12/FEB/19 Report

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ORCA DIGITAL NET 12/Feburary/19 Check-in/Rotation:

Check-ins : 7
Stations:
K7DV Dave Idaho Falls,ID
W1EEP Gene Pine Valley,UT
KG7SXQ Lynden St. George,UT in&out
KD7CL Craig Riverton,OR in&out relay
AG7GK Aaron Mesa,AZ in&out
W7ZAP Mindy Brookings,OR NCS
K7KY Doug Brookings,OR NCS

Another night of unfavorable band condx. Prior to ORCA, we were unable to check into the Humboldt Emergency net, 75m SSB, but were able to connect the Humboldt Emergency Digital Net on 80m. Humboldt is about 90m south of Brookings. ORCA was really small tonight. Our UT contingent had an ARC meeting. For others, the band just didn’t cooperate. We heard from several Ops by email; they could barely hear, or heard nothing. Dave K7DV relayed Craig KD7CL who’s only 50m north. We didn’t hear him. Dave also heard a weak K8xxx, but we didn’t connect. Some nights are like that.

The FLAMP exercise was very interesting. We’d planned to begin in THOR 50×1, and fill with DOMX22 and MFSK-32. When Dave CONFIRMED THOR 50×1 immediately, we thought it was going to be quick and easy. Gene’s signal was much stronger than Dave’s, so we thought we had better path to Gene. But no. By the time we CONFIRMED Gene, we’d gone on to MFSK16, OLIVIA 8/500, and finally OLIVIA 8/250. On the last pass, Mindy W7ZAP sent block 6 two times by entering ‘6,6’ in the missing-block window. It was a mode workout and a valuable learning experience. The net was small; we had plenty of time to complete the task, just as we would with emergency traffic. For emergency traffic, we’ll use everything we know.

RX: W1EEP UT
RX: K7DV ID

If you couldn’t check in tonight, don’t be discouraged. It’s radio; especially HF radio at solar minimum. We hope for better propagation next week and we hope to work with you then. 73 Doug K7KY

—- Net Log —-

Before RSID: <<2019-02-13T03:12Z OL 8-500 @ 1500>>
QRZ de K7DV K7DV 6gGE ORCA Ops I have two earlGE ORCA Ops I hv two early early ck-ins K7DV

Dave Idaho Falls,ID
W1EEP Pine Valley,UT

if there are any corrections, pse come first tu < K7KY

Before RSID: <<2019-02-13T03:13Z MFSK-32 @ 1500>>
kg7sxq lynden st george UT 60w in&out

KG7SXQ < K7KY TU
KG7SXQ Lynden St. George,UT in&out
Good signal Lynden tu < NCS

ORCA DIGITAL NET – Early Check-in < K7KY

ORCA DIGITAL NET – Early Check-in < K7KY

Before RSID: <<2019-02-13T03:18Z MFSK-32 @ 1500>>
K7KY DE K7DV I am keeping track of who checks in just for help and more than that practice btn de K7dv

K7DV < K7KY Excellent Dave this is how Mindy & I learned networking taking ck-in alo ng with the ncs I wish more Ops would give it a try it really helps you catch callsigns quickly in CW and it’s also very useful in digital tnx < K7KY

ORCA DIGITAL NET – Early Check-in < K7KY

W1EEP < K7KY Gene are the CC Ops @ ARC meeting tonight?? < K7KY

K7 KY DE W1EEP CLUB MEETING TONIGHT I THINK WE WILL SEE A FEW IN A LITTLE BIT NOT SURE HOW LONG OR THE AGENDA TONIGHT

RR tu I think Brad told me a week ago this was a meeting night we’ll see BREAK

ORCA DIGITAL NET – Early Check-in < K7KY

W1EEP < K7KY Gene we recall now that Brad said tonite was for a digital presentation and the local digital Ops were going to support the presenter… good on them… < K7KY

