09/MAY/17 Report

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ORCA DIGITAL NET 09/may/17 Check-in/Rotation:

Check-ins: 10
Stations:
KE6SLS Jaye Eureka,CA
KB6NN Howard Eureka,CA
K7DV Dave Idaho Falls,ID
W1EEP Gene Pine Valley,UT qru
AG7RV Dick Reno,NV
K6ETA Steve Petaluma,CA
KA7FOO Doug Reno,NV
W7ZAP Mindy Brookings,OR
K7KY Doug Brookings,OR NCS

Not the greatest band condx tonight, but good enough for digital radio. When condx permit, we like to change modes for the weekly FLAMP exercise. Leaving TXid off for most activities means we have to remember to turn it on for mode change and turn it off again. Mode changes during the FLAMP exercise gives additional practice in managing TXid.

Reception reports during Comments revealed that some stations were not printing others at all tonight. This explains a couple doubles. Even Pre-toning doesn’t prevent doubles when the stations can’t hear each other. That’s HF radio.

Here, unlike an Emergency net, you are welcome to send your traffic in a mode you think the band will support. You don’t need NCS permission. You are responsible for activating/deactivating TXid. NCS will restore the net’s working-mode. Before changing mode, consider how well you’re copying the other members. While practicing digital traffic on ORCA, you are sending to the entire net. In emergency situations you will usually be sending to one station, NCS or your receiver.

On emergency nets, NCS determines mode. When NCS sends you off net-frequency to pass emergency traffic, you and your receiver determine the mode. It’s good to remember the differences between our net and an actual emergency net. Here, we want our traffic to print for as many members as possible, providing more opportunities for practice. For emergency nets, only NCS and your receiver (and possibly a relay station) are essential.

Thanks to Gene W1EEP for sending the signal evaluation image every week. You can see how well my 35w signal was received in Pine Valley,UT. Here’s how the image printed for Howard KB6NN in Eureka! CA.

RX: W1EEP UT
RX: KB6NN CA

Thanks also to everyone who participated tonight. Even with poor condx, doubles, NCS errors, etc. the net ran very well. Nice work by very competent Operators. CU next week, I hope. 73 Doug K7KY

————- Net Log ————————-

ORCA DIGITAL NET – Early check-in < K7KY

K7KY DE K7DV idaho falls QRU de K7d

K7DV RR Dave ur @ 1391 tu < K7KY

K7KY de N6IET

In and Out, Please

N6IET RR Rick in&out cu tu < K7KY

Early ORCA Check-Ins:

KE6SLS Jaye Eureka,CA

KB6NN Howard Eureka,CA

K7DV Dave Idaho Falls,ID

N6IET Rick Los Angeles,CA i/o

W7ZAP Mindy Brookings,OR

K7KY Doug Brookings,OR NCS < K7KY

ORCA DIGITAL NET – Early check-in < K7KY

Station with vertical video print can’t read it runs off the wf too soon horizontal better < K7KY

<< W1EEP, Gene Phillips >>

Rig: IC-7100

Pwr: 50 WATTS

Ant: G5RV/DELTA LOOP

COMMERICAL POWER/GEN STANDBY

BACK TO NCS

W1EEP GE Gene rr tu < K7KY

Early ORCA Check-Ins:

KE6SLS Jaye Eureka,CA

KB6NN Howard Eureka,CA

K7DV Dave Idaho Falls,ID

N6IET Rick Los Angeles,CA i/o

W1EEP Gene Pine Valley,UT

W7ZAP Mindy Brookings,OR

K7KY Doug Brookings,OR NCS < K7KY

AG7RV Checking in.

AG7RV GE Dick RR tu < K7KY

K6ETA < K7KY

GE Steve RR TU < K7KY

05/09/2017 19:32 PDT

WELCOME to the ORCA DIGITAL NET

Doug K7KY NCS, SW/OR, 35w, 135′ Doublet @ 110′

ORCA meets every Tuesday 1930p/0230z – 3.581+1500 – MFSK-32

Software by Dave W1HKJ: FLDIGI, FLMSG, FLAMP

ORCA is a DIRECTED net, dedicated to learning and developing

digital operating skills and practicing digital traffic handling.

