ORCA DIGITAL NET

ORCA DIGITAL NET 27/sep/16 check-in/Rotation:

Check-ins: 14
Stations:
WA6NBG Don Eureka,CA Bulletin
WA7HHE Brad Cedar City,UT
W1EEP Gene Pine Valley,UT
WB6SDR Ralph Folsom,CA
KB6NN Howard Eureka,CA
KE6SLS Jaye Eureka,CA
W7GBB Bob Renton,WA in&out
KK6RKY Eric Trinity Center,CA
KW6JIM Jim Eureka,CA in&out
KR7KR Ken Ceder City,UT
KG6LHW Anthony Blue Lake,CA
AF7NX Gary Eugene,OR visitor no traffic
W7ZAP Mindy Brookings,OR
K7KY Doug Brookings,OR NCS

Great net tonight. A little long, but smooth and efficient. Nice work, all around. We had a small glitch in the weekly FLAMP exercise, but it didn’t hang us up. Mindy & I are working well together at the NCS end. Mistakes can turn into great learning experiences. Some of you might remember our early days when we opened and closed the net on phone. It was very easy to maintain net order and sort out problems. Now, we communicate very well in the all-digital mode and the net runs smoothly; an endorsement of our skilled membership and the evolution of our protocols.

Tonight we began another file manipulation exercise of emailing the Signal Evaluation Image. I envisioned everyone emailing me the images as received and I would post them to the web so we can see how each station received NCS. But, I think I was too vague in defining the exercise. Only four Ops emailed images. If you do send images, please send only the actual file. If you capture additional data, like the boarder created by fldigi, the images are larger and need to be manipulated prior to posting.

Welcome to Gary AF7NX in Eugene,OR. And, welcome back to Anthony KG6LHW in Blue Lake,CA. There were lots of interesting articles tonight and a couple images too. Thanks to Brad WA7HHE for sending his traffic in the ICS-214 form. We’ve not previously used the ICS-214 Incident Report form.

A number of Ops have asked if the 1300 Saturday ORCA check-in will be ongoing. It certainly can, but I hadn’t thought that far forward. It’s important to be familiar with operating conditions at all hours. Mindy & I are unable to commit to NCS another net right now. It could begin with a simple check-in. If there’s enough interest, it could include a quick practice session like our brief weekly FLAMP exercise. If you would like to NCS a daytime ORCA session, please let me know and I’ll set you up.

Here’s the ORCA images I received and images from the Traffic round:

TX: K7KY / RX: KR7KR	TX: K7KY / RX: KE6SLS	TX: K7KY / RX: KB6NN	TX: K7KY / RX: W7ZAP

 

TX: WB6SDR RX: K7KY	TX: WB6SDR RX: KE6SLS	TX: WB6SDR RX: KB6NN	TX: WB6SDR RX: KR6KR	TX: WB6SDR RX: W7ZAP

 

TX: KR7KR / RX: K7KY	TX: KR7KR / RX: KE6SLS	TX: KR7KR / RX: KB6NN
TX: KR7KR / RX: W7ZAP	TX: KR7KR

 

Don’t forget our friends in Los Angeles,CA, Rick N6IET and Steve K6WSJ. Rick is recovering from surgery and Steve is still engaged in medical procedures. Sometimes, the procedures are as daunting as the illness. Thanks for taking time to compile reception reports. They’ve become much more detailed and specific. It’s very useful information. And, thanks for working with us tonight. CU next week, I hope. 73 Doug K7KY

————- Net Log (W7ZAP) ————–

W1EEP WA7HHE < W7ZAP

I see your wfID and you’re on the log… K7KY stepped away for a moment < W7ZAP

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de ke6sls ke6sls k

KE6SLS < W7ZAP

Your on the log too Jaye < W7ZAP

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ORCA de ke6sls

FB Doug. Didn’t know if u cp my earlier msg about chkin into

the Mendo net. Got a early, so ready for ORCA.

de ke6sls k

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KE6SLS GE Jaye… I was away from the station for a bit… ur on the log BREAK Gene W1EEP ur WFID looks good. Big font easier to read.. tu < K7KY

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K7KY de W7GBB

Bob, Renton, WA

IN&OUT but FLAMP is receiving

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W7GBB GE Bob ur in&out tonight tu < K7KY

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kk6rky>>>kk6rky>>>Good Evening to de kk6rky k

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KK6RKY RR Eric tu < K7KY

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Early ORCA Check-Ins:

WA7HHE Brad Cedar City,UT

W1EEP Gene Pine Valley,UT

WB6SDR Ralph Folsom,CA

KB6NN Howard Eureka,CA

KE6SLS Jaye Eureka,CA

W7GBB Bob Renton,WA in&out

KK6RKY Eric Trinity Center,CA

W7ZAP Mindy Brookings,OR

K7KY Doug Brookings,OR NCS < K7KY

KW6JIM… in and out tonight. Good evening all!

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KW6JIM FB Jim in&out sorry to miss you on the weekend for NPOTA cu next time… 73 < K7KY

Thanks… we had quite the time. Very tough bands. Catch you next time.. 73.

KW6JIM

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Early ORCA Check-Ins:

WA7HHE Brad Cedar City,UT

W1EEP Gene Pine Valley,UT

WB6SDR Ralph Folsom,CA

KB6NN Howard Eureka,CA

KE6SLS Jaye Eureka,CA

W7GBB Bob Renton,WA in&out

KK6RKY Eric Trinity Center,CA

KW6JIM Jim Eureka,CA in&out

W7ZAP Mindy Brookings,OR

K7KY Doug Brookings,OR NCS

< K7KY

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KR7KR

Ken,

Cedar City, Ut

de KR7KR

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KR7KR RR Ken tu < K7KY

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09/27/2016 19:30 PDT

Welcome to the ORCA DIGITAL NET – Doug K7KY-NCS

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

Software: FLDIGI, FLMSG, FLAMP – MFSK-32

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 band evaluation

2) Rotation list

3) Announcements

Volunteer conducts brief FLAMP practice exercise

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’

Have FLAMP open. It does not self-start.

FLAMP traffic is followed with one round of FLAMP REPORTS

and one FILL.

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

First time? CALL/NAME/QTH

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

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de WA6NBG WA6NBG – Bulletin

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KB6NN Howard… IC ur call on the wf large font is better tu any more check ins? BREAK sri Don WA6NBG on the log BREAK any more check ins? < K7KY

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Signal Evaluation Image

Please email image & comments to:

ncs@orcadigitalnet.com

Sending Pic:144×140; < K7KY

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ORCA Announcements 27/sep/16

Tonight we return to our regular net routine with the addition of a

simple exercise related to our b/w signal evaluation image. Please

email this image to NCS. This provides practice receiving, saving,

and emailing images. Like our last exercise in editing and resending

text files, it requires the knowledge to manipulate files between

fldigi and other PC applications.

Email the image and and any comments to: ncs@orcadigitalnet.com

We will post the collage of images in the Net Report, similar to the

Received Images page generated by Kim Elliot KD9XB, VOA Radiogram

Producer. We may learn something about monitors and SWL’s decoding

the net. If you are a monitor or SWL, we’d like to hear from you.

Remember: You can RELAY fill BLOCKS from FLAMP’s RX tab using the

FETCH and RELAY buttons. If FLAMP does not FETCH the needed BLOCKS,

you can type them into the RELAY window. Otherwise, it will send the

complete file.

Weekly Net Report/Log usually posted by Wednesday @:

orcadigitalnet.com/reports/ < K7KY NCS

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ALL ORCA Questions or comments? < K7KY

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

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K7KY DE WA7HHE test msg ready when needed

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WA7HHE GE Brad ur on the log tu BREAK any more check ins? < K7KY

K7KY K7KY de AF7NX AF7NX AF7NX k

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AF7NX < K7KY GE & welcome to the ORCA DIGITAL NET ur name & qth pse… < K7KY

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<< K7KY DE AF7NX >>

Just stumbeld onto you. Like the mode

Name: Gary

Qth : Eugene OR

kn

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AF7NX < K7KY FB Gary I’ll add you to the rotation list.. do u run FLAMP? < K7KY

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<< K7KY DE AF7NX >>

No, new ham here

Hardly ever do nets not sure FLAMP is.

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AF7NX < K7KY FB Gary… ORCA is a digital training net for traffic etc I’ll add you as a visitor and not call you for the traffic round, but will call you for the comment round OK? < K7KY

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<< K7KY DE AF7NX >>

Sounds like a plan. If I happen to get called away — that might happen.

Cheers

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AF7NX < K7KY If you can, tell me you’re leaving so I don’t look for you during rotation tu BREAK any more check ins? < K7KY

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<< K7KY DE AF7NX >>

will do.

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:hdr_fm:20

K7KY 20162809024334

:hdr_ed:20

K7KY 20160703235454

<blankform>

:mg:547 ORCA DIGITAL NET 27/sep/16 check-in/Rotation:

Check-ins: 14

Stations:

WA6NBG Don Eureka,CA Bulletin

WA7HHE Brad Cedar City,UT

W1EEP Gene Pine Valley,UT

WB6SDR Ralph Folsom,CA

KB6NN Howard Eureka,CA

KE6SLS Jaye Eureka,CA

W7GBB Bob Renton,WA in&out

KK6RKY Eric Trinity Center,CA

KW6JIM Jim Eureka,CA in&out

KR7KR Ken Ceder City,UT

WA7HHE Brad Cedar City,UT

AF7NX Gary Eugene,OR visitor no traffic

W7ZAP Mindy Brookings,OR

K7KY Doug Brookings,OR NCS

KG6LHW Anthony Blue Lake,CA

KB6HOH Steve Novato,CA

[WRAP:chksum FA56][WRAP:end]

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ALL ORCA Oops! disregard the two callsigns at the bottom.. my error and, I got the Announcenments and rotation list out of order tonight no big deal, I guess… OK we’ll turn the net over to Mindy W7ZAP for the weekly FLAMP practice file… < K7KY

<STX>ORCA DIGITAL NET DE W7ZAP

<PROG 18 D9F5>{99B9}FLAMP 2.2.03

<FILE 33 D5BD>{99B9}20160927193049:FLAMPmsg.txt

<ID 26 F716>{99B9}W7ZAP Brookings, OR

<SIZE 14 4684>{99B9}186 4 48

<DATA 56 1940>{99B9:1}ORCA DIGITAL NET, WEEKLY FLAMP PRACTICE MESSAGE

<DATA 56 686B>{99B9:2}

We’ll try to CONFIRM this message to all statio

<DATA 56 BC95>{99B9:3}ns. NCS may ask you to RELAY fill BLOCKS using t

<DATA 50 3A60>{99B9:4}he FETCH and RELAY buttons on the RX tab.

<CNTL 10 1497>{99B9:EOF}

<CNTL 10 B49B>{99B9: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 …

WA6NBG

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DE WA6NBG

File : FLAMPmsg.txt

<MISSING 15 0A0A>{99B9}CONFIRMED

DE WA6NBG K

WA7HHE

WA7HHE

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DE WA7HHE

File : FLAMPmsg.txt

<MISSING 15 0A0A>{99B9}CONFIRMED

DE WA7HHE K

W1EEP

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DE W1EEP

File : FLAMPmsg.txt

<MISSING 15 0A0A>{99B9}CONFIRMED

DE W1EEP K

WB6SDR

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DE WB6SDR

File : FLAMPmsg.txt

<MISSING 15 0A0A>{99B9}CONFIRMED

DE WB6SDR K

KB6NN

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DE KB6NN

File : FLAMPmsg.txt

<MISSING 15 0A0A>{99B9}CONFIRMED

DE KB6NN K

KE6SLS

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DE ke6sls

File : FLAMPmsg.txt

<MISSING 15 0A0A>{99B9}CONFIRMED

DE ke6sls K

KK6RKY

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DE kk6rky

File : FLAMPmsg.txt

<MISSING 15 0A0A>{99B9}CONFIRMED

DE kk6rky K

Wow propagation must be good… we breezed thru that

OK back to NCS < W7ZAP

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W7ZAP < K7KY Mindy there’s a difference between our rotation lists.. and I’ll catch the last stations… KR7KR

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DE KR7KR

File : FLAMPmsg.txt

<MISSING 15 0A0A>{99B9}CONFIRMED

DE KR7KR K

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WA7HHE

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WA7HHE Sri Brad I’ve listed you twice on the roster… OK we’re finished with the weekly FLAMP practice message… nice work too… every station confirmed…

I want to say a few words about emailing the logo before we begin traffic rotation… I hope you’ll take time to email me the test image, logo and Mindy & I will add the images to the net log so we can see what our signals look like at teh other end…

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

Before RSID: <<2016-09-28T02:57Z MFSK-32 @ 14070000+1503>>

Late Check in, Anthony, Blue Lake, CA,

< KG6LHW

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KG6LHW GE Anthony welcome we’re just about to begin traffic round and I’ll add you to the roster… Stand by for the updated roster… < K7KY

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

:hdr_fm:20

K7KY 20162809025905

:hdr_ed:20

K7KY 20160703235454

<blankform>

:mg:482 ORCA DIGITAL NET 27/sep/16 check-in/Rotation:

Check-ins: 15

Stations:

WA6NBG Don Eureka,CA Bulletin

WA7HHE Brad Cedar City,UT

W1EEP Gene Pine Valley,UT

WB6SDR Ralph Folsom,CA

KB6NN Howard Eureka,CA

KE6SLS Jaye Eureka,CA

W7GBB Bob Renton,WA in&out

KK6RKY Eric Trinity Center,CA

KW6JIM Jim Eureka,CA in&out

KR7KR Ken Ceder City,UT

KG6LHW Anthony Blue Lake,CA

AF7NX Gary Eugene,OR visitor no traffic

W7ZAP Mindy Brookings,OR

K7KY Doug Brookings,OR NCS

[WRAP:chksum A363][WRAP:end]

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WA6NBG OK Don ur up for the bulletin < K7KY

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:hdr_fm:22

WA6NBG 20162809030058

:hdr_ed:22

WA6NBG 20162809023320

<ics213>

:to:31 Eureka Emergency VHF Net & ORCA

:fm:10 Don WA6NBG

:d1:10 2016-09-26

:t1:5 1512L

:sb:51 Bulletins and Annoucements for September 26th, 2016

:s1:23 Donald O. Nelson WA6NBG

:mg:505 The Humboldt County EmComm group is looking to have an exercise in October. Suggest times and dates to Peter, W6IES or Don, WA6NBG.

The Humboldt Redwoods Marathon is Sunday, October 16th, starting at 0900L. VHF communicators will be needed.

2 more VHF communicators needed for the Truckers Parade in December. Contact Dale, KF6QIB 443 2693 for more information.

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

This ends the digital message for September 26th.

[WRAP:chksum C4AD][WRAP:end]

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WA6NBG TU Don BREAK if you’re thinking of sending traffic in FLAMP tonight, pse check with me first as we have already done one FLAMP and there’s a big crew tonight tu WA7HHE OK Brad ur up for traffic < K7KY

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:hdr_fm:22

WA7HHE 20162809030349

:hdr_ed:22

WA7HHE 20162809011025

<plaintext>

:tt:42 Cyber Threats addressed by Public Utilites

:to:8 ORCA Net

:fm:6 WA7HHE

:dt:8 09/27/16

:tm:6 18:31L

:sb:55 Public Utilities Gird up to Battle Cyberthreats to Grid

:mg:973 Cyberthreats to critical infrastructure for power, water and wastewater utilities were the focus of a three-day Cyber

Physical Systems Summit.