K7KY DE W1EEP OK RR THAT IS GREAT i LOVE TO GO TO THE MEETINGS BUT IT IS ABOUT 1HOUR 15 MINUTES AND THE DRIVE IN THE WEATHER AND DEER COUNTRY IS TOUGH THIS TIME OF THE YEAR THAT IS THE REASON I’M HERE TALKING TO YOU WO™ tnÄULD NOT MISS A NET UNLESS IT WAS SOMETHING BIG WE REALLY LIKE THE NETA AND LEARN A LOT THANKS

Before RSID: <<2019-02-13T03:28Z MFSK-32 @ 1500>>
DE K7DV break I have a relay

go relay < K7KY

Before RSID: <<2019-02-13T03:28Z MFSK-32 @ 1500>>
K7KY DE K7DV

K7DV < K7KY Dave I didn’t get the relay < K7KY

Before RSID: <<2019-02-13T03:30Z MFSK-32 @ 1500>>
K7KY DE K7DV roger roger was looking him up It was KD7CL KD7CL he is in riverton oregon Craig I didnt get if he was in and out but came in weak so got him on olivia break de K7dv

KD7CL < K7KY TU
KD7CL Craig Riverton,OR in&out < NCS

Early ORCA Ck-Ins:
K7DV Dave Idaho Falls,ID
W1EEP Pine Valley,UT
KG7SXQ Lynden St. George,UT in&out
KD7CL Craig Riverton,OR in&out
W7ZAP Mindy Brookings,OR NCS
K7KY Doug Brookings,OR NCS

12:Feb:19 19:32:10p
WELCOME to the ORCA DIGITAL NET
Doug K7KY/ NCS, Brookings,OR, 35w, 208′ 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

Weekly FLAMP Exercise
Open FLAMP before exercise begins.
FLDIGI can be configured to ‘AUTOSTART’ FLAMP.

Traffic Round: NCS calls each station in rotation.
No practice traffic? Send ‘QRU’. Hold keyboard dialogue
for Comment Round. Questions anytime.

Comment Round: RX reports, observations, questions
(keyboard or FLMSG BLANK Form as you like)

LOCK: Cursor @ 1500
ENABLE: RxID
DISABLE: TxID, end-of-Tx-ID, Mode-ID
DISABLE: CWID, CW-Postamble-ID, Pre-Signal-Tone*
* Use manual pre-tone (TUNE BUTTON) when doubles are likely.

—–

REMAINING CK-INS COME NOW. Participating Ops send ‘CALLSIGN’ or VidID
MONITORING Ops Send,’CALLSIGN in&out’

First time? CALL/NAME/QTH < NCS

AARON
MESA, AZ
Checking in and out

AG7GK < K7KY TU
AG7GK Aaron Mesa,AZ in&out < NCS

W1EEP < K7KY Gene pse relay ck-in 4 me tu < NCS

W1EEP Relaying 4 ORCA DIGITAL NET – NCS.Not Copying NCS?
Check ‘in&out’ here…W1EEP

NIL W1EEP

FB Gene tu looks like a small net so far… You and Dave are our most loyal and dependable OPs (-: tnx for your participation and support any more ck-ins ?? < K7KY

Before RSID: <<2019-02-13T03:38Z MFSK-32 @ 1500>>
DE K7DV there was a k8 station but got covered up he was in the waterfall break de K7dv

Tnx Dave BREAK K8 station agn pse < NCS

NIL

Signal Evaluation Image<IMAGE:C:G,\Users\TB-CF-C2\Pictures\0RCAimage.png>
Sending Pic:144×140; < K7KY

… start
[WRAP:beg][WRAP:lf][WRAP:fn 0RCA.b2s]<flmsg>4.0.7
:hdr_fm:20
K7KY 20191302034049
:hdr_ed:20
K7KY 20181112205014
<blankform>
:mg:287 ORCA DIGITAL NET 12/Feburary/19 Check-in/Rotation:

Check-ins :
Stations:
K7DV Dave Idaho Falls,ID
W1EEP Gene Pine Valley,UT
KG7SXQ Lynden St. George,UT in&out
KD7CL Craig Riverton,OR in&out relay
AG7GK Aaron Mesa,AZ in&out
W7ZAP Mindy Brookings,OR NCS
K7KY Doug Brookings,OR NCS

[WRAP:chksum EC4E][WRAP:end] … end

 

ANNOUNCEMENTS 12/February/2019

Tonight’s FLAMP exercise distributes the file, ‘ex105.txt’, an FLDIGI/FLMSG/
FLAMP exercise. If you complete the optional exercise, send the file to NCS
in the Traffic round.