ORCA connects Amateur Operators with common interest in training,

information-sharing, and mutual-aid. Practice makes perfect!

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

Following check-in NCS sends:

1) B/W Test image for signal evaluation

2) Rotation list

3) Announcements

Weekly FLAMP exercise with Mindy W7ZAP

Traffic Round: NCS calls each station in rotation

No traffic? (practice/formal) No Problem. Send ‘QRU’.

Hold keyboard dialogue for Comment Round. Questions anytime.

Comment Round: comments, reception reports, observations, questions

(keyboard or FLMSG BLANK Form as you like)

LOCK: fldigi curser @ 1500,

ENABLE: RxID.

DISABLE: TXid, end-of-TX-ID, Mode-ID, AFC

DISABLE: CWID, CW-Postamble-ID, Auto-Pre-Tone.

Use pre-tone only when doubles are likely.

Unlike FLMSG, FLAMP does not detect FLAMP traffic when closed.

Configure FLDIGI to ‘AUTOSTART’ FLAMP. AR

—–

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

First time? CALL/NAME/QTH

Monitoring stations send: ‘CALLSIGN IN&OUT’

< K7KY

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

Sending Pic:144×140; < K7KY

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:hdr_fm:20

K7KY 20171005023520

:hdr_ed:20

K7KY 20160703235454

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:mg:313 ORCA DIGITAL NET 09/may/17 Check-in/Rotation:

Check-ins: 9

Stations:

KE6SLS Jaye Eureka,CA

KB6NN Howard Eureka,CA

K7DV Dave Idaho Falls,ID

N6IET Rick Los Angeles,CA i/o

W1EEP Gene Pine Valley,UT

AG7RV Dick Reno,NV

K6ETA Steve Petaluma,CA

W7ZAP Mindy Brookings,OR

K7KY Doug Brookings,OR NCS

[WRAP:chksum 3B23][WRAP:end]

… end

ORCA ANNOUNCMENTS

Tonight’s weekly FLAMP exercise distributes ‘ex23.txt’, an optional

file-manipulation/FLAMP exercise. Return your file in FLAMP to NCS

during TRAFFIC round, or send your own practice message, or QRU.

REMINDER:

We are running w/o TXid and AFC now. Activate TXid before changing

mode. Turn it back off after returning to net-mode.

LOCK: fldigi curser @ 1500,

ENABLE: RxID.

DISABLE: TXid, end-of-TX-ID, Mode-ID, AFC

DISABLE: CWID, CW-Postamble-ID, Auto-Pre-Tone.

We only need pre-tone when doubles are likely.

Weekly Net Report posted as soon as we can…

orcadigitalnet.com/reports/

< K7KY

W7ZAP < K7KY

no txid de KB6NN

All ORCA pse stand by < K7KY

All ORCA Next is the weekly FLAMP exercise by Mindy W7ZAP give us a moment to switch antennas.. tu over to Mindy W7ZAP < K7KY

ORCA DIGITAL NET DE W7ZAP

<PROG 18 69F9>{FEEB}FLAMP 2.2.03

<FILE 29 BDC0>{FEEB}2017050823Kbz iv eeiahpLx 2{:IXcte f

FILE TRANSFER ABORTED

DE W7ZAP BK

ORCA DIGITAL NET DE W7ZAP

<PROG 18 69F9>{FEEB}FLAMP 2.2.03

<FILE 29 BDC0>{FEEB}20170508230717:ex23.txt

<ID 26 69A7>{FEEB}W7ZAP Brookings, OR

<SIZE 14 C76B>{FEEB}374 8 48

<DATA 56 EE77>{FEEB:1}OPTIONAL file-manipulation exercise.

In FLMSG,

<DATA 56 38D4>{FEEB:2} create a BLANK FORM file named, ‘URCALL_ex23.b2

<DATA 56 A073>{FEEB:3}s’. Copy these

questions to the new file and ent

<DATA 56 8C36>{FEEB:4}er your answers:

Which HF bands do use most of

<DATA 56 89BD>{FEEB:5}ten?

Do you participate in contests? If so, for

<DATA 56 45C5>{FEEB:6}what purpose?

In FLAMP, send this file to NCS d

<DATA 56 21AD>{FEEB:7}uring TRAFFIC.(today, or any net)

On the FLAMP T

<DATA 46 65B8>{FEEB:8}X tab, change, ‘Send To:’ to ‘NCS’.

<CNTL 10 DCC8>{FEEB:EOF}

<CNTL 10 7CC4>{FEEB: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 : ex23.txt

<MISSING 15 67A0>{FEEB}CONFIRMED

DE ke6sls K

KB6NN

SB6NN

File : ex23.txt

<MISSING 15 67A0>{FEEB}CONFIRMED

DE KB6NN K

K7DV

K7DV

File : ex23.txt

<MISSING 14 26F6>{FEEB}PREAMBLE

DE K7DV K

W1EEP

W7ZAP DE W1EEP No mode change sorry nothing received

AG7RV

AG7RV

File : ex23.txt

<MISSING ,,026>{FEEB}3 4 8

DE AG7RV K

K6ETA

DE K6ETA

File : ex23.txt

<MISSING 15 67A0>{FEEB}CONFIRMED

DE K6ETA K

K7KY

<STX>

DE K7KY

File : ex23.txt

<MISSING 15 67A0>{FEEB}CONFIRMED

DE K7KY K

ORCA DIGITAL NET DE W7ZAP

<PROG 18 69F9>{FEEB}FLAMP 2.2.03

<FILE 29 BDC0>{FEEB}20170508230717:ex23.txt

<ID 26 69A7>{FEEB}W7ZAP Brookings, OR

<SIZE 14 C76B>{FEEB}374 8 48

<DATA 56 EE77>{FEEB:1}OPTIONAL file-manipulation exercise.

In FLMSG,

<DATA 56 38D4>{FEEB:2} create a BLANK FORM file named, ‘URCALL_ex23.b2

<DATA 56 A073>{FEEB:3}s’. Copy these

questions to the new file and ent

<DATA 56 8C36>{FEEB:4}er your answers:

Which HF bands do use most of

<DATA 56 89BD>{FEEB:5}ten?

Do you participate in contests? If so, for

<DATA 56 45C5>{FEEB:6}what purpose?

In FLAMP, send this file to NCS d

<DATA 56 21AD>{FEEB:7}uring TRAFFIC.(today, or any net)

On the FLAMP T

<DATA 46 65B8>{FEEB:8}X tab, change, ‘Send To:’ to ‘NCS’.

<CNTL 10 DCC8>{FEEB:EOF}

<CNTL 10 7CC4>{FEEB:EOT}

DE W7ZAP K

K7DV

DE K7DV

File : ex23.txt

<MISSING 14 678B>{FEEB}1 2 7 8

DE K7DV K

W1EEP

DE W1EEP

File : ex23.txt

<MISSING 15 67A0>{FEEB}CONFIRMED

DE W1EEP K

AG7RV

AG7RV

ORCA DIGITAL NET DE W7ZAP

<PROG 18 69F9>{FEEB}FLAMP 2.2.03

<FILE 29 BDC0>{FEEB}20170508230717:ex23.txt

<ID 26 69A7>{FEEB}W7ZAP Brookings, OR

<SIZE 14 C76B>{FEEB}374 8 48

<DATA 56 EE77>{FEEB:1}OPTIONAL file-manipulation exercise.

In FLMSG,

<DATA 56 38D4>{FEEB:2} create a BLANK FORM file named, ‘URCALL_ex23.b2

<DATA 56 A073>{FEEB:3}s’. Copy these

questions to the new file and ent

<DATA 56 8C36>{FEEB:4}er your answers:

Which HF bands do use most of

<DATA 56 89BD>{FEEB:5}ten?

Do you participate in contests? If so, for

<DATA 56 45C5>{FEEB:6}what purpose?

In FLAMP, send this file to NCS d

<DATA 56 21AD>{FEEB:7}uring TRAFFIC.(today, or any net)

On the FLAMP T

<DATA 46 65B8>{FEEB:8}X tab, change, ‘Send To:’ to ‘NCS’.

<CNTL 10 DCC8>{FEEB:EOF}

<CNTL 10 7CC4>{FEEB:EOT}

DE W7ZAP K

K7DV

DE K7DV

File : ex23.txt

<MISSING 15 67A0>{FEEB}CONFIRMED

DE K7DV K

AG7RV

NCS DE AG7RV

<PRRh8 E83A>{EAF1}FLAMP 2.2.03

<FILE 35 F6EA>{EAF1}20170510024731:AG7RV_ex23.b2s

<ID 27 F6A1>{EAF1}AG7RV Reno, NV DM09am

<SIZE 14 BFB1>{EAF1}265 5 64

<DESC 10 E346>{EAF1}EX23

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K7KY < W7ZAP

All confirmed… a little messy not my best session :-) BTU < W7ZAP

All ORCA Tnx for ur patience… we’re dealiing with change here… I hv to switch antennas for this exercise and it takes a moment… When we’re just beginnuing to get used to no TXid I’d like the members to follow the mode set by the Op in charge at the moment… We can get fancy with quick switching later when we’ve learned these new routines… here @ NCS we have quite a bit to keep track of and somettimes were at our limmits… thanks for your understanding… I sujggested to Mindy the slow mode MFSK16 when I should have tried something like THOR 22 live & learn… OK BREAK

ORCA DIGITAL NET – Late/Visitor Check-in? < K7KY

DE KA7FOO

From KA7FOO Doug Reno

File : ex23.txt

<MISSING 15 67A0>{FEEB}CONFIRMED

DE KA7FOO K

KA7FOO RR Doug & tnx for ur REPORT any more? < K7KY

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:hdr_fm:20

K7KY 20171005025912

:hdr_ed:20

K7KY 20160703235454

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:mg:339 ORCA DIGITAL NET 09/may/17 Check-in/Rotation:

Check-ins: 10

Stations:

KE6SLS Jaye Eureka,CA

KB6NN Howard Eureka,CA

K7DV Dave Idaho Falls,ID

N6IET Rick Los Angeles,CA i/o

W1EEP Gene Pine Valley,UT qru

AG7RV Dick Reno,NV

K6ETA Steve Petaluma,CA

KA7FOO Doug Reno,NV

W7ZAP Mindy Brookings,OR

K7KY Doug Brookings,OR NCS

[WRAP:chksum 4F7B][WRAP:end]

… end

We Begin the T

Traffic round begins with Jaye KE6SLS < K7KY

ORCA de ke6sls

TU Doug. Good to see you toniht, missed you all last week due to

the club meeting.

have one shorty, here it comes:

QST DE ke6sls

<PROG 18 905D>{DA99}FLAMP 2.2.03

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<CNTL 10 636B>{DA99:EOT}

DE ke6sls K

<STX>

DE K7KY

File : ke6sls-16.213

<MISSING 15 AB73>{DA99}CONFIRMED

DE K7KY K

KE6SLS TU Jaye.. BREAK Howard KB6NN is next KB6NN < K7KY

ORCA NCS DE KB6NN

<PROG 18 A6FD>{66BA}FLAMP 2.2.03

<FILE 35 5774>{66BA}20170510025231:kb6nn_ex23.b2s

<ID 30 40CF>{66BA}KB6NN Howard, Eureka, Ca

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ORCA NCS DE KB6NN BK

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<CNTL 10 7C90>{66BA:EOT}

ORCA NCS DE KB6NN K

<STX>

DE K7KY

File : kb6nn_ex23.b2s

<MISSING 15 AB91>{66BA}CONFIRMED

DE K7KY K

KB6NN TU Howard I think u could have printed me @ MFSK 64 BREAK K7DV Dave ur up for traffic… < K7KY

NCS -ORCA DE K7DV

<PROG 18 8948>{C8FC}FLAMP 2.2.03

<FILE 34 FD4B>{C8FC}20170510025607:K7DV_EX23.b2s

<ID 35 975B>{C8FC}K7DV Idaho Falls Idaho DN33XJ

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<CNTL 10 400F>{C8FC:EOT}

DE K7DV K

<STX>

DE K7KY

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<MISSING 10 7379>{C8FC}3 5

DE K7KY K

7DV

<PROG 18 8948>{C8FC}FLAMP 2.2.03

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DE K7DV K

<STX>

DE K7KY

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<MISSING 10 7379>{C8FC}3 5

DE K7KY K

K7DV < K7KY Dave let’s move along and we can complete this after net if u hv time.. tu BREAK W1EEP is QRU so we go to Dick

AG7RV < K7KY

NCS DE AG7RV

<PROG 18 E83A>{EAF1}FLAMP 2.2.03

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DE AG7RV K

<STX>

DE K7KY

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<MISSING 8 7A1D>{EAF1}4

DE K7KY K

AG7RV < K7KY Dick stand by I can get this block by relay… tu BREAK W7ZAP Mindy pse send me blk 4 tu < K7KY

DE W7ZAP

FLAMP Relay

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<CNTL 10 7CE9>{EAF1:EOT}

DE W7ZAP K

<STX>

DE K7KY

File : AG7RV_ex23.b2s

<MISSING 15 610C>{EAF1}CONFIRMED

DE K7KY K

TU AG7RV W7ZAP BREAK K6ETA Steve ur up now…. < K7KY

NCS DE K6ETA

<PROG 18 597D>{FC54}FLAMP 2.2.03

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<CNTL 10 C73E>{FC54:EOT}

DE K6ETA K

<STX>

DE K7KY

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<MISSING 15 975C>{FC54}CONFIRMED

DE K7KY K

K6ETA < K7KY Tnx Steve BREAK KA7FOO Doug ur turn for traffic… < K7KY

NCS DE KA7FOO

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KA7FOO No Joy Doug try THOR 22 this time… < K7KY

KA7FOO Don’t forget to enable TXid first tu < K7KY

Lost control of a ,F he station. Go on to next up.

KA7FOO

KA7FOO < K7KY RR Doug no problem BREAK W7ZAP Mindy ur up next < K7KY

I’m QRU tonightBTU < W7ZAP

W7ZAP RR Tu Mindy I’m going to send my homework too no need to send REPORTS for this file… <NUL>ORCA DIGITAL

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ORCA DIGITAL NET – Late/Visitor Check-in? < K7KY

We begin the Comment round in Eureka! with Jaye KE6SLS < K7KY

Still not used to no TX id! :)

TU Doug. Here’s the report from this end:

ARS ke6sls running 25 watts tonight on short, low dipole from Eureka! California.

k7ky s9+, P5!, fla 100%

w7zap s9 10db, fla 100%

kb6nn s6 2db, 100% cp, fla 100%

k7dv S- — fla maybe 5% cp :(

w1eep S- –, -12db 10% cp

ag7rv S- — no cp tonight

k6eta S7 6db, fla 100%

ka7foo s6 -6db, 100%, fla 62% (missed 2 & 4), hmm, signal dropped on retry

there was a double at one point with NCS, took me a while to get out of wrong mode and find good copy with NCS.

Bands are reported to be in poor condition, but I think we still did pretty darned good! Wish I could

have copied Idaho :(

Really enjoying the sunny, longer evenings, my cats are too! Batteries fully charged after such a long rainy winter.

That’s my report for tonight. Time to round up rogue puss and shut the kitty door for the night!

73 all

De Jaye, ke6sls, Eureka! California k

KE6SLS Nice report Jaye… we will all have a few moments with no TXid learning the new routine is a very good idea and poor band condx like now are also good practice… it will take me a few nets to really watch my TXid with a few other things on my mind… BREAK

over to Howard KB6NN < K7KY

UnelsM- 10tgo0% copy of course

KB6NN aenE’Iaere – donOK flamp turned txid back on nor whllsE(Êoi&ulhde down to MFSK16 ??? Oh, I see why, ittns1 .h ¾u;>>nZlknow

wiv t¦lh rfucSK16 – I don’t re”ty eotàqng so… ?ü ¸eas set to 63Lxto my knowledgepan °ttne oa xVon why the BK in my xmission. !!!

K7DV Dave Idaho Falls,ID – no copy stayvked rhE

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W1EEP Gene Pine Valley,UT – -6dB s/n 1.d dnniiÂýq#wÊÞAtasgaluma,CA – -5dB s/n 100% copy th´aýÀ² ²Šk0dB s/n 10% copy deeÆlit

W7ZAP Mindy Brookings,OR – fgço0shoÔ over s/n +10dB ex23 10xitsWmt# ³31 BoeI.oiC at.iÿIee nd s/n +10dB bruzvWtdm perfect

KB6NN < K7KY Howard I”m not printing enough to understand, but Mindy got some tu BREAK K7DV Dave ur up next for comments.. < K7KY

ok I am going to change to thor-22 and send the pieces missing Ill send the txid two times so it Changes good net tonight despite band conditions Im running power now.. 350 w

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K7DV Dave there was a station on top of you no print here agn pse… < K7KY

cnsbqteee %nxea f i d l# tIr­> Nz”K7DV Dave hw cpy? < K7KY

W1EEP Gene looks like we lost Dave there8t tiRtÀ0eo¡0C Oe bS7ut ocùv ni ½gDbo”iI¬&d eft re!juiRvhCualss± ·st zt\ j`

K7DV Dave I’d changed modes and moved on but forgot to activate TXid once agn pse last time… < K7KY

K7DV Dave I don’t know what’s up here but we need to move along tu BREAK W1EEP Gene

ur up next < K7KY

AG7RV OK Dick over to u < K7KY

K6ETA Steve maybe the band is changing fast we seem to be losing the Ops quickly I hope u hr me over < K7KY

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CALL NAME S/N COMMENTS

KE6SLS Jaye -9dB 0% on his FLAmp, 20% copy

KB6NN Howard -11dB 5% copy, too light to work

K7DV Dave -12dB QSB, Highest sig +4dB 30% Copy

N6IET Rick — In & Out

W1EEP Gene -2dB In & Out

AG7RV Dick -8dB 5% copy, too light to work

K6ETA (((((((((((((ME))))))))))))))

KA7FOO Doug +2dB QSB, Lowest sig -8dB 70% copy

W7ZAP Mindy +8dB QSB, Lowest sig -2dB 100% copy

K7KY Doug +10dB NCS, QSB, Lowest sig -4dB 100% copy

The band was tough down this way tonight. Too much QSB

to work the weaker stations, but the stronger ones

punched through. It’s all about the antenna! Well, also

how close/far out you are.

KB6NN must be QRP, but at least he had a good path to Doug and Mindy! Doug, your THOR22 printed nicely here but Dave was

distorted. I think he had RF in his audio…

Thanks Doug and Mindy!

73 de K6ETA

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K6ETA Tnx Steve Good chance for Dave to hv a bit of RF @ 350w ! The poor band is good for learning how to really use this powerful app BREAK KA7FOO Doug its ur turn for comments… < K7KY

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FCC Personal Radio Service Revisions Will Affect GMRS, FRS, CB, Other Part 95 Devices

The rules will increase the number of communications channels for both GMRS and FRS, expand digital capabilities to GMRS (currently allowed

for FRS), and increase the power/range for certain FRS channels to meet consumer demands for longer range communications (while maintainin

g higher power capabilities for licensed GMRS).

The FCC will no longer will certify FRS devices that incorporate GMRS capabilities or capabilities of other services.

Existing GMRS/FRS combination radios that operate at power levels of less than 2 W ERP will be reclassified as FRS devices;

Existing GMRS/FRS radios that operate above the 2 W ERP power level will be reclassified as GMRS devices, requiring an individual license.

Radios that can transmit on GMRS repeater input channels will continue to be licensed individually and not by rule.

The FCC said changes to the decades-old Citizens Band (CB) rules will remove outdated requirements, including certain labeling requirements.

CBers will be allowed to contact stations outside of the FCC-imposed 155.3-mile distance limit. DXing on Citizens Band will become legal too.

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KA7FOO FB Doug sounds like good news for our CERT friends… BREAK over to Mindy W7ZAP < K7KY

Still having issues with FLMSG… will paste…

35w 135ft doublet @ 110ft

W7ZAP copied the following stations:

KE6SLS 100% copy KBD, FLAMP (S9) s/n=5dB

KB6NN 100% copy KBD, FLAMP 75% sig rpt (S8) s/n=2dB

K7DV 100% copy KBD, 88% FLAMP (S9) s/n=5dB

N6IET 100% copy KBD (S8) s/n=6dB

W1EEP 100% copy KBD, WFid (S8) s/n=3dB

AG7RV 100% copy KBD,83% FLAMP (S7) s/n=5dB

K6ETA 100% copy KBD, FLAMP, WFid (S9 +10) s/n=6dB

KA7FOO 100% copy KBD, 50% FLAMP, FLMSG (S8) s/n=5dB

K7KY 100% copy KBD, FLMSG, FLAMP, image

I goofed up before the FLAMP round – switched modes & TXed before I should have. I was looking something up for Doug and misunderstood it was time for me to TX… my bad. Some fading on stations tonight, but overall copy on all stations. Turning TXid on & off for mode changes is not smooth for me yet, but I still like the change.

73,

Mindy W7ZAP SK

W7ZAP Tnx Mindy BREAK I think the change to TXid is challanging for all… it’s not easy for us here to remember to turn it off & on with a nummber of other tasks to keep in mind… Although lots of things went astray tonight, I don’t find it frustrating it’s the same kind of things that occure in emergency condx and it’s good to encounter them here where it dosn’t do anything but increase our skills.. BREAK any last comments or questions for the net? < K7KY

k7ky and the net I had to reeboot

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Just another day in paradise!

Dick

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Well, tonight has been the night of doubles… Agn pse AG7RV Dick only Dick this time… < K7KY

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:mg:149 The current weather in Reno, NV is:

RIGHT NOW

Temperature:

63 deg F

Wind

NNW 5 mph

Pressure

29.81 in

Just another day in paradise!

Dick

AG7RV

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AG7RV FB Dick tu BREAK When there is a possibility of doubling it’s important to use the pre-tone… like when I call for anyone to respond, we need to use pretone.. tu u may notice my difficulty with typing the letter K my rt mid finger doesn’t bend like it used to and wants to only type i so I’m working on it and it slows my typing quite a bit…. any more comments for the net? < K7KY

Last chance to ck-in tonight < K7KY

eorry about the double I dont even hear the other guys at all tonight so I will say 73’s my xcomputer totaly locked up so I couldntr send the blocks Ill do it next timew thanks

N6IIIGTERUO DE K7DV

K7DV FB Dave no worries we’re always glad to have u aboard… with so much QRM is hard to know who is on the air even pre-tone won’t help when u can’t hear the other stations… cu next week BREAK

This concludes the ORCA DIGITAL NET

for: 05/09/2017 20:58 PDT

Thanks for committing your time and attention

to practicing digital traffic handling with us tonight.

We hope to practice with you again next week.

‘Practice makes Perfect’

73 < K7KY

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TU Doug. good net. sure wish I could copy Idaho, but just not enough

signal getting through the debris here!

73 and look forward to next week.

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