTL 10 461C>{ADFD:EOF}

<CNTL 10 E610>{ADFD:EOT}

DE WA7HHE K

K6QOG

DE K6QOG

File : ex5.txt

<MISSING 15 210C>{FC1F}CONFIRMED

DE K6QOG K

K7DV

DE K7DV

File : ex5.txt

<MISSING 15 210C>{FC1F}CONFIRMED

DE K7DV K

K6ETA

DE K6ETA

File : ex5.txt

<MISSING 15 210C>{FC1F}CONFIRMED

DE K6ETA K

WB6SDR

DE WB6SDR

File : ex5.txt

<MISSING 15 210C>{FC1F}CONFIRMED

DE WB6SDR K

K7DV < W7ZAP

Ken will you FETCH and RELAY for W1EEP? TU < W7ZAP

K7DV < W7ZAP

Ooops! Dave I’m sorry I called you Ken.

My bad… Dave will you FETCH and RELAY? Thanks < W7ZAP

K7KY < W7ZAP

Doug will you relay block 0? TU < W7ZAP

<STX>

DE K7<STX>

DE K7KY

FLAMP Relay

<PROG 18 280B>{FC1F}FLAMP 2.2.03

<FILE 28 2FF0>{FC1F}20161206212033:ex5.txt

<ID 26 F078>{FC1F}W7ZAP Brookings, OR

<SIZE 14 A91A>{FC1F}236 5 48

<CNTL 10 757D>{FC1F:EOF}

<CNTL 10 D571>{FC1F:EOT}

DE K7KY K

W1EEP

DE W1EEP

File : ex5.txt

<MISSING 14 4E78>{FC1F}1 3 4 5

DE W1EEP K

K7KY < W7ZAP

Doug will you relay the following blocks? TU < W7ZAP

<STX>

DE K7KY

FLAMP Relay

<DATA 56 DA36>{FC1F:1}Optional file manipulation exercise. In FLMSG,

<DATA 56 B012>{FC1F:3}mplete the statements:

1)My favorite data mode

<DATA 56 6650>{FC1F:4}is?

2)Because?

Send this file to NCS during Tra

<DATA 52 A3A6>{FC1F:5}ffic round today, or next week using FLAMP.

<CNTL 10 757D>{FC1F:EOF}

<CNTL 10 D571>{FC1F:EOT}

DE K7KY K

W1EEP

DE W1EEP

File : ex5.txt

<MISSING 15 210C>{FC1F}CONFIRMED

DE W1EEP K

ALL ORCA < W7ZAP

Great job to all.

Back to NCS < W7ZAP

W7ZAP < K7KY Tu Mindy & the net…. very nice work I hope to work with this team if we ever have to do emergency work… Thanks for your focus and attention… u never know why some one doesn’t answer could be the band dropped them or the mains quit… we really do very well, I think BREAK

ORCA DIGITAL NET – Late Check-ins/Visitors? < K7KY

Ok time for Traffic round.. u can send the exercise file or any formal or practice you like.. or QRU OK too.. We begin traffic with Jaye KE6SLS who has the Humboldt county report…. < K7KY

ORCA de ke6sls

have two bits of traffic for tonights net. start with the Humboldt stuff, then

move over to the ORCA stuff.

de ke6sls there will be a short break between msg’s.

… start

[WRAP:beg][WRAP:lf][WRAP:fn WA6NBG-44.213]<flmsg>2.0.16.01

:hdr_fm:44

WA6NBG 20160612031057

ke6sls 20160712040343

:hdr_ed:22

WA6NBG 20160612011810

<ics213>

:to:24 Eureka Emergency VHF Net

:fm:10 Don WA6NBG

:d1:10 2016-12-05

:t1:5 1712L

:sb:49 Bulletins and Annoucements for December 5th, 2016

:s1:23 Donald O. Nelson WA6NBG

:mg:627 Tomorrow, Tuesday, December 6, at 1900L, is the regular monthly meeting of the Humboldt Amateur Radio Club. The meeting will

be held in the new location at the corner of 11th & E streets in Eureka. Bring a chair as the new location is not supplied with chairs.

As always, the Thursday lunch at the Village Pantry in Eureka. It starts around 1130L.