It snowed here on Friday night; there was a couple inches on the ground and
it stayed until Sunday afternoon. Unusual for Brookings, but not exceptional.
We had all our outdoor faucets running for three days. No frozen pipes.

The website is restored to May 2018 and we’ve updated the mainpage map, but
content added since last May is all missing. We’ll replace it as well as we can
recall, when we can. We plan to add a video-streaming page too. We’ve been
talking with another husband/wife team in Andover, KS, Wayne KD0WAT and Barb
KD0WAU. They’re learning the NCS role for their local 2m digital net. We made
a short video of ORCA check-in so they can see how it’s done on our end. This
may be useful to anyone interested in digital NCS routines.

Net Report posted soon: http://orcadigitalnet.com/reports/
If you want on/off the Net Report/Log publication notice list:
ncs@orcadigitalnet.com < NCS

Next is the weekly FLAMP exercise with Mindy W7ZAP this won’t take long (-: over to Mindy < NCS

Before RSID: <<2019-02-13T03:44Z MFSK-32 @ 1500>>
The exercise begins in THOR50x1 (176wpm/900hz). We’ll fill
in DOMEX22 (160wpm/524hz) & MFSK32 (120wpm/630hz). < NCS

Before RSID: <<2019-02-13T03:45Z MFSK-32 @ 1500>>
Before RSID: <<2019-02-13T03:45Z THOR 50 x1 @ 1500>>

ORCA DIGITAL NET DE W7ZAP

<PROG 18 E4D7>{759A}FLAMP 2.2.03
<FILE 30 1134>{759A}20190212221824:ex105.txt
<ID 25 786C>{759A}W7ZAP Brookings, OR
<SIZE 14 7DA4>{759A}466 6 80
<FILE 30 1134>{759A}20190212221824:ex105.txt
<ID 25 786C>{759A}W7ZAP Brookings, OR
<SIZE 14 7DA4>{759A}466 6 80
<DATA 88 4335>{759A:1}
OPTIONAL – PC/FLMSG/FLAMP file-manipulation exercise

In an FLMSG ICS-213 fo
<DATA 88 3C66>{759A:2}rm, create the file ‘URCALL_ex105.213. Make ‘Inc’= WX, ‘To’= NCS, ‘FM’= URCALL,
<DATA 88 22C7>{759A:3}’Sub.’= Station Low Temp. Copy the following question to the ‘Message:’ field an
<DATA 88 10DF>{759A:4}d add your reply.
What was the lowest temperature at your station this winter
<DATA 88 D02F>{759A:5}?
In TRAFFIC round, send this new file to NCS using FLAMP,
or send your own
<DATA 74 3D6E>{759A:6} practice msg or QRU. Before sending,
change ‘QST’ to ‘NCS’. 8
<CNTL 10 5E1A>{759A:EOF}
<CNTL 10 FE16>{759A:EOT}

DE W7ZAP K

Before RSID: <<2019-02-13T03:46Z THOR 50 x1 @ 1500>>

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

We begin with …
K7DV

Before RSID: <<2019-02-13T03:46Z MFSK-32 @ 1500>>
DE K7DV
File : ex105.txt
<MISSING 15 0D30>{759A}CONFIRMED
DE K7DV K

Before RSID: <<2019-02-13T03:47Z MFSK-32 @ 1500>>
W1EEP

DE W1EEP
File : Unassigned
<MISSING 14 766F>{759A}PREAMBLE
DE W1EEP K

Before RSID: <<2019-02-13T03:47Z MFSK-32 @ 1500>>
Before RSID: <<2019-02-13T03:47Z DominoEX 22 @ 1500>>
ORCA DIGITAL NET DE W7ZAP

<PROG 18 E4D7>{759A}FLAMP 2.2.03
<FILE 30 1134>{759A}20190212221824:ex105.txt
<ID 25 786C>{759A}W7ZAP Brookings, OR
<SIZE 14 7DA4>{759A}466 6 80
<FILE 30 1134>{759A}20190212221824:ex105.txt
<ID 25 786C>{759A}W7ZAP Brookings, OR
<SIZE 14 7DA4>{759A}466 6 80
<DATA 88 4335>{759A:1}
OPTIONAL – PC/FLMSG/FLAMP file-manipulation exercise
In an FLMSG ICS-213 fo
<DATA 88 3C66>{759A:2}rm, create the file ‘URCALL_ex105.213. Make ‘Inc’= WX, ‘To’= NCS, ‘FM’= URCALL,
<DATA 88 22C7>{759A:3}’Sub.’= Station Low Temp. Copy the following question to the ‘Message:’ field an
<DATA 88 10DF>{759A:4}d add your reply.
What was the lowest temperature at your station this winter
<DATA 88 D02F>{759A:5}?
In TRAFFIC round, send this new file to NCS using FLAMP,
or send your own
<DATA 74 3D6E>{759A:6} practice msg or QRU. Before sending,
change ‘QST’ to ‘NCS’. 8
<CNTL 10 5E1A>{759A:EOF}
<CNTL 10 FE16>{759A:EOT}

DE W7ZAP K

Before RSID: <<2019-02-13T03:49Z DominoEX 22 @ 1500>>
W1EEP

DE W1EEP
File : ex105.txt
<MISSING 14 766F>{759A}PREAMBLE
DE W1EEP K

Before RSID: <<2019-02-13T03:49Z MFSK-32 @ 1500>>
ORCA DIGITAL NET DE W7ZAP

<PROG 18 E4D7>{759A}FLAMP 2.2.03
<FILE 30 1134>{759A}20190212221824:ex105.txt
<ID 25 786C>{759A}W7ZAP Brookings, OR
<SIZE 14 7DA4>{759A}466 6 80
<FILE 30 1134>{759A}20190212221824:ex105.txt
<ID 25 786C>{759A}W7ZAP Brookings, OR
<SIZE 14 7DA4>{759A}466 6 80
<DATA 88 4335>{759A:1}
OPTIONAL – PC/FLMSG/FLAMP file-manipulation exercise
In an FLMSG ICS-213 fo
<DATA 88 3C66>{759A:2}rm, create the file ‘URCALL_ex105.213. Make ‘Inc’= WX, ‘To’= NCS, ‘FM’= URCALL,
<DATA 88 22C7>{759A:3}’Sub.’= Station Low Temp. Copy the following question to the ‘Message:’ field an
<DATA 88 10DF>{759A:4}d add your reply.
What was the lowest temperature at your station this winter
<DATA 88 D02F>{759A:5}?
In TRAFFIC round, send this new file to NCS using FLAMP,
or send your own
<DATA 74 3D6E>{759A:6} practice msg or QRU. Before sending,
change ‘QST’ to ‘NCS’. 8
<CNTL 10 5E1A>{759A:EOF}
<CNTL 10 FE16>{759A:EOT}

DE W7ZAP K

Before RSID: <<2019-02-13T03:51Z MFSK-32 @ 1500>>
W1EEP

DE W1EEP
File : ex105.txt
<MISSING 12 7BFF>{759A}1 2 6
DE W1EEP K

Before RSID: <<2019-02-13T03:52Z MFSK-32 @ 1500>>
ORCA DIGITAL NET DE W7ZAP

<PROG 18 E4D7>{759A}FLAMP 2.2.03
<DATA 88 4335>{759A:1}
OPTIONAL – PC/FLMSG/FLAMP file-manipulation exercise
In an FLMSG ICS-213 fo
<DATA 88 3C66>{759A:2}rm, create the file ‘URCALL_ex105.213. Make ‘Inc’= WX, ‘To’= NCS, ‘FM’= URCALL,
<DATA 74 3D6E>{759A:6} practice msg or QRU. Before sending,
change ‘QST’ to ‘NCS’. 8
<CNTL 10 5E1A>{759A:EOF}
<CNTL 10 FE16>{759A:EOT}

DE W7ZAP K

Before RSID: <<2019-02-13T03:54Z MFSK-16 @ 1500>>
W1EEP

DE W1EEP
File : ex105.txt
<MISSING 10 C161>{759A}2 6
DE W1EEP K

Before RSID: <<2019-02-13T03:54Z MFSK-32 @ 1500>>
Before RSID: <<2019-02-13T03:54Z OL 8-500 @ 1500>>
ORCA DIGITAL NET DE W7ZAP

<PROG 18 E4D7>{759A}FLAMP 2.2.03
<DATA 88 3C66>{759A:2}rm, create the file ‘URCALL_ex105.213. Make ‘Inc’= WX, ‘To’= NCS, ‘FM’= URCALL,
<DATA 74 3D6E>{759A:6} practice msg or QRU. Before sending,
change ‘QST’ to ‘NCS’. 8
<CNTL 10 5E1A>{759A:EOF}
<CNTL 10 FE16>{759A:EOT}

DE W7ZAP K

Before RSID: <<2019-02-13T03:56Z OL 8-500 @ 1500>>
W1EEP

DE W1EEP
File : ex105.txt
<MISSING 8 A34B>{759A}6
DE W1EEP K

Before RSID: <<2019-02-13T03:57Z OL 8-500 @ 1500>>
Before RSID: <<2019-02-13T03:57Z OL 8-250 @ 1500>>
ORCA DIGITAL NET DE W7ZAP

<PROG 18 E4D7>{759A}FLAMP 2.2.03
<DATA 74 3D6E>{759A:6} practice msg or QRU. Before sending,
change ‘QST’ to ‘NCS’. 8
<DATA 74 3D6E>{759A:6} practice msg or QRU. Before sending,
change ‘QST’ to ‘NCS’. 8
<CNTL 10 5E1A>{759A:EOF}
<CNTL 10 FE16>{759A:EOT}

DE W7ZAP
Before RSID: <<2019-02-13T04:01Z OL 8-250 @ 1500>>
W1EEP

DE W1EEP
File : ex105.txt
<MISSING 15 0D30>{759A}CONFIRMED
DE W1EEP K

Before RSID: <<2019-02-13T04:01Z MFSK-32 @ 1500>>
GREAT JOB

Before RSID: <<2019-02-13T04:02Z MFSK-32 @ 1500>>
K7KY < W7ZAP Ooops ! I doubled w/u Gene but copied great job TU
This was great practice… Used a new tactic… sent block #6 (2X) by entering “6,6” in the ‘blocks’ field. Glad we have a small net to practice modes when condx are tough. BTN < W7ZAP

W7ZAP < K7KY FB
Mindy tu tonight was perfect for a small net.. good thing we don’t have 20ck-ins and 10 or so active.. this is exactly what we would be doing with emergency traffic.. we’d keep working @ it until we got the msg thru or tried everything we knew… nice work all BREAK

ORCA DIGITAL NET 20:04:18p
Late/Visitor Ck-in? Relay? < K7KY

We begin the Traffic round with Dave K7DV < NCS

Before RSID: <<2019-02-13T04:05Z MFSK-32 @ 1500>>
Before RSID: <<2019-02-13T04:05Z Contestia @ 1500>>

K7KY DE K7DV

Before RSID: <<2019-02-13T04:05Z MFSK-32 @ 1500>>
Before RSID: <<2019-02-13T04:06Z MFSK-32 @ 1500>>

NCS ORCA ZtMtaqDVßa:ROG ºm CC1E>{A1E1}FLAMP 2.2.03
<FILE 36 82FF>{A1E1}20190213035545:K7DV-exýPcs> hmD 35 8476>{A1ETKf|o 3g¡alls Idaho DN33XJ
<SIZE 14 BDC7>{Auc êt xy wem at0 AEF1>{A1E1}WX temp at our location
<DATA 88 494D>{A1E1:1}[blÿdzRltyvAUxaTUEAAACØQo1uAQAHhmJhvwzDh5XomGzTdVMTRpo04ZcTrqbGr
GDFmpAYoFSmLtnd
<DATA 88 5It./0 xuèPutw,AD f÷ ehfWaatMndkq6IWPJtHn¦RZi7éI’blhePdea oh ea<tttatyJQFY8w5rrYfW1cNlthDA
1E1:3}hi6CzWR7c7QFXf1n4FxqYz²i tPoa67IXJ2iOcMvIkj9F+c+2AyBmvl5cAdjKNC+dH1ecadULybB
<DATA 25 7809>{A1E1:42vaYA==
[b64:end] <CNTL 1L nE3>{A1e ktz1Fec Î iTL 10 98EF>{A1E1:EO
DE K7DV K

K7DV < K7KY Dave I’ve almost no cpy on u now Mindy is doing better and will complete the msg with you over to Mindy W7ZAP < K7KY

Before RSID: <<2019-02-13T04:08Z MFSK-32 @ 1500>>
DE W7ZAP
File : K7DV-ex.105.213
<MISSING 10 F79B>{A1E1}2 3
DE W7ZAP K

Before RSID: <<2019-02-13T04:09Z MFSK-32 @ 1500>>
DE W7ZAP
File : K7DV-ex.105.213
<MISSING 10 F79B>{A1E1}2 3
DE W7ZAP K

K7DV < K7KY Dave it seems ur not copying Mindy well I think the band is worse than we thought BREAK Next 4 Traffic is Gene W1EEP < NCS

FILE TRANSFER ABORTED

DE W1EEP BK

NCS WX DE W1EEP

<PROG 18 253E>{4C43}FLAMP 2.2.03
<FILE 45 E346>{4C43}20190213040351:ex105 UR CALL W1EEP.txt
<ID 18 E64C>{4C43}W1EEP DM37DJ
<SIZE 13 9441>{4C43}69 2 64
<DATA 72 541D>{4C43:1}WE HAVE BEEN AS LOW AS -9 SO FAR AND WE HAVE 28 INCHES ON THE GR
<DATA 13 C9C0>{4C43:2}OUND
<CNTL 10 B25F>{4C43:EOF}
<CNTL 10 1253>{4C43:EOT}

DE W1EEP K

W1EEP < K7KY Gene that’s serious cold I feel like a piker now it’s actually warm here by UT/ID standards tnx hr’s ur report
<NUL>
DE K7KY
File : ex105 UR CALL W1EEP.txt
<MISSING 15 52C9>{4C43}CONFIRMED
DE K7KY K

ORCA DIGITAL NET 20:13:08p
Late/Visitor Ck-in? Relay? < K7KY

We’re already back to Dave K7DV for the comment round if he can here me over to Dave K7DV < K7KY

Before RSID: <<2019-02-13T04:14Z MFSK-32 @ 1500>>
K7DV i cant copy net control so Ie Ùt
l relajtetNocà ootru you thÄtq Gd i`neNeÇ eu…ksiLE

W1EEP < K7KY Gene ur next, 2nd, for comments < K7KY

K7KY DE W1EEP GLAD WE HAVE A SHORT NET TO KEEP TRYING DIFFERENT MODE A GOOD LEARNING TIME FOR ME REALLY LIKE THE PRACTICE THANKS TO YOU AND MINDY 73’S

FB Gene we’ve made lemonade out of a poor band tonight if necessary, you would be able to keep Dave in the loop.. good work for all BREAK next up is Mindy W7ZAP < NCS

Before RSID: <<2019-02-13T04:17Z MFSK-32 @ 1500>>

… start
[WRAP:beg][WRAP:lf][WRAP:fn W7ZAP_report.b2s]<flmsg>4.0.7
:hdr_fm:21
W7ZAP 20191302041717
:hdr_ed:21
W7ZAP 20170512224719
<blankform>
:mg:816 35w 180ft doublet @ 145ft
W7ZAP copied the following stations:

K7DV 100% copy KBD, VidID, 50% cpy FLAMP (S9) 11 dB / (S1) -4dB
W1EEP 100% copy KBD, VidID, FLAMP (S9 +10) 15 dB
KG7SXQ 100% copy KBD (S8) 10 dB
KD7CL relay: K7DV
AG7GK 100% copy KBD (S9)
K7KY 100% copy KBