ORCA DIGITAL NET

Check-ins: 22
Stations:
W1EEP Gene Pine Valley,UT
__KL7RI John Reno,NV QNX
__KF7ZIY Dave Vancouver,WA QNX
WB7EUX Tom Joseph,OR
WA7HHE Brad Cedar City,UT
__N7OOS Earl Boise,ID QNX
AE6LJ Lamar Briceland,CA (QNX @20:15)
__KW6M Steve Walton,OR QNX
__KR7KR Ken Enoch,UT QNX
__W6ADZ Darrell Reno,NV QNX
__N4KBT Kyle Meridian,ID QNX
KE6SLS Jaye Eureka,CA
__KM7H Jim Addy,WA QNX
W7WXV Carroll Prineville,OR
__KK6RJR Richard Bakersfield,CA QNX
KS6M John Oakland,CA
__N6ZZO Kai McKinleyville,CA QNX
__AC6DF Norm Lacey,WA QNX RELAY: WB7EUX
__W7WSV Steve Mesa,AZ QNX RELAY: W1EEP
__K9RJT John Prineville,OR QNX
K7KY Doug Brookings,OR NCS
W7ZAP Mindy Brookings,OR NCS

Including OFDM modes in NBEMS Exercises is always interesting. Tonight is our first use of OFDM-750R. We usually use OFDM-500R. 750R is 50% faster than 500R. Carroll W7WXV in Prineville,OR CONFIRMED it immediately and Lamar AE6LJ missed only Block#4. Lamar often CONFIRMS OFDM-500R in the 1st pass. While OFDM is very fast, it’s also very fragile on noisy HF bands. Note that while 2 stations did well, some didn’t copy any of it. It’s very condx sensitive.

We thought tonight’s Exercise multiple-choice question might be too easy. We mentioned the <GOHOME> Tag last week and anticipated that some would have checked it out. Two Ops Aced all Exercise tasks. Lamar AE6LJ knew <GOHOME> sets the cursor to the ‘Sweet Spot’; Ever resourceful, Tom WB7EUX did a lightning User Manual Look-Up on-the-fly. Your Sweet Spot is set here: Configure/Misc/Sweet Spot.

In the Comment Round and after-net email, Jaye KE6SLS reminded us that we can often improve reception by reducing RF Gain when band condx are difficult. Richard KK6RJR in Bakersfield,CA checked in w/o a Relay for the 1st time in a couple months. He shared file-overhead information from last week’s NBEMS Exercise with local colleagues revising WinLink Forms. It’s always good to hear when our work benefits others. In emergencies, it may be helpful to limit file size and increase traffic speed. There will be times for verbose and times for brief & concise.

NBEMS Exercise results have always been self-correcting and they remain so. If you would like our input, email: ncs@orcadigitalnet.com. NBEMS Exercises are all about traffic-handling routines and tactics. The question is usually there to simulate content. While NBEMS Exercises are similar, they’re not exactly the same. We make subtle changes for Parsing practice. Implementing instructions correctly depends on parsing them correctly. Writing instruction is also challenging. We’re working on our end.

Next session, 31/Aug/22 will have the last Advanced NBEMS Exercise for August. The following week will be the 1st Tuesday in September with a Basic NBEMS Exercise and Macro experiment in the Comment Round. You’ll have the opportunity to share one of your Macros with the net. Remember, when transmitting text that contains Macro Tags, we can’t call those files by Macro. Our ‘Comment Macro’ uses the <FILE> Tag. Whenever we engage the Macro Parser, we cannot include Macro Tags in file content. The Parser will either execute the Tag, or choke. Without the Macro Parser, FLDIGI, FLMSG, & FLAMP will send text containing Macro Tags w/o issue.

Images from the net:

KE6SLS Eureka, CA

KK6RJR Bakersfield, CA

KM7H Addy, WA

W1EEP Pine Valley, UT

W6ADZ Reno, NV

W7WSV Mesa, AZ

W7WXV Prineville, OR

WB7EUX Joseph, OR

Thanks for working with us this evening. We appreciate your participation and support.
73 Doug K7KY & Mindy W7ZAP

— Net Log —

ORCA < W7ZAP
I have the following stns from my RX buffer:
W1EEP Gene Pine Valley,UT
KL7RI John Reno,NV QNX
BK

ORCA DIGITAL NET – Early Ck-In
Advanced NBEMS Exercise & Traffic Round Tonight
SEND on 1 line:
‘CALLSIGN’ only (Active)
‘CALLSIGN QNX’ (In&Out)
‘CALL NAME QTH QNX’ (1st Ck-In) < W7ZAP/NCS  ui®gtn=eueR¢tn

KF7ZIY QNX

KF7ZIY < W7ZAP Rgr tnx
KF7ZIY Dave Vancouver,WA QNX

WB7EUX

WB7EUX < W7ZAP QSL Tom
WB7EUX Tom Joseph,OR
BK QRZ  ORCA Ck-In  < NCS t

WA7HHE

WA7HHE < W7ZAP  TU Brad
WA7HHE Brad Cedar City,UT
BK therea was another stn b4 Brad..agn pse < W7ZAP

N7OOS

N7OOS < W7ZAP QSL Earl
N7OOS Earl Boise,ID
BK QRZ  ORCA Ck-In  < NCS

Early ORCA Ck-Ins:
W1EEP Gene Pine Valley,UT
KL7RI John Reno,NV QNX
KF7ZIY Dave Vancouver,WA QNX
WB7EUX Tom Joseph,OR
WA7HHE Brad Cedar City,UT
N7OOS Earl Boise,ID

ORCA DIGITAL NET – Early Ck-In
Advanced NBEMS Exercise & Traffic Round Tonight
SEND on 1 line:
‘CALLSIGN’ only (Active)
‘CALLSIGN QNX’ (In&Out)
‘CALL NAME QTH QNX’ (1st Ck-In) < W7ZAP/NCS

N7OOS  QNX

N7OOS < W7ZAP Rgr tnx
N7OOS Earl Boise,ID QNX
Tnx 4 the correction Earl
BK next 4 ck-in?? < W7ZAP

AE6LJ

AE6LJ < W7ZAP QSL Lamar
AE6LJ Lamar Briceland,CA
BK QRZ  ORCA Ck-In  < NCS

NCS < KW6M  KW6M  QNX

KW6M < W7ZAP Rgr tnx
KW6M Steve Walton,OR QNX
BK next?? < W7ZAP

KR7KR QNX
de KR7KR k

KR7KR < W7ZAP Rgr tnx
KR7KR Ken Enoch,UT QNX
GE Ken
BK next 4 ck-in?? < W7ZAP

W6ADZ  QNX

W6ADZ < W7ZAP Rgr tnx
W6ADZ Darrell Reno,NV QNX
BK next 4 ck-in?? < W7ZAP

AJ6XT QNX

N4KBT  QNX

Steve AJ6XT please call or email us: ncs@orcadigitalnet.com.
Tnx W7ZAP
BK

N4KBT < W7ZAP Rgr tnx
N4KBT Kyle Meridian,ID QNX
BK next 4 ck-in?? < W7ZAP

ORCA DIGITAL NET – Early Ck-In
Advanced NBEMS Exercise & Traffic Round Tonight
SEND on 1 line:
‘CALLSIGN’ only (Active)
‘CALLSIGN QNX’ (In&Out)
‘CALL NAME QTH QNX’ (1st Ck-In) < W7ZAP/NCS

QRZ?  ORCA DIGITAL NET Early Ck-In
< W7ZAP/NCS

KE6SLS

KE6SLS < W7ZAP QSL Jaye
KE6SLS Jaye Eureka,CA
BK QRZ  ORCA Ck-In  < NCS

ORCA DIGITAL NET – Early Ck-In
Advanced NBEMS Exercise & Traffic Round Tonight
SEND on 1 line:
‘CALLSIGN’ only (Active)
‘CALLSIGN QNX’ (In&Out)
‘CALL NAME QTH QNX’ (1st Ck-In) < W7ZAP/NCS

KM7H QNX

KM7H < W7ZAP Rgr tnx
KM7H Jim Addy,WA QNX
BK next 4 ck-in? < W7ZAP

Before RSID: <<2022-08-24T02:20Z MFSK-32 @ 1500>>

W7WXV

W7WXV < W7ZAP QSL Carroll
W7WXV Carroll Prineville,OR
BK QRZ  ORCA Ck-In  < NCS

NCS < KK6RJR – QNX

KK6RJR < W7ZAP Rgr tnx
KK6RJR Richard Bakersfield,CA QNX
Copied u 100% Richard! Finally!!
BK next 4 ck-in?? < W7ZAP

Early ORCA Ck-Ins:
W1EEP Gene Pine Valley,UT
KL7RI John Reno,NV QNX
KF7ZIY Dave Vancouver,WA QNX
WB7EUX Tom Joseph,OR
WA7HHE Brad Cedar City,UT
N7OOS Earl Boise,ID QNX
AE6LJ Lamar Briceland,CA
KW6M Steve Walton,OR QNX
KR7KR Ken Enoch,UT QNX
W6ADZ Darrell Reno,NV QNX
N4KBT Kyle Meridian,ID QNX
KE6SLS Jaye Eureka,CA
KM7H Jim Addy,WA QNX
W7WXV Carroll Prineville,OR
KK6RJR Richard Bakersfield,CA QNX

ORCA DIGITAL NET – Early Ck-In
Advanced NBEMS Exercise & Traffic Round Tonight
SEND on 1 line:
‘CALLSIGN’ only (Active)
‘CALLSIGN QNX’ (In&Out)
‘CALL NAME QTH QNX’ (1st Ck-In) < W7ZAP/NCS

KS6M

KS6M < W7ZAP QSL John
KS6M John Oakland,CA
BK QRZ  ORCA Ck-In  < NCS

Early ORCA Ck-Ins:
W1EEP Gene Pine Valley,UT
KL7RI John Reno,NV QNX
KF7ZIY Dave Vancouver,WA QNX
WB7EUX Tom Joseph,OR
WA7HHE Brad Cedar City,UT
N7OOS Earl Boise,ID QNX
AE6LJ Lamar Briceland,CA
KW6M Steve Walton,OR QNX
KR7KR Ken Enoch,UT QNX
W6ADZ Darrell Reno,NV QNX
N4KBT Kyle Meridian,ID QNX
KE6SLS Jaye Eureka,CA
KM7H Jim Addy,WA QNX
W7WXV Carroll Prineville,OR
KK6RJR Richard Bakersfield,CA QNX
KS6M John Oakland,CA
N6ZZO Kai McKinleyville,CA QNX
AC6DF Norm Lacey,WA QNX RELAY: WB7EUX

2022-08-23  19:29:34p 02:29:34z

WELCOME to ORCA DIGITAL NET
Mindy W7ZAP/NCS, Brookings,OR, 35w, 210′ Doublet @ 80′

ORCA meets every Tuesday 1930p/0330z – 3.581+1500 – MFSK-32
NBEMS Software: FLDIGI, FLMSG, FLAMP. Dave W1HKJ, Developer

ORCA is a DIRECTED Net, dedicated to learning and developing
digital operating skills and practicing NBEMS 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) Signal evaluation image (30sec)
2) Rotation list
3) Announcements

Advanced NBEMS Exercise:
Have FLAMP open. Stay Focused, Exercise is brisk.
Monitors can work the Exercise silently and FILL
or CONFIRM in after-net Monitor’s Session.

Traffic Round: NCS calls FLAMP Exercise Stations
for practice traffic (Advanced Exercise files).
No Traffic? Send ‘QRU’.

Comment Round: RX reports, observations, questions,
comments, or brief QSTs w/reference URL.

CONFIG FLDIGI 4 NET:
LOCK: Cursor @ 1500
ENABLE: RxID
DISABLE: TxID, end-of-Tx-ID, Pre-Signal-Tone*
DISABLE: Mode-ID, CWID, CW-Postamble-ID
* Pre-Tone manually (TUNE BUTTON) when doubles are likely.

—–

REMAINING CK-INS COME NOW
ACTIVE Ops Send: ‘CALLSIGN’ or VidID
MONITORING Ops Send: ‘CALLSIGN QNX’ (QNI/QNX)
FIRST TIME Op? Send: CALL/NAME/QTH/QNX
< W7ZAP/NCS

W1EEP < W7ZAP Gene pls relay call 4 ck-in TU < W7ZAP

Before RSID: <<2022-08-24T02:33Z MFSK-32 @ 1500>>

W1EEP Relaying ORCA DIGITAL NET Ck-In
Not copying NCS? Ck-In QNX here … < W1EEP

W7WSV  Q; =

w7ZAP W7WSV  W1EEP

W7WSV < W7ZAP Rgr tnx
W7WSV Steve Mesa,AZ QNX RELAY: W1EEP
nice job Gene!
BK

Signal Evaluation Image <IMAGE:G,C:\Users\owner 1\Documents\ORCA\ORCASmallBlack.png>
Sending Pic:140×140; < W7ZAP

… start
[WRAP:beg][WRAP:lf][WRAP:fn 0RCA.b2s]<flmsg>4.0.20
:hdr_fm:21
W7ZAP 20222408023537
:hdr_ed:21
W7ZAP 20222408010441
<blankform>
:mg:669 ORCA DIGITAL NET 23/AUG/22 Check-In/Rotation

Check-ins: 21
Stations:
W1EEP Gene Pine Valley,UT
KL7RI John Reno,NV QNX
KF7ZIY Dave Vancouver,WA QNX
WB7EUX Tom Joseph,OR
WA7HHE Brad Cedar City,UT
N7OOS Earl Boise,ID QNX
AE6LJ Lamar Briceland,CA
KW6M Steve Walton,OR QNX
KR7KR Ken Enoch,UT QNX
W6ADZ Darrell Reno,NV QNX
N4KBT Kyle Meridian,ID QNX
KE6SLS Jaye Eureka,CA
KM7H Jim Addy,WA QNX
W7WXV Carroll Prineville,OR
KK6RJR Richard Bakersfield,CA QNX
KS6M John Oakland,CA
N6ZZO Kai McKinleyville,CA QNX
AC6DF Norm Lacey,WA QNX RELAY: WB7EUX
W7WSV Steve Mesa,AZ QNX RELAY: W1EEP
K7KY Doug Brookings,OR NCS
W7ZAP Mindy Brookings,OR NCS
[WRAP:chksum 1A3F][WRAP:end] … end

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Tonight we have an Advanced NBEMS Exercise w/Traffic Round. August has 5 Tuesdays; we’ll have another Advanced Exercise next Tuesday, 30/Aug/22. The 1st Tuesday in September will have a Basic NBEMS Exercise and Macro experiment.

Thanks for the feedback on critiquing Advanced NBEMS Exercise results. Nearly everyone would like to know Exercise objectives and prefer continuing with self-evaluation/correction. The Advanced Exercise that requires using a PC Editor instead of FLMSG is also about Browsers, Spreadsheets, Databases, etc. The Exercise gives practice using another software application while handling traffic in the FLDIGI NBEMS suite. You may need to copy from a Browser or Database to add information to a message.

Exercise performance continues to be self-correcting unless you ask otherwise. We’re happy to review Exercises with you during Comments, after-net, email, or telephone. The number at the end of each Exercise is the number of discreet tasks. This helps review the instructions step by step.

We’ll continue experimenting with the Path Evaluation Macro in Comments every 1st Tuesday.  The Path Evaluation Macro Version 2 is available for download in the right column of our website: http://orcadigitalnet.com. We’ve added two background Tags. We’ll use v2 for our next Macro experiment on 05/Sep/22. In that session, Active Ops will transmit the Test image with the Path Evaluation Macro in the Comment Round. You won’t email any Comment Round images this session, but will email the beginning/ending NCS Test images as usual. We’ll publish two columns in the Net Report. One depicting net-member reception of NCS, the other depicting NCS reception of net-members. Monitoring stations can use the Path Evaluation Macro in the after-net Monitor’s Session.

We’ve added <GOHOME> & <LOCK:on> to the Path Evaluation Macro. <GOHOME> is a particularly useful Tag with wide application. The combination of <GOHOME> and <LOCK:on> set and lock your cursor @ 1500wf. We use it in numerous Macros for automatic freq-check & Lock. With <LOCK:on>, it doesn’t matter where you’re copying the other station, your transmission is Locked @ 1500wf.

Thanks to your focus and attention to detail, ORCA net-operations are usually brisk and smooth. We seldom have ck-in pile-ups. Some doubles are unavoidable when you can’t hear every station. When you can’t copy NCS, wait for the ck-in Relay. If you don’t hear a Relay, you’re unable to log in. That’s Radio. Sending into the void is likely to double NCS and other net stations.

Over to Doug K7KY w/tonite’s NBEMS exercise < W7ZAP

Before RSID: <<2022-08-24T02:41Z MFSK-32 @ 1499>>

This Advanced NBEMS Exercise begins in OFDM750F (720?wpm,750hz,FEC). We’ll
fill  with PSK63RC4 (220wpm,330bw,80%,FEC), & MFSK-32 (630hz,120wpm,FEC).
Check your Filters < K7KY

Before RSID: <<2022-08-24T02:42Z MFSK-32 @ 1499>>

For REPORTS, I’ll prompt you in order with
your CALLSIGN only. Press the FLAMP
‘REPORT’ Button or send  ‘No Copy’.

We begin with … W1EEP

NO COPY

Before RSID: <<2022-08-24T02:43Z MFSK-32 @ 1499>>

WB7EUX
File : ex271A.txt
<MISSING 25 AD98>{BF98}1 2 3 5 6 7 8 9 10
DE WB7EUX K

Before RSID: <<2022-08-24T02:43Z MFSK-32 @ 1499>>

WA7HHE

DE WA7HHE
File : ex271A.txt
<MISSING 21 CBC8>{BF98}2 3 4 5 6 9 10
DE WA7HHE K

Before RSID: <<2022-08-24T02:44Z MFSK-32 @ 1499>>

AE6LJ

DE AE6LJ
File : ex271A.txt
<MISSING 8 5B7C>{BF98}4
DE AE6LJ K

Before RSID: <<2022-08-24T02:44Z MFSK-32 @ 1499>>

KE6SLS

Before RSID: <<2022-08-24T02:44Z MFSK-32 @ 1499>>

no copy
ke6sls k

Before RSID: <<2022-08-24T02:44Z MFSK-32 @ 1504>>

W7WXV

DE W7WXV
File : ex271A.txt
<MISSING 15 167A>{BF98}CONFIRMED
DE W7WXV K

Before RSID: <<2022-08-24T02:45Z MFSK-32 @ 1499>>

KS6M

No copy. < KS6M

Before RSID: <<2022-08-24T02:45Z MFSK-32 @ 1499>>

Before RSID: <<2022-08-24T02:45Z 4xPSK63R @ 1499>>

ORCA DIGITAL NET DE K7KY

<PROG 18 01FD>{BF98}FLAMP 2.2.07
<FILE 31 394C>{BF98}20220823052312:ex271A.txt
<ID 16 C5AF>{BF98}K7KY SW/OR
<SIZE 15 CCEF>{BF98}580 10 64
<FILE 31 394C>{BF98}20220823052312:ex271A.txt
<ID 16 C5AF>{BF98}K7KY SW/OR
<SIZE 15 CCEF>{BF98}580 10 64
<DATA 72 DC38>{BF98:1}
Advanced – FLDIGI/FLMSG/FLAMP file-manipulation Exercise

In FL
<DATA 72 B8ED>{BF98:2}MSG, create an ICS-213 file named,’URCALL_ex271A.213′. Make ‘Inc
<DATA 72 6512>{BF98:3}:’= ORCA ex#270A. Make ‘To’= W7ZAP. Make ‘Fm’= URCALL. Make ‘Sub
<DATA 72 E79A>{BF98:4}’= FLDIGI Sweet Spot. Copy the following question to the ‘Origin
<DATA 72 16BA>{BF98:5}ator’ tab.

Which Macro Tag sets FLDIGI’s cursor to your ‘Swee
<DATA 72 CB9F>{BF98:6}t Spot’?

Enter A,B,C, or D on the ‘Responder’ tab.    A)  <GOSW
<DATA 72 877E>{BF98:7}EET>, B) <GOFREQ:1500>, C) <GOHOME>, D) A & B

If you complete t
<DATA 72 3120>{BF98:8}his Advanced exercise, send ‘URCALL_ex271A.213’ to NCS with FLAM
<DATA 72 DD2D>{BF98:9}P in the Traffic Round. Before sending,change ‘QST’ to ‘W7ZAP’.
<DATA 13 7AEF>{BF98:10}   9
<CNTL 10 540C>{BF98:EOF}
<CNTL 10 F400>{BF98:EOT}

DE K7KY K

Before RSID: <<2022-08-24T02:47Z 4xPSK63R @ 1499>>

W1EEP

DE W1EEP
File : Unassigned
<MISSING 14 3C4B>{BF98}PREAMBLE
DE W1EEP K

Before RSID: <<2022-08-24T02:47Z MFSK-32 @ 1499>>

WB7EUX

DE WB7EUX
File : ex271A.txt
<MISSING 15 167A>{BF98}CONFIRMED
DE WB7EUX K

Before RSID: <<2022-08-24T02:48Z MFSK-32 @ 1499>>

WA7HHE

DE WA7HHE
File : ex271A.txt
<MISSING 15 167A>{BF98}CONFIRMED
DE WA7HHE K
](
Before RSID: <<2022-08-24T02:48Z MFSK-32 @ 1499>>

AE6LJ

DE AE6LJ
File : ex271A.txt
<MISSING 15 167A>{BF98}CONFIRMED
DE AE6LJ K

Before RSID: <<2022-08-24T02:48Z MFSK-32 @ 1499>>

KE6SLS

Before RSID: <<2022-08-24T02:48Z MFSK-32 @ 1499>>

DE ke6sls
File : ex271A.txt
<MISSING 15 167A>{BF98}CONFIRMED
DE ke6sls K

Before RSID: <<2022-08-24T02:49Z MFSK-32 @ 1504>>

KS6M

DE KS6M
File : Unassigned
<MISSING 14 3C4B>{BF98}PREAMBLE
DE KS6M K

Before RSID: <<2022-08-24T02:50Z MFSK-32 @ 1499>>

ORCA DIGITAL NET DE K7KY

<PROG 18 01FD>{BF98}FLAMP 2.2.07
<FILE 31 394C>{BF98}20220823052312:ex271A.txt
<ID 16 C5AF>{BF98}K7KY SW/OR
<SIZE 15 CCEF>{BF98}580 10 64
<FILE 31 394C>{BF98}20220823052312:ex271A.txt
<ID 16 C5AF>{BF98}K7KY SW/OR
<SIZE 15 CCEF>{BF98}580 10 64
<DATA 72 DC38>{BF98:1}
Advanced – FLDIGI/FLMSG/FLAMP file-manipulation Exercise

In FL
<DATA 72 B8ED>{BF98:2}MSG, create an ICS-213 file named,’URCALL_ex271A.213′. Make ‘Inc
<DATA 72 6512>{BF98:3}:’= ORCA ex#270A. Make ‘To’= W7ZAP. Make ‘Fm’= URCALL. Make ‘Sub
<DATA 72 E79A>{BF98:4}’= FLDIGI Sweet Spot. Copy the following question to the ‘Origin
<DATA 72 16BA>{BF98:5}ator’ tab.

Which Macro Tag sets FLDIGI’s cursor to your ‘Swee
<DATA 72 CB9F>{BF98:6}t Spot’?

Enter A,B,C, or D on the ‘Responder’ tab.    A)  <GOSW
<DATA 72 877E>{BF98:7}EET>, B) <GOFREQ:1500>, C) <GOHOME>, D) A & B

If you complete t
<DATA 72 3120>{BF98:8}his Advanced exercise, send ‘URCALL_ex271A.213’ to NCS with FLAM
<DATA 72 DD2D>{BF98:9}P in the Traffic Round. Before sending,change ‘QST’ to ‘W7ZAP’.
<DATA 13 7AEF>{BF98:10}   9
<CNTL 10 540C>{BF98:EOF}
<CNTL 10 F400>{BF98:EOT}

DE K7KY K

Before RSID: <<2022-08-24T02:52Z MFSK-32 @ 1499>>

W1EEP

DE W1EEP
File : ex271A.txt
<MISSING 15 167A>{BF98}CONFIRMED
DE W1EEP K

Before RSID: <<2022-08-24T02:52Z MFSK-32 @ 1499>>

KS6M

Before RSID: <<2022-08-24T02:53Z MFSK-32 @ 1504>>

KS6M

DE KS6M
File : ex271A.txt
<MISSING 14 3C4B>{BF98}PREAMBLE
DE KS6M K

Before RSID: <<2022-08-24T02:53Z MFSK-32 @ 1499>>

John   sri      band not cooperating   we can maybe fill u in the Monitor’s Session if u hv time   BK
6 of 7 Stations CONFIRMED   btn < K7KY

Nice exercise + mode selection Doug. That was an ORCA 1st to have a multiple choice question… tricky choices too! The band is much better tonight than it’s been in a long time. OFDM is a peculiar mode… interesting to see how well/poor its RXed and where. PSK-63RC4 did well tonight.

OFDM-750F: 1 stn
PSK-63RC4: 4 stns
MFSK-32: 1 stn
BK

ORCA DIGITAL NET
19:54:57p  02:54:57z
Late Ck-In?  < NCS

First station up 4 Traffic Round tonite is Gene W1EEP < NCS

Maybe too soon to call on Gene… I’ll pick him up at the end
BK

Next 4 Traffic is Tom WB7EUX  < NCS

W7ZAP DE WB7EUX

<PROG 18 C0EF>{79FC}FLAMP 2.2.07
<FILE 38 3E6B>{79FC}20220824025236:WB7EUX_ex271A.213
<ID 22 73F0>{79FC}WB7EUX Joseph OR
<SIZE 15 0E76>{79FC}309 3 128
<DATA 136 DE13>{79FC:1}[b64:start]AUxaTUEAAADlXQAAAAQAHhmJhvwzDh5XomGzS+NYx39Ia9a0tFu56KXsjxI8XnRIcLyIhDvlqa
2hDU4XGwSvj0hUZPy9yOQAgWlyQAaTF8lmFwPy0fn53
<DATA 136 FD4C>{79FC:2}o6SD9DHd0eueejXIY0Z2NYpqQ+xcmSTk1Yyz/zepIzT3zpeXD5IZk6/mBK1ye27Vvlc06jxQz+CUzv/dsuzX1Q
62BDqMPu+Xi0vE7SOjIswOQZVMO+7KOZGyELshf0n+
<DATA 61 585C>{79FC:3}NrUUFsyiT1bHHXLFLFIUDe6LV3wyFK4Y/6vQnGOFDwA
[b64:end] <CNTL 10 2E95>{79FC:EOF}
<CNTL 10 8E99>{79FC:EOT}

DE WB7EUX K

DE W7ZAP
File : WB7EUX_ex271A.213
<MISSING 15 127F>{79FC}CONFIRMED
DE W7ZAP K

Over to Brad WA7HHE 4 Traffic < NCS

I’ll come back 4 Brad
BK

Over to Lamar AE6LJ 4 Traffic < NCS

W7ZAP DE AE6LJ

<PROG 18 24CA>{69F7}FLAMP 2.2.07
<FILE 37 9DFA>{69F7}20220824025115:AE6LJ_ex271A.213
<ID 30 A1A9>{69F7}AE6LJ Briceland, CA CN80
<SIZE 14 33A4>{69F7}285 5 64
<DATA 72 867A>{69F7:1}[b64:start]AUxaTUEAAADzXQAAAAQAHhmJhvwzDh5XomGzS4DcHto3Mb1i50RCb
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DE W7ZAP
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KE6SLS Jaye ur turn 4 Traffic  < W7ZAP

Before RSID: <<2022-08-24T03:01Z MFSK-32 @ 1500>>

w7zap DE ke6sls

<PROG 18 3799>{1EE4}FLAMP 2.2.05
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<CNTL 10 D88C>{1EE4:EOT}

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DE W7ZAP
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<MISSING 15 5963>{1EE4}CONFIRMED
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Next 4 Traffic is Carroll W7WXV  < NCS

W7ZAP DE W7WXV

<PROG 18 332C>{7311}FLAMP 2.2.07
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<ID 25 FE63>{7311}W7WXV Prineville OR
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<DATA 72 AF27>{7311:2}rRn2ilC0E9mwEf5mpJPuQ5AHLVt6Jmlj/d5bzgSdOqWRUU9pH/jyZVTYXHbiVR1K
<DATA 72 E11E>{7311:3}QxhCNuFVpVc9BWNKntorjaFyfYuFVFELXN/oYYpBxQ83yWEV7rRG7YshVSit+sm6
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<MISSING 15 D572>{7311}CONFIRMED
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Next 4 Traffic is John KS6M  < NCS

Not sure if John cant cpy or no tfc
BK

Over to Gene W1EEP 4 Traffic < NCS

{AAE1}20220824030025:W1EEP-271A_W1EEP.213
<ID 18 EB49>{AAE1}W1EEP DM37DJ
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<DATA 72 00EF>{AAE1:1}[b64:start]AUxaTUEAAAFGXQAAAAQAHhmJhvwzDh5XomGzS4DcHto3Mb1i50HNi
<DATA 72 DDF7>{AAE1:2}RikBXbb32pm/L0lr+5B+yD+X9O75kYy12fPNfCJBfnt1cmHH7O5PJ3SZaLO2baTp
<DATA 72 7FF7>{AAE1:3}OZR/5EuDyfv3qlVfT3B/ablj+ABpgPNRS0XRbllNhrGI18zTcGws7hfIMoVb0oEz
<DATA 72 C2C0>{AAE1:4}+9CU9Kas/jAW3vptL8K/LcvKnYHZ15CuaglGVDdxe/X3TNIf+ara4S8d/jupT6LC
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<DATA 72 930E>{AAE1:6}eAK3r6p+CG7ls6Kwfctod5DWwa3Wwpm2nimfJdttvp98EJUTc4/jISA
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DE W7ZAP
File : Unassigned
<MISSING 14 8AFE>{AAE1}PREAMBLE
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W7ZAP DE W1EEP

<PROG 21 9B1A>{AAE1}FLAMP 2.2.05.04
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DE W7ZAP
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<MISSING 15 A10D>{AAE1}CONFIRMED
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WA7HHE Brad ur turn 4 Traffic  < W7ZAP

{9730}20220824025612:WA7HHE_ex271A.213
<ID 38 D0CE>{9730}WA7HHE CEDAR CITY, UTAH (DM37HP)
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<DATA 72 F5BD>{9730:2}rXjyCqMe8yXnj4p+LCU9ieBhLDWNA/wn+5x1RQeZ/oxsG75FCI5EvSMlNeS2L2Yx
<DATA 72 FEC1>{9730:3}49xcXQjKRlvD8IaZJQcVSwzkRAnWjDsZK1LLccEwIfvvCG2XWfZ7eTCKPlkIg1Z7
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ORCA DIGITAL NET
20:09:52p  03:09:52z
Late Ck-In? < NCS

The COMMENT round begins with Gene W1EEP < W7ZAP

gREATNET TONIGHT LOST THE FIRST FILE BEING A LITTLE RUSTY BUT WE WILL GTE IT THANKS FOR ALL YOU GUYS DO 73″S

You’ve had to work hard tonite… relay, exercise… U had me on my toes (and Brad) w/mode change & no TxID… I wasn’t quite quick enuf 4 u, but got everything but the preamble. Good practice 4 all!!
BK
Next 4 Comments is Tom WB7EUX  < NCS

ORCA < WB7EUX – Great exercise tonight. I had to open the programming manual to find the answer.

The glimmer of more moderate temperatures is in the local forecast – daytime temps in the 70s. Hope so.

All is well – 73 de WB7EUX

Boy… u must have hustled to look that up!! Hope all is well 4 u
BK
Next 4 Comments is Brad WA7HHE  < NCS

ORCA < WA7HHE, GE to the net, attended a AAR for our Airport Disaster Recertification Drill. Consensus was they will not have another drill without the Ham radio operators. Big thanks to Doug and Mindy for all the training they have provided. Only problem is the County EOC and Hospital want us to work with them for “additional” exercises.
Following is a link to the exercise, big thanks to ORCA operators KG7VVN sending digital HICS 214 5 minute updates to the hospital EOC, KR7KR calling in Triage at the disaster scene and W6DLW at the hospital for NCS.

https://www.cedarcityutah.com/news/archive/2022/08/17/jmr-first-responders-volunteers-practice-emergency-techniques-during-staged -event-at-cedar-city-airport/.

Great to hear u guys made a big impact… no surprise! Tnx for the link… look forward to reading.
BK

Over to Lamar AE6LJ 4 Comments < W7ZAP

AE6LJ Re-Check QNX pls

AE6LJ < W7ZAP Rgr tnx
AE6LJ Lamar Briceland,CA QNX @20:15
73 Lamar
BK

Over to Jaye KE6SLS 4 Comments < W7ZAP

Before RSID: <<2022-08-24T03:16Z MFSK-32 @ 1500>>

ORCA DE A.R.S. KE6SLS, Jaye in Eureka! CA using 50w on the doublet.

w7zap, 20db, 100%, P2, FLM 100%,
ks6m, 1db, 100%,
k7ky, 15db, 100%, FLA 0%,100%,100%
w1eep, 4db, 100%, FLA 100%,
wb7eux, 3db, 100%, FLA 100%,
wa7hhe, 4db, 100%, FLA 0%, guess I didn’t cpy TxID
ae6lj, -2db, 100%, FLA 100%,
w7wxv, 1db, 100%, FLA 100%,

No sun here today.  No smoke either, so there’s the silver lining.

Had a lot of fun on 20m yesterday before all the nets.  Spanned from 10m and landed on 20m.  Worked a CW station, then switched to psk31 and had a wonderful chat with the east coast, then switched up to SSTV and actually made a QSO

Today, I again met and chatted with Bruce on 20m at 14.110MHz, 984 WF. He’s busier than a twin tailed beaver!  Reported lots of rain, great, and heat!

Multipath: Next week, I am going to try to turn down my RF gain even more to see if I can get better cpy on eval image.  Later, I may test my LOG (Loop On Ground) antenna and see how it deals with multipathing.

Tonight’s answer was a guess since I haven’t researched all the macro stuff yet.  Will look forward to next basic with eval macro test.

The perpetual struggle goes on . . .

Stay well and hope to see you down the wf soon!

73
de ke6sls k

Nice report Jaye. You’ve been busy w/radio!! Good to hear u QSO’d w/KB7VX Bruce.
BK
W7WXV Carroll ur up 4 Comments  < W7ZAP

NCS de W7WXV

The band seemed to be pretty good tonight, I could copy most of the ck-ins except to the SE of my location.  I had good reception of the OFDM mode, I do have to set my Fldigi squelch properly to copy well. Thank you for an easy advanced exercise tonight, ha ha. I copied all active stations with Flamp messages except for WA7HEE because I was not able to switch modes quickly enough.  As for weather, C.OR should be in the mid 80’s to 90 degrees for the rest of the week.  No smoke issues from wildfires so far.  Garden is growing well!
BTN, NCS de W7WXV

I was surprised to see u had 100% cpy on OFDM. I think this was ur 1st advanced exercise ?? well done!
BK
KS6M John ur up 4 Comments  < W7ZAP

Looks like we’ve lost John KS6M
BK
K7KY Doug ur up 4 Comments  < W7ZAP

Before RSID: <<2022-08-24T03:21Z MFSK-32 @ 1499>>

ORCA < K7KY

Advanced NBEMS Exercise:  C) <GOHOME> Tag sets FLDIGI cursor to your ‘Sweet Spot’.

Carroll W7WXV CONFIRMED OFDK-750 in one pass in his first Advanced NBEMS Exercise. Nice work, Carroll!

We can send text containing Macro Tags in FLDIGI, FLMSG, & FLAMP w/o having them execute. We can’t call a file containing Macro Tags with a Macro. When the Macro Parser is active, it executes all Tags. I normally send Comments by Macro, but I had to copy/paste this text into the TX buffer. If I called it with the Comment Macro, the <GOHOME> Tag would execute.  Or, it would otherwise confuse the Macro Parser and terminate the transmission.

It’s an honor to be affiliated with Rainbows Canyon ARC. They’re an inspiring ARC.

< Doug K7KY

Good to know about the macro parser. We learn a lot here
I agree re: RCARC
BK

Any follow-up Questions or Comments by Active stations? < W7ZAP/NCS

Any Comments by Monitors or Lurkers?  Late Ck-Ins?  Come Now w/Pre-Tone
After closing, we’ll FILL or CONFIRM files for Monitoring stations. < W7ZAP/NCS
W7WSV  < W7ZAP Over to u Steve < W7ZAP

Stay safe.  73 W7WSV

W7WSV  < W7ZAP DO you want to try agn Steve? < W7ZAP

vwi¿idPrekgr e P bÎtçq(l oa2u8i}F°’agfpP kews¬oHome macro works! de K9RJT

Steve… on our end it said error… and 73!
BK
K9RJT  < W7ZAP I copied u at 1660WF… Home macro works! That’s good
BK
Anyone else b4 we close? < W7ZAP

2027L – 0327Z
This concludes the ORCA DIGITAL NET
Thanks for practicing with us tonight.
We hope to work with you again
next Tuesday evening.

Signal Evaluation Image <IMAGE:G,C:\Users\owner 1\Documents\ORCA\ORCASmallBlack.png>
Sending Pic:140×140; < W7ZAP   73  Mindy W7ZAP

Before RSID: <<2022-08-24T03:28Z MFSK-32 @ 1504>>

ORCA DIGITAL NET – Monitor’s Session
First, we’ll make a short Roster. Pse Pre-Tone.
Taking stations in order, we’ll FILL the NBEMS
Exercise or CONFIRM the ADVANCED Exercise.
When called, send your file or state your need.
< K7KY/NCS

Before RSID: <<2022-08-24T03:30Z MFSK-32 @ 1500>>

Last call 4 ORCA Monitor’s Session  < K7KY

Before RSID: <<2022-08-24T03:30Z MFSK-32 @ 1499>>

W7WSV  < K7KY RR Steve     I’ll ck 4 others  & be back  BK anyone else 4 the Monitor’s Session?  < K7KY

Before RSID: <<2022-08-24T03:31Z MFSK-32 @ 1499>>

N4KBT

Before RSID: <<2022-08-24T03:31Z MFSK-32 @ 1499>>

K7KY  de K9RJT

Before RSID: <<2022-08-24T03:32Z MFSK-32 @ 1504>>

N4KBT Kyle  I hv u & bk soon   BK

Before RSID: <<2022-08-24T03:32Z MFSK-32 @ 1499>>

K9RJT Rodny tu  ur on the log   BK  anyone else?  < K7KY

Before RSID: <<2022-08-24T03:33Z MFSK-32 @ 1504>>

agn pse no copy  < K7KY

NCS de W7WXV
Sorry about that, I started sending just as you started so I stopped… Rodney goes by John for further reference, we are 5 blocks apart!
BTN, NCS de W7WXV

Before RSID: <<2022-08-24T03:35Z MFSK-32 @ 1499>>

W7WXV RR Carroll   ur on the log   BK   anyone else b4 we begin? < K7KY

Before RSID: <<2022-08-24T03:35Z MFSK-32 @ 1499>>

OK we begin @ the top w/
W7WSV  < K7KY

Before RSID: <<2022-08-24T03:36Z MFSK-32 @ 1499>>

No copy Steve once more  < K7KY

% cpy 02:30, Better by 03:12.

Exercise:no cpy on OFDM or PSK
poor cpy on MFSK32
Traffic:
W1EEP  no switch to MFSK64–100% with fill.
WB7EUX S5, -6 dB, 0%-unassigned
AE6Lm
s tB 0%
KE6SLS S3, -11 dB 0%
W7WXV  S4, -8 dB  0%

First time for old Win CN Ylipurposed to Linux tonight. Took a coupanki’pero sort out enough probs to get it to work at all. Still more (rk on…  Lots of static clashes from storm activity today make for a rough band.
2`tay safe.  73

Before RSID: <<2022-08-24T03:38Z MFSK-32 @ 1500>>

W7WSV  < K7KY FB Steve   copied nearly all   gud work with the laptop reconfigure    BK  anything further ? < K7KY

no thanks and see u later

Before RSID: <<2022-08-24T03:39Z MFSK-32 @ 1500>>

N4KBT Go Kyle  < K7KY

Before RSID: <<2022-08-24T03:39Z MFSK-32 @ 1499>>

NCS de N4KBT
Was able to copy all flamp and flmsg.  Clear signal from almost everyone tonight.
de N4KBT

Before RSID: <<2022-08-24T03:40Z MFSK-32 @ 1499>>

Gud 2 hr, Kyle     We don’t always do well into Idaho in summer. I hope condx are beginning to improve.  tnx 4 working w/us anything further?  < K7KY

Before RSID: <<2022-08-24T03:42Z MFSK-32 @ 1499>>

Not this evening.  Thanks.
de N4kbt

Before RSID: <<2022-08-24T03:42Z MFSK-32 @ 1499>>

K9RJT   Go John  < K7KY

Before RSID: <<2022-08-24T03:42Z MFSK-32 @ 1499>>

K7KY  de K9RJT
TX, just monitoring, learning.  Getting about 70% copy on u guys.
I go by John, and I live near Carroll W7WXV

Before RSID: <<2022-08-24T03:43Z MFSK-32 @ 1499>>

K9RJT  < K7KY FB John   tnx for checkin in tonite.   Gud 2 hv u aboard     cu next week  73   BK  W7WXV   Go Carroll  < K7KY

NCS de W7WXV
Sorry for sending my comments earlier, I was not paying attention!  It was good to see Kyle as well tonight, I will be seeing him tomorrow hopefully on the zoom meeting in the morning.  that is all I have for now
BTN, NCS de W7WXV

Before RSID: <<2022-08-24T03:44Z MFSK-32 @ 1499>>

FB Carroll       nice to see your associates aboard      tnx for helping us keep an active roster     BK  anyone else 4 the ORCA Monitor’s Session b4 we close ?  < K7KY

Before RSID: <<2022-08-24T03:46Z MFSK-32 @ 1499>>

ORCA   tnx for working the Monitor’s Session     that’s all 4 now.  73 Doug K7KY    stand by for an updated Roster   73 K7KY

… start
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:hdr_fm:21
W7ZAP 20222408034700
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W7ZAP 20222408010441
<blankform>
:mg:713 ORCA DIGITAL NET 23/AUG/22 Check-In/Rotation

Check-ins: 22
Stations:
W1EEP Gene Pine Valley,UT
KL7RI John Reno,NV QNX
KF7ZIY Dave Vancouver,WA QNX
WB7EUX Tom Joseph,OR
WA7HHE Brad Cedar City,UT
N7OOS Earl Boise,ID QNX
AE6LJ Lamar Briceland,CA  (QNX @20:15)
KW6M Steve Walton,OR QNX
KR7KR Ken Enoch,UT QNX
W6ADZ Darrell Reno,NV QNX
N4KBT Kyle Meridian,ID QNX
KE6SLS Jaye Eureka,CA
KM7H Jim Addy,WA QNX
W7WXV Carroll Prineville,OR
KK6RJR Richard Bakersfield,CA QNX
KS6M John Oakland,CA
N6ZZO Kai McKinleyville,CA QNX
AC6DF Norm Lacey,WA QNX RELAY: WB7EUX
W7WSV Steve Mesa,AZ QNX RELAY: W1EEP
K9RJT John Prineville,OR QNX
K7KY Doug Brookings,OR NCS
W7ZAP Mindy Brookings,OR NCS
[WRAP:chksum 1A9F][WRAP:end] … end