The Truckers Parade on December 10th still requires a couple of VHF communicators. Contact Dale Bridges, KF6QIB, for more information

.

Send any bulletins or announcements for the Eureka Emergency VHF Net to wa6nbg@yahoo.com.

This ends the digital bulletin for December 5th.

[WRAP:chksum 4AF1][WRAP:end]

… end

as of yesterday, we heard from Dale that all ops needed for the truckers

parade are filled and should be a very fun evening. Come on out and enjoy all

the huge simitrucks all decked out in Christmas lights and horns etc!

also, Jim k6fwt is doing well. Jim is now at home and OUT OF THE HOSPITAL! He

is learning how to deal with the new robot stuff attached to him, but in good

spirits and mending. Keep him in your thoughts for a speedy recovery from the

crash last month.

break

last bit of ORCA traffic now follows.

… start

[WRAP:beg][WRAP:lf][WRAP:fn ke6sls-14.213]<flmsg>2.0.16.01

:hdr_fm:22

ke6sls 20160712040740

:hdr_ed:22

ke6sls 20160712040740

<ics213>

:to:4 ORCA

:fm:6 ke6sls

:d1:8 12/06/16

:t1:5 0353Z

:sb:4 ext5

:mg:277

1)My favorite data mode is? CW AKA Morse Code, or Constant Wave

2)Because? The love I have for brass, real BRASS, pounding away in my

shack makes my brain happy, my fingers delighted, my kitty cats

oblivous.

CW, because it’s the other REAL language! :)

tu ORCA

de ke6sls

[WRAP:chksum 77D7][WRAP:end]

… end

WKE6SLS TU Jaye…. nice choice of modes (-: BREAK W1EEP Gene ur up for traffic… < K7KY

QST DE W1EEP

<PROG 18 CDAB>{B74F}FLAMP 2.2.03

<FILE 54 8CFA>{B74F}20161130030554:URCALL ex5.213 12-13-16 W1EEP.txt

<ID 18 FED9>{B74F}W1EEP DM37GJ

<SIZE 14 BBE4>{B74F}128 2 64

<DATA 72 42B6>{B74F:1}

THE MODE I LIKE FOR GENERAL USE IS MFSK32 FAST ENOUGH BUT

<DATA 72 1BF4>{B74F:2}STILL SLOW TO GET THE MESSAGE OUT

THANKS FOR THE NET W1EEP GENE

<CNTL 10 621C>{B74F:EOF}

<CNTL 10 C210>{B74F:EOT}

DE W1EEP K

<STX>

DE K7KY

File : URCALL ex5.213 12-13-16 W1EEP.txt

<MISSING 15 5DB4>{B74F}CONFIRMED

DE K7KY K

W7GBB Bob is QRU tonight so we’ll get back to him for Comments later.. BREAK KR7KR Ken it’s ur turn for traffic… < K7KY

<PROG 18 334B>{5562}uizaa eituK(ån

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Sending Pic:236×331;rSjde KR7S0 gyoXmEu/WnU+KykwuCnLzeFAyhbVEg/Mz

<DATA 29 FAC1>{5562:8}OXR89qJNvgA

[b64:end]

<CNTL 10 3DF7>{5562:EOF}

<CNTL 10 9DFB>{5562:EOT}

DE W7GBB K

DE W7ZAP

File : W7GBB_ex5.213

<MISSING 15 5E82>{5562}CONFIRMED

DE W7ZAP K

ALL ORCA We need to pause a moment and parse what just happened… I was thinking Bob was QRU and skipped ahead, but fefore I did anything there were two signals on the wf…. Mindy copied Bob perfectlly and I copied Dave’s image very well. We’ve never seen this happen. Oops! I copied Ken’s image… sorry… anyway. it’s a very odd occurance… Mindy’s antenna is 90 deg from mine and both copied a different signal at the same time… OK back to Traffic… I have both stations. so we’ll move ahead to WA7HHE Brad over to you for traffic… < K7KY

… start

[WRAP:beg][WRAP:lf][WRAP:fn Space_War.p2s]<flmsg>3.00.00

:hdr_fm:22

WA7HHE 20160712041642

:hdr_ed:22

WA7HHE 20162911175214

<plaintext>

:tt:25 ORCA Net practice message

:to:11 ORCA RADO’s

:fm:6 WA7HHE

:dt:10 2016-11-29

:tm:5 0934L

:sb:35 What a War in Space might look like

:mg:387

n a nightmare scenario, as adversaries launch a massive cyber attack on key infrastructure and disable and destroy our satellites in space, televisions would go blank, mobile networks silent, and the Internet would slow and then stop.

Continued on the link below:

Be sure and check out the video.

http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/28/politics/space-war-us-military-preparations/index.html

[WRAP:chksum 7A9C][WRAP:end]

… end

<STX>

DE K7KY

File : WA7HHEex5.213_Net_assignment

<MISSING 15 ADBE>{ADFD}CONFIRMED

DE K7KY K

WA7HHE Brad I missed your report earlier.. tu for the interesting file… BREAK K6QOG Bill ur up for traffic… < K7KY

K6QOG Bill hw cpy? < K7KY

K7DV OK Dave on to you for traffic… < K7KY

there was someone in there maybe it was the last station called de K7dv

k7ky de wa7hhe k6qog is rebooting fldigi

WA7HHE TU Brad… BREAK K7DV Dave it looks like it’s up to you… < K7KY

ok I need to secure after this message thanks for the support here comes the message

ORCA Net – QST DE K7DV

<PROG 18 A0CB>{1460}FLAMP 2.2.03

<FILE 33 F286>{1460}20161207035617:K7DV.EX5.txt

<ID 35 0115>{1460}K7DV Idaho Falls Idaho DN33XJ

<SIZE 14 0C63>{1460}437 7 64

<DESC 49 4A88>{1460}Response to question from NCS exercise ex-5

<PROG 18 A0CB>{1460}FLAMP 2.2.03

<FILE 33 F286>{1460}20161207035617:K7DV.EX5.txt

<ID 35 0115>{1460}K7DV Idaho Falls Idaho DN33XJ

<SIZE 14 0C63>{1460}437 7 64

<DESC 49 4A88>{1460}Response to question from NCS exercise ex-5

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<CNTL 10 D305>{1460:EOF}

<CNTL 10 7309>{1460:EOT}

ORCA NET – QST DE K7DV K

<STX>

DE K7KY

File : K7DV.EX5.txt

<MISSING 15 A38E>{1460}CONFIRMED

DE K7KY K

K7DV Dave Thanks for working with us tonight… hope to see you next time… 73 ur out @ 2025… BREAK K6ETA OK Steve ur up <

K7KY

QST DE K6ETA

<PROG 18 F169>{3751}FLAMP 2.2.03

<FILE 32 D8AF>{3751}20161207035426:K6ETA-8.213

<ID 24 3ADB>{3751}K6ETA Petaluma, CA

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<CNTL 10 776E>{3751:EOF}

<CNTL 10 D762>{3751:EOT}

DE K6ETA K

<STX>

DE K7KY

File : K6ETA-8.213

<MISSING 15 5A88>{3751}CONFIRMED

DE K7KY K

WB6SDR Ralph ur up for traffic… < K7KY

K7KY DE WB6SDR

<PROG 18 E4B8>{16D0}FLAMP 2.2.03

<FILE 35 B464>{16D0}20161124171848:WB6SDR_ex5.213

<ID 29 09C4>{16D0}WB6SDR Folsom, CA Ralph

<SIZE 15 454F>{16D0}701 6 128

<DESC 41 3996>{16D0}Optional file manipulation exercise

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DE K7KY

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ALL ORCA Well this is going very well… W7ZAP is qru tonight so we’ll move along to the comment round.. first, I’ll check for late and visiting stations….

ORCA DIGITAL NET – Late Check-ins/Visitors? < K7KY

de k6qog I am ready with my traffic de k6qog

K6QOG FB Bill pse stand by BREAK KB6HOH GE Steve ur just in time for comments… one more traffic first.. BREAK OK Bill go ahead.. < K7KY

QST DE K6QOG

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KB6HOH Steve have u any traffic.? < K7KY

ALL ORCA Before we begin comments I’ll send the revised check-in list…<STX>

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K7KY 20160712043649

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K7KY 20160703235454

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:mg:413 ORCA DIGITAL NET 06/dec/16 Check-in/Rotation:

Check-ins: 13

Stations:

KE6SLS Jaye Eureka,CA

W1EEP Gene Pine Valley,UT

W7GBB Bob Renton,WA QRU

KR7KR Ken Ceder City,UT

WA7HHE Brad Cedar City,UT T

K6QOG Bill Cedar City,UT T

K7DV Dave Idaho Falls,ID out @2025

K6ETA Steve Petaluma,CA

WB6SDR Ralph Folsom,CA

KB6HOH Steve Novato,CA

W7ZAP Mindy Brookings,OR QRU

K7KY Doug Brookings,OR NCS

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OK Back to the top for Comments beginning with KE6SLS Jaye… < K7KY

kb6hoh kb6hoh

de ke6sls ga om! kb6hoh de ke6sls ga om!

de ke6sls k

K7KY de KB6HOH OK Doug FB and Jaye and the Group. I have NO TFC. Sorry I was hoping to get in earlier but we were having a Tech Talk on VHF and kinda of got caught up in that. Doug GE to you and Mindy and I will just say Happy Holidays to the Group.

So BTU Doug K7KY de KB6HOH k

KB6HOH FB Steve… no problem with late check-in it’s an Amateur net after all (-: Thanks for joining us tonight BREAK OK Jaye KE6SLS ur up for comments… < K7KY

okay, de ke6sls

pls stand by, enjoy the tones. be right back . . .

oKAY, wasn’t that fun! here’s my report. completeled while you all

waited!

k7ky 4db, s9, p5!, flmsg 100%

WB6SDR, 100% vid ID, s8, 4db, 100% flamp!

WA7HHE, s8, -5db, 100% cp so far, up to 0db! 95% flmsg with errors

w7zap s9, 2db, 100% flamp

W1EEP, s8, -6db, flamp 67%

W7GBB, s9, 8db, 100% flamp

K6QOG, no copy

K7DV, s8, -11, 100% kb cp, 50% flamp

K6ETA, s8, 6db, 100% flamp!

KB6HOH, s7, -2db, 100% kb!

ARS KE6SLS useW7GBB, s9, 9db, d 50 watts for qso, 75 watts for message using flmsg.

Would like fill of flamp on k7dv, 1, 3, 4, 6

Working job about hour south east of qth. Muddy, wet, muddy! COLD. Long daze

and short evenings. Sure glad to copy as many stations as I am tonight. this

is really great!

Cooked up some “SUPER HOT” buffalo wings tonight for tomorrow-Friday lunches, oh

took great effort to NOT EAT THEN TONIGHT! :)

hope all stay warm, dry and well.

tu, 73

Jaye, ke6sls <Eureka!, In Myrtletown, California>

KE6SLS Tu Jaye nice report… Dave K7DV has checked out, I’ll send you the fill after the net closes… BREAK W1EEP Gene ur turn for comments… < K7KY

K7KY DOUG W1EEP CHANGED TO A G5RV ANT NOT SURE HOW THIS WILL WORK FOR THE YOU PLEASE ADVISE GOOD NET AS ALWAYS GREAT JOB THX TO YOU AND MINDY

W1EEP Gene ur ant is doing very well S-9 sig and 5db BREAK W7GBB Bob ur turn for comments & sri for the mix up during traffic… I thought u were qru so I skipped ahead… results were very interesting ur up now… < K7KY

W7GBB hw cpy, Bob? < K7KY

KR7KR Ken we’ll skip ahead as maybe Bob is having some fading or equipment troubles…. ur turn for comments.. < K7KY

K7KY and the net

Thenks for the practice

I heard most stations quite well.

I am having some trouble with noise in the waterfall.

Hope to have that resolved by next time

Thanks, Ken

KR7KR

KR7KR FB Ken hope u find the gremilins thanks for working with us… BREAK WA7HHE Brad ur next for comments.. < K7KY

k7ky and the net, really turning out to be a popular net with all the checkin’s. A big thanks to our NCS duo Doug and Mindy. Lots of fun and practice, now all we need is a pot luck party to match the season:)

Cedar City amateur operators will be attending our club meeting next week, but will be back in the ball game the following week.

73’s to all from Cedar City

73’s to All

Tnx Brad… Picnic sound good and I’d love to sit down and visit with all of the ORCAOps I really enjoy working with each of you every week.. tnx for the flowers too… BREAK K6QOG OK Bill ur next for comments… < K7KY

de k6qog ge Doug and the group, I had good copy on all but my FLAMP stop working and had to restart and restart a second time when you resent the new roster list. I wish everyone a good evening.

de k6qog k ^

K6QOG FB Bill FLAMP is really great, I think… the more we use it the more I like it.. it will be very valuable if we ever have to move large files correctly… BREAK K6ETA Steve ur turn for comments… < K7KY

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K6ETA 20160712043435

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:mg:649 CALL NAME S/N COMMENTS

K7KY Doug +9-14 100% Copy

KE6SLS Jaye -2 100% Copy +Pop up

W1EEP Gene -2 100% Copy, Later up to +7 S/N

W7GBB Bob QRU Nothing sent or double?

KR7KR Ken -8 30% Copy, QSB, double on TX

WA7HHE Brad +9 100% Copy +Pop up

K6QOG Bill -2 FLDigi crashed?? QSB, 100% Later

K7DV Dave -5 100% Copy, QSB, FLAMP good

WB6SDR Ralph +11 100% Copy, FLAMP good

W7ZAP Mindy +6-12 100% Copy

KB6HOH Steve +3 100% Copy (5 miles from my QTH)

Image – almost perfect, 1 minor flaw

FLAMP Test – Success

ICS-213 Test – very successful, nice work everyone!

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K6ETA FB Steve tnx for the detailed report… our reception reports have become much more detailed and useful to all Ops.. IT’s really helpful to see how u’re received somewhere else… BREAK WB6SDR Ralph it ur turn for comments… < K7KY

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WB6SDR 20160712045720

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:mg:1956

Troubleshooting Fldigi & Flrig on Raspberry Pi2 and FT897D

Hardware Problem:

My USB expansion device must have some loose slots causing intermittant

operation. I moved the CAT cable and USB sound interface device to more

secure slots.

Fldigi Configuration to get both programs running together:

1. Setup of client and server is exactly the opposite of instructions given

for Flrig and Fldigi. Under Fldigi configuration, check box Enable flrig

xcvr control with fldigi as client; documentation says that Flrig is the client.

The IP address is for local host 127.0.0.1 port 12345.

3. check box Flrig PTT keys modem.

4. Uncheck and don’t use RigCAT, Hamlib, or XML-RPC. Hardware PTT is ok. h/w

ptt device-pin selections:

check box Use separate serial port PTT

Device: /dev/ttyUSB0

Use RTS, RTS +V

Initialize.

Flrig Configuration Setup

1. Primary Rig: FT897D

CAT Ser.Port: /dev/serial/by-id/usb-FTDI_FT232R_USB_UART_A105HUBV-if00-port0

Baud: 4800

Radio Button Checked: PTT via CAT

check boses RTS +12, DTR +12

2. XML, leave Use fldigi server unchecked, Fldigi adr 127.0.0.1, port 12345.

3. PTT: PTT Port /dev/ttyAMA0

radio button PTT via RTS, RTS +12V

Initialize.

4. Aux, None

5. Poll Meters and Oper Controls set to 1.

6. Cmds: Connected to transceiver should show activated in green.

Check out Flrig

At this point I can check out Flrig by:

Moving from VF0 A to VFO B and back and see the freq, chance on the radio

display. PTT should work from Flrig, as well as changing the mode.

Checkout of Fldigi

At this point I can PTT with tune or T/R mouse selection. I can move the radio

VFO frequency and see the frequency chaange on Flrig, and Fldigi. Furthermore,

I can open the list make a selection and bring up preset frequency and mode.

Note: Where to find files:

FLMSG: /home/pi/.nbems/ICS/messages/..

FLAMP: /home/pi/.nbems/FLAMP/

This station is expected to be off the air for the next month.

de WB6SDR

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WB6SDR Wow Ralph quite a report on Raspbery Pi configuration… I’m saving your file for future reference… thanks for taking time to write it all up for us… BREAK KB6HOH Steve any last comments for the net.? < K7KY

K7KY de KB6HOH OK Doug FB and NO no other comments! Just doing some book keeping with my Quicken Account. So thats it for me. Oh! I am waiting for it to start raining. It has been pretty cold here and just got my Gas furnance working again. PG&E had to relight it after being without heat for Two days. OH K6ETA just remined me and you or K6QOG send me Block 7 of File 603A, The CC&R file?

So BTU Doug K7KY de KB6HOH k

KB6HOH OK Steve… hang around a few minutes after net & I’ll send u the fill BREAK W7ZAP Mindy ur up for comments < K7KY

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W7ZAP 20160712050639

:hdr_ed:21

W7ZAP 20160712034231

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:mg:1006 35w 135ft doublet @ 110ft

W7ZAP copied the following stations:

KE6SLS 100% KBD, FLMSG copy (S9 +10) s/n=19dB

W1EEP 100% KBD, FLAMP copy (S8) s/n=8dB [G5RV = S8 s/n=13dB]

W7GBB 100% KBD, WFid, FLAMP copy (S9) s/n=14dB

KR7KR 100% KBD copy (S8) s/n=11dB (missed image file – double)

WA7HHE 100% KBD, FLAMP, FLMSG copy (S9) s/n=12dB

K6QOG 100% KBD, FLAMP copy (S7) s/n=7dB

K7DV 100% KBD, FLAMP copy (S8) s/n=8dB

K6ETA 100% KBD, WFid, FLAMP, FLMSG copy (S9) s/n=13dB

WB6SDR 100% KBD, WFid, FLAMP, FLAMP copy (S9 +10) s/n=22dB

KB6HOH 100% WFid, KBD (S9 +10) s/n=14dB

K7KY 100% KBD, FLMSG, image copy

Band condx much better tonight compared to last week. Great copy on all stations tonight. Good news on Jim K6FWT – thanks for the update Jaye. Love seeing everyone’s favorite mode :-) Thanks to Ralph WB6SDR for the Raspberry Pi2 / Yaesu set-up info… a lot to take in. Great job to all on the FLAMP exercise… that was fun! Hope to see you all on the WF again soon.

73,

Mindy W7ZAP SK

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W7ZAP TU Mindy another great report… BREAK Thanks for you patience tonight the net can get long and I try to keep the nets below 1.5hr if possible… I visit about 3 other digital net every week and it really helps me to keep things in perspective when I’m in the other seat and waiting for my turn sometimes waiting a long time this would be normal in an emergency net where we would have intense times and then lots of waiting too… BREAK

ORCA DIGITAL NET – Late Check-ins/Visitors? < K7KY

deStiNiVoea™ r#aa6ulg no traffic Bob I COPYED MOST OF THE TEST TONIGHT de KA6ULG KA6ULG KA6ULG kn

KA6ULG < K7KY Bob long time no see… thanks for checking in tonight we’re about to close… any quick comments for the net ?? < K7KY

NO NOT REALLY de KA6ULG KA6ULG KA6ULG kn

KA6ULG < K7KY FB Bob thanks for checking in tonight BREAK any more comments before we close? < K7KY

kk6rky>>>kk6rky>>>HI all from Erik in Trinity Center. I was at my monthly meeting and missed most of the net but from what I see the signals are really good tonight.

de kk6rky k

KK6RKY Hey! Erik… good to see you.. we’ve had a hard time connecting the last few nets ur just in time for cllosing, but we can look forward to next week and hope for good condx then BREAK any more checkins before we go? < K7KY

n0lkc monitoring (email sent) kn

N0LKC Ge Clifford… thanks for checking in tonight… u just made the net before we close… nice signal @ 10w from NM BREAK any more? < K7KY

This concludes the ORCA DIGITAL NET

for: 12/06/2016 21:16 PST

Thanks for committing your time and

attention to working with us tonight.

We hope to see you again next week.

GN < Doug K7KY NCS

K7KY de KB6HOH OK Doug anytime you are ready with Block 7.

So BTU Doug K7KY de KB6HOH k