“We focus a lot in sort of the perimeter in,” said Nick Santillo Jr., chief security officer at American Water, a public utility headquartered in New Jersey. “That’s sort of our defense base. But we have a lot of activity that happens at our perimeter. So we work closely with both the FBI and DHS around sort of who’s knocking on our front door.”

“It’s a dynamic threat environment. A dynamic playbook. That’s why you have an incident commander guy running things at Dominion, right? It’s an all hazards approach.

Full article:

http://www.emergencymgmt.com/safety/Public-utilities-gird-up-to-battle-cyberthreats-to-grid.html?utm_term=Public%20Utilities%20Gird%20up%20to%20Battle%20Cyberthreats%20to%20Grid&utm_campaign=Taxpayers%20Zapped%20for%20%24500%20

million&utm_content=email&utm_source=Act-On+Software&utm_medium=email

[WRAP:chksum E37D][WRAP:end]

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WA7HHE FB Brad tnx for summing the article BREAK W1EEP OK Gene ur up < K7KY

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K7KY ONLY MESSAGE I HAVE IS THAT FALL IS HERE IN UTAH AND THE COLORS ARE GREAT THE TEMP IS AROUND 32 + IN THE AM REAL GOOD TEMP AT THIS TIME 56 73′ W1EEP

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W1EEP FB Gene it’s moving toward fall here too tnx for the brief traffic tonight…. BREAK WB6SDR OK Ralph ur up now..WB6SDR < K7KY

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:hdr_fm:22

WB6SDR 20162809030810

:hdr_ed:22

WB6SDR 20162809030810

<blankform>

:mg:980

I am not sure how to save the image file, does Fldigi save it in a directory automaticly?

Info:

Name:Ralph

Callsign:WB6SDR

QTH:Folsom, CA

Organizations:Java SacJug Users group

Operating Sys:Weezy

Rig:FT897D

Pwr:20W

Ant:80M Inverted V @ 55 ft.

eMail:WB6SDR@hotmail.com

Comments:

Signal Reports:

The following RX report is for Sept 27, 2016 at station WB6SDR Folsom, CA.

using a 80M inverted V at 55 ft. and Yaesu FT897D with 20 W.output.

CALL `Name Location S-Meter

WA6NBG Don Eureka,CA Bulletin

WA7HHE Brad Cedar City,UT S9+10

W1EEP Gene Pine Valley,UT

KB6NN Howard Eureka,CA

KE6SLS Jaye Eureka,CA S9+10

W7GBB Bob Renton,WA in&out

KK6RKY Eric Trinity Center,CA S9+5

KW6JIM Jim Eureka,CA in&out

KR7KR Ken Ceder City,UT S9+10

AF7NX Gary Eugene,OR visitor no traffic

W7ZAP Mindy Brookings,OR

K7KY Doug Brookings,OR NCS S9+20

KG6LHW Anthony, Blue Lake, CA, S9+

73’s

Ralph

BTU NCS

[WRAP:chksum 6F88][WRAP:end]

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WB6SDR TU Ralph nice report fldigi will save images automatically you will find them using the FILE menu upper left and FOLDERs tab… BREAK KB6NN OK Howard over to you… < K7KY

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KE6SLS Jaye, looks like Howard is gone for the moment ur up next < K7KY

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:hdr_fm:21

KB6NN 20162809031217

:hdr_ed:21

KB6NN 20162809030854

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:to:17 ORCA DIGITALL NET

:fm:5 KB6NN

:sb:22 sota/npota weekend run

:s1:18 73, Howard, KB6NN

:mg:494 Four hams in two Jeeps made the trip to Shasta Bally on the 24th. Jim (KW6JIM) and I were in one Jeep, Anthony (KG6LHW) and his wife, Aleda (KK6YJB), were in the other. Band conditions were not great. In addition, the broadcast and other RF in the air from the commercial users of the mountain played with our reception a bit. Back down on the flatland, Anthony made several contacts for the NPOTA activation. Not what we were hoping for, but we had a good time and arrived home safely.

[WRAP:chksum CC4E][WRAP:end]

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KB6NN TU Howard… I was trying to work you guys this weekend maybe next time on CW ? BREAK KE6SLS OK Jaye ur up now… < K7KY

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ORCA de ke6sls

Okay, great copy on EVERYONE tonight. I’m really diggin’ this Doug. I love

to see all the reports too. I’ll send my stuff on comments. TU all

have a GREAT week!

de ke6sls k

Before RSID: <<2016-09-28T03:15Z MFSK-32 @ 14070000+1476>>

KE6SLS FB Jaye… me too I was really impressed with how well everyone works the FLAMP exercises probably why I didn’t leave enough time for Howard to respond… I’m becomming used to all you vets being right on the rivet so to speak BREAK

KK6RKY OK Eric ur up next < K7KY

Before RSID: <<2016-09-28T03:16Z MFSK-32 @ 14070000+1499>>

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kk6rky 20162809031657

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kk6rky 20162809014512

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:mg:1676 Near Miss: The Solar Superstorm of 2012

In 2012, the Earth experienced a close call from an extreme solar storm, the most powerful in as much as 150 years.

In the journal “Space Weather,” Baker et al. describe the powerful Coronal Mass Ejection (CME) which tore through Earth orbit on July 23, 2012. Fortunately Earth wasn’t there. Instead, the storm plasma cloud hit NASA’s Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory (STEREO-A) spacecraft.

“In my view the July 2012 storm was in all respects at least as strong as the 1859 Carrington event” says Baker. The Carrington event caused fires in telegraph stations and destroyed the newly laid trans-Atlantic telegraph cable. “Northern lights” were seen as far south as Cuba. The glow awoke campers in the Rocky Mountains who began breakfast thinking it was morning.[1]

Fortunately, in 1859 civilization didn’t depend on electricity.

CME Induced currents can be high enough to permanently damage large utility transformers. Analysts believe that a direct hit by an extreme CME could cause widespread power blackouts which would be long lasting due to damage to long-lead replacement hardware.

The good news is that a CME is unlikely to affect electronic equipment directly. Transcevers, HTs, PCs, power supplies, pre-amps, antennas and related equipment are much less at risk, so long as you can unplug them in time. [2]

The often used phrase “When all else fails” may well apply to an extreme CME event.

[1]https://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2014/23jul_superstorm

[2] Joe Kornowski (KB6IGK) “Protecting Satellites and Ground Stations from EMP and CME”

The AMSAT Journal, July/August 2016

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Before RSID: <<2016-09-28T03:20Z MFSK-32 @ 14070000+1497>>

KK6RKY Tnx Eric vy interesting article BREAK KR7KR OK Ken ur up next < K7KY

Before RSID: <<2016-09-28T03:20Z MFSK-32 @ 14070000+1502>>

Sending Pic:225x225C;

de KR7KR

Before RSID: <<2016-09-28T03:23Z MFSK-32 @ 14070000+1513>>

KR7KR Tnx Ken

ALL ORCA when you send the test image by email today you can also send KR7KR Ken’s image and we’ll post them all BREAK KG6LHW Anthony ur up for traffic < K7KY

Thank you Howard for the nice report of our activation. And thank you Howard and Jaye for helping me get on this net. What a great tool. Cheers, Anthony < KG6LHW

Before RSID: <<2016-09-28T03:25Z MFSK-32 @ 14070000+1500>>

KG6LHW FB Anthony BREAK we’re skipping AF7NX Gary for traffic, but will return to him in commentsl BREAK W7ZAP OK MIndy ur up for traffic.. < K7KY

QRU < W7ZAP

Before RSID: <<2016-09-28T03:26Z MFSK-32 @ 14070000+1500>>

ALL ORCA OK that completes traffic round and we’ll return to the top for comments WA6NBG Don ur turn for the comment round… < K7KY

Before RSID: <<2016-09-28T03:27Z MFSK-32 @ 14070000+1501>>

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WA6NBG 20162809032736

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WA6NBG 20162809025323

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:mg:693 WA6NBG comments & signal reports. 25 Watts into 180 foot endfed up 25 feet. S8 noise level tonight.

Image: P5

WA7HHE 100% & FLMSG with no errors. s/n -1 to +6

W1EEP 100% s/n -1 to +1

WB6SDR 100% & Flmsg with no errors. s/n +4 to +14

KB6NN 100% & FLMSG with no errors. s/n +2 to +6

KE6SLS 100% s/n +10 to +12

W7GBB 100% s/n +4 to +8

KK6RKY 100% & FLMSG with no errors. s/n +5 to +11

KW6JIM

KR7KR 100% image P3. s/n +4

AF7NX 100% s/n -1 to +1

KG6LHW 100% s/n +6 to +8

W7ZAP 100% +6 to +11

K7KY 100% s/n +12 to +19

Best image yet from K7KY. I sometimes don’t get the first 3 or 4 words from K7KY, about 10% of the time. Not much else. The signal reports say it all. 73. WA6NBG

[WRAP:chksum 65C7][WRAP:end]

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Before RSID: <<2016-09-28T03:29Z MFSK-32 @ 14070000+1498>>

WA6NBG FB Don I wonder why ur missing the beginning of my TX? anyone else, let me know… BREAK WA7HHE OK Brad ur turn for comments… < K7KY

Before RSID: <<2016-09-28T03:30Z MFSK-32 @ 14070000+1502>>

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WA7HHE 20162809033021

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WA7HHE 20162809032747

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:inc:30 ORCA ORCA DIGITAL NET PRACTICE

:dat:8 09/27/16

:tim:6 21:27L

:opp:17 02:30 – 03:30 CUT

:und:17 Oregon/California

:unl:9 K7KY Doug

:pre:6 WA7HHE

:nam[0]:14 WA6NBG – Don

:pos[0]:4 RADO

:hom[0]:10 Eureka, CA

:at[0]:5 02:33

:ev[0]:20 WA6NBG – Bulletin

:nam[1]:12 WA7HHE- Brad

:pos[1]:4 RADO

:hom[1]:16 Cedar City, Utah

:at[1]:5 02:35

:ev[1]:66 K7KY- ORCA Picture- Good Quality, email to ncs@orcadigitalnet.com

:nam[2]:11 W1EEP- Gene

:pos[2]:4 RADO

:hom[2]:17 Pine Valley, Utah

:at[2]:5 02:36

:ev[2]:13 W7GBB- In/out

:nam[3]:11 WB6SDR-Ralf

:pos[3]:4 RADO

:hom[3]:10 Folsom, CA

:at[3]:5 02:37

:ev[3]:14 KW6JIM- in/out

:nam[4]:13 KB7NN- Howard

:pos[4]:4 RADO

:hom[4]:10 Eureka, CA

:nam[5]:11 KE6SLS-Jaye

:pos[5]:4 RADO

:hom[5]:10 Eureka, CA

:nam[6]:10 W7GBB- Bob

:pos[6]:4 RADO

:hom[6]:10 Renton, WA

:nam[7]:11 KK6KY-Eric

:pos[7]:4 RADO

:hom[7]:17 Trinity Center,CA

:nam[8]:10 KW6JIM-Jim

:pos[8]:4 RADO

:hom[8]:10 Eureka, CA

:nam[9]:9 KR7KR-Ken

:pos[9]:4 RADO

:hom[9]:16 Cedar City, Utah

:nam[10]:10 AF7NX-Gary

:pos[10]:4 RADO

:hom[10]:10 Eugene, OR

:nam[11]:15 KG6LHW- Anthony

:pos[11]:4 RADO

:hom[11]:13 Bluelakes, CA

:nam[13]:12 W7ZAP- Mindy

:pos[13]:4 RADO

:hom[13]:13 Brookings, OR

:nam[14]:10 K7KY- Doug

:pos[14]:8 RADO-NCS

:hom[14]:13 Brookings, OR

[WRAP:chksum 8FCA][WRAP:end]

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Before RSID: <<2016-09-28T03:33Z MFSK-32 @ 14070000+1496>>

WA7HHE Well, Brad I’m quite impressed is this a custom form? < K7KY

Before RSID: <<2016-09-28T03:34Z MFSK-32 @ 14070000+1507>>

negative, in the forms, we would use them on all of our incidents de wa7hhe

Before RSID: <<2016-09-28T03:34Z MFSK-32 @ 14070000+1504>>

WA7HHE OK I’ll want to learn more… tu BREAKW1EEP over to you, Gene… < K7KY

Before RSID: <<2016-09-28T03:35Z MFSK-32 @ 14070000+1502>>

K7KY GREAT NET TONIGHT 13 UP ARE WE GOING TO HAVE ANY MORE SAT TESTS I WAS THERE LAST SAT BT NO OTHERS PLEASE ADVISE WHEN WE WILL SEE IF UTAH CAN REACH YOU IN THE NOON HOUR THANKS W1EEP

Before RSID: <<2016-09-28T03:36Z MFSK-32 @ 14070000+1499>>

W1EEP Gene quite a few Ops have asked the same question and a number were looking for us last Sat… I hadn’t thought past the first Sat, but maybe we should do this every Sat for awhile… I’m sometimes unable to call the net at that time and possible someone else would like to run a brief ORCA check in during weekend daytime… we’ll see BREAK WB6SDR OK Ralph ur up for comments.. < K7KY

Before RSID: <<2016-09-28T03:38Z MFSK-32 @ 14070000+1499>>

From Kent University Greenfoot

Sending Pic:105x105C;

Before RSID: <<2016-09-28T03:38Z MFSK-32 @ 14070000+1495>>

WB6SDR I love that little rocket… the last time you sent the rocket, it printed w/o a pixel amiss… this time, pretty good, but not perfect… BREAK KB6NN over to you, Howard…. < K7KY

Before RSID: <<2016-09-28T03:39Z MFSK-32 @ 14070000+1502>>

ORCA Report 09-27-16 from KB6NN, Eureka (Cutten)

WA6NBG Don Eureka,CA Bulletin 100%

WA7HHE Brad Cedar City,UT -1 to -3 db kbd 50%, no FLMSG

W1EEP Gene Pine Valley,UT -7 to -12 db kbd 70%

WB6SDR Ralph Folsom,CA +7db good copy & FLMSG

KB6NN Howard Eureka,CA – –

KE6SLS Jaye Eureka,CA +8db

W7GBB Bob Renton,WA in&out

KK6RKY Eric Trinity Center,CA +2 to +5 db kbd 90% FLMSG err ok

KW6JIM Jim Eureka,CA in&out

KR7KR Ken Ceder City,UT -4db image P3.5

KG6LHW Anthony Blue Lake,CA +5db

AF7NX Gary Eugene,OR visitor no traffic

W7ZAP Mindy Brookings,OR +7db

K7KY Doug Brookings,OR NCS +9db

< KB6NN

Before RSID: <<2016-09-28T03:41Z MFSK-32 @ 14070000+1501>>

KB6NN Tnx Howard… BREAK KE6SLS Jaye. ur turn for comments… < K7KY

Before RSID: <<2016-09-28T03:41Z MFSK-32 @ 14070000+1492>>

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:hdr_fm:22

ke6sls 20162809034149

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ke6sls 20162809034149

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:mg:1672

k7ky 12db, s9, p4, 100% FLM

w7zap 8db, s9, 100% FLA

wa7hhe -7db, s7, 100% FLM, 100% on NEW FLM, cool dude! ICS-214

w1eep -6db, s6, 100% KB

sb6sdr 4db, s8, 100% FLM, p4

kb6nn 6db, s8, 100% FLM

kk6rky 2db, s7, 100% FLM w/qsb!

kr7kr -7db, s6, p2/p3 mabye better BW?

kg6lhw 5db, s8, 100% KB

kw6jim, did not cp Jim tonight, before I got back on freq. Running 45 watts tonight into the small inverted vee dipole, all solar power.

Bands are noisier than usual, think I might have some neighborly noise thing going on, Dinner was WONDERFUL! Spiced pork chops, breading, baked to purrrfection. Then decided to cut some fresh green beans and make my grandmas famous French fried Onion and bean dish. At the same time, I BBQ’s some wings with HOT buffalo sauce for lunch the rest of the week. Got the whole house heated up–fan is now running 100% pulling out all the hot air from the kitchen/oven!

8:15PM ah, the house is much cooler now, 66 degress and falling.

Have you ever tried to put a wild cat in a cat carrier before? It is truly inspiring how the legs can almost spread 90 degrees and halt the process!! With love and a really hard push, you too can get a cat in a box and visit your local veterinarian!

NOTE: Humboldt stations will be at ham meeting next week: 4OCT2016.

Happy birthday Jaye, Friday another year will have passed beneath my wings :)

Sure glad to have my computer back online with the new SSD hard drive. Can boot the beast and start playing in about 12 seconds, about 16 seconds from cold power up. Wow who knew this would be our CURRENT future :)

That’s about it from Lake Whachmacallit.

73, de jaye, ke6sls Eureka! California

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Before RSID: <<2016-09-28T03:44Z MFSK-32 @ 14070000+1479>>

KE6SLS FB Jaye great report… we’ll all be over for virtual dinner after you deal with the cat… BREAKKK6RKY OK Eric ur next < K7KY

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kk6rky 20162809034543

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kk6rky 20162809034543

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:mg:900 ORCA Net Notes 9/27/16

KK6RKY, Icom 7100, 50 W, OCF Dipole

Image: Very clean Will e-mail

Rotation list FLMSG 12 dB No Errors

Announcement (W7ZAP) FLAMP 15 dB 100% copy

WA6NBG Don Eureka,CA Bulletin

15 dB FLMSG No Errors

WA7HHE Brad Cedar City,UT

FLMSG 6 dB Good copy Checksum error however

W1EEP Gene Pine Valley,UT

3 dB keyboard 100% copy

WB6SDR Ralph Folsom,CA

FLMSG 15 dB 100% copy

KB6NN Howard Eureka,CA

FLMSG 9 dB 100% copy no errors

KE6SLS Jaye Eureka,CA

keyboard 5 dB 100% copy

W7GBB Bob Renton,WA in&out

KK6RKY Erik Trinity Center,CA

FLMSG superstorm

KW6JIM Jim Eureka,CA in&out

KR7KR Ken Ceder City,UT

Image 225 by 225 Offset/split will send

KG6LHW Anthony Blue Lake,CA

WA7HHE Brad Cedar City,UT

AF7NX Gary Eugene,OR visitor no traffic

W7ZAP Mindy Brookings,OR

keyboard 12 dB 100% copy

K7KY Doug Brookings,OR NCS

12 dB

Thanks to ALL! 73 Erik

[WRAP:chksum 591C][WRAP:end]

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Before RSID: <<2016-09-28T03:47Z MFSK-32 @ 14070000+1502>>

KK6RKY TU Eric nice report I missed a little at the beginning my AFC somehow turned itself off.. ??? BREAK KR7KR Over to Ken in UT < K7KY

Before RSID: <<2016-09-28T03:48Z MFSK-32 @ 14070000+1500>>

W7ZAP and the net de KR7KR

Good band conditions tonight

copied almost everything 100%

KE6SLS was a little low on waterfall (About 1490)

when I shifted down I could copy him fine

Had a good time

Thanks for the practice

73

de KR7KR

Before RSID: <<2016-09-28T03:49Z MFSK-32 @ 14070000+1499>>

KR7KR FB Ken & tu for working with us tonight…. BREAKAF7NX Gary u still with us? < K7KY

Before RSID: <<2016-09-28T03:50Z MFSK-32 @ 14070000+1496>>

ORCA de AF7NX

Thanks for the introduction to Digital Messaging. Looks like I had at least FLMSG installed on my computer because messages popped up as you all sent them! I didn’t catch the FLAMP message, so I can see there is something here to learn so I can send some messages back!

Using my 80m OCFD @ 75′ with IC-751A & FLDIGI 35W

Most everybody was clean up here in Eugene. The pics were a little fuzzy.

TU de AF7NX k

Before RSID: <<2016-09-28T03:51Z MFSK-32 @ 14070000+1490>>

AF7NX Tnx Gary ur doing very well for just popping in tonight… when you install FLAMP it’s as easy to configure as FLMSG and you need to start FLAMP before RX it doesn’t self start… check out the web site and I’ll look for you in the future… BREAKK KG6LHW Anthony sorry to get you out of sequence ur up for traffic.. < K7KY

Before RSID: <<2016-09-28T03:53Z MFSK-32 @ 14070000+1504>>

No comments until I get a little more comfortable with the format. And I’ll have to sign off here. Thank you, Anthony < KG6LHW

Before RSID: <<2016-09-28T03:53Z MFSK-32 @ 14070000+1506>>

KG6LHW FB Anthony thanks for coming and I’ll look forward to working with you in the future… BREAK W7ZAP OK Mindy ur up for comments < K7KY

<STX>

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c 20162809035438

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c 20162809024620

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:mg:1092

35w 135ft doublet @ 110ft

W7ZAP copied the following stations:

WA6NBG 100% KBD, FLMSG (S9 +10 s/n=7dB)

WA7HHE 100% KBD, wfID, FLMSG (S9 s/n=8dB)

W1EEP 100% KBD, wfID (S9 s/n=8dB)

WB6SDR 100% KBD, FLMSG, image (S9 +10 s/n=14dB)

KB6NN 100% KBD, wfID, FLMSG (S9 s/n=15dB)

KE6SLS 100% KBD, FLMSG (S9 +15 s/n= 12dB)

W7GBB 100% wfID (sorry, no sig rpt)

KK6RKY 100% KBD, FLMSG (S9 s/n=11dB)

KW6JIM 100% KBD (sorry, no sig rpt)

KR7KR 100% KBD, image (S9 s/n=2dB)

AF7NX 100% KBD, (S9 +15 s/n=16dB)

KG6LHW 100% KBD, (S9 +15 s/n=9dB)

K7KY 100% KBD, FLMSG, image

Wow! Big net tonight. Welcome to Gary AF7NX in Eugene, OR. Nice job for your first digital net. Great net tonight… flowing and interesting traffic. Ken KR7KR’s image is clear, but text has noise and made it difficult to read. Excellent use of the ICS-214 form incident report/roster from Brad WA7HHE. Ralph WB6SDR’s rocket had a little noise tonight compared to last time. Yikes! Jaye’s cat-in-the-box sounds scary. Hope you have/had a great b-day Jaye :-) Hope to see you all on the WF again soon.

73,

Mindy W7ZAP

[WRAP:chksum 385F][WRAP:end]

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Before RSID: <<2016-09-28T03:57Z MFSK-32 @ 14070000+1499>>

ORCA de ke6sls.

Heya, wanna also mention both af7nx and kg6lhw for gettign on tonight. it might be a pretty steap learning curve for new players, but just joining us for the net makes it more easier for you to learn and play as you go. Please don’t be intimidated by all of us, we have all played before on digi nets so this is prety easy for us, but if you have questions, please PLEASE ask for a little help along the way.

it’s a lot of fun and you really do learn some major great skills for amateur radio!

okay, btu NCS de ke6sls k

Before RSID: <<2016-09-28T03:59Z MFSK-32 @ 14070000+1478>>

KE6SLS Just so, Jaye…. a complex net, but very useful and lots of fun if you like digital BREAK

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

Before RSID: <<2016-09-28T03:59Z MFSK-32 @ 14070000+1498>>

ALL ORCA Just a couple quick comments before we close… thanks for your patience with a long net… Jaye KE6SLS is our alternate NCS and we have a plan for nets that become large where Jaye takes a portion of the net off to another freq when we get to the traffic portion of the net. tonight we did OK with 14 checkins and it often happens that not everyone has traffic and some Ops will hold FLAMP when there’s already been some FLAMP traffic… another note, K6WSJ Steve is still having some medical issues and we want to keep him in our thougths and prayers.. And, his buddy Rick N6IET is recovering well and off to ARC meeting tonight, but will be back with us next week and. lastly tu to the ops who have changed their WFID to large font it’s much easier to read on the wf…

any last comments or questiions? < K7KY

Before RSID: <<2016-09-28T04:04Z MFSK-32 @ 14070000+1504>>

This concludes the ORCA DIGITAL NET

for: 09/27/2016 21:04 PDT

Thank’s for working with us tonight.

We appreciate your time and interest.

Hope to see you again next week.

73 < Doug K7KY NCS

Before RSID: <<2016-09-28T04:04Z MFSK-32 @ 14070000+1499>>

ORCA de AF7NX

TU again. I usually have my chess game this time on Wed. or would be here often. hope to catch you all again some time.

73 de AF7NX

Before RSID: <<2016-09-28T04:05Z MFSK-32 @ 14070000+1498>>

AF7NX FB Gary if you do as well at Chess as you’ve done here tonight, you’ll be a winner tnx for dropping in and come back whenever you like 73 Doug K7KY

Before RSID: <<2016-09-28T04:05Z MFSK-32 @ 14070000+1502>>

<< K7KY DE AF7NX >>

I try my best! Cheers, 73 de AF7NX

Before RSID: <<2016-09-28T04:06Z MFSK-32 @ 14070000+1499>>

and for those folks looking for the saved images

from fldigi, if you run linux, it is a hidden file, so open

your file mangler and then click on SHOW HIDDEN FILES, then click int

into .fldigi/images and there they are!

on Windows, will, I donno, don’t have windows here or mac.

73 all

de ke6sls k

Before RSID: <<2016-09-28T04:07Z MFSK-32 @ 14070000+1477>>

KE6SLS Tnx Jaye… I’m glad you addressed that Ralph WB6SDR is running Linux and I forgot about the hidden files in Linux And also your comments to the new Ops on the net are perfect… Happy Birthday!!! < K7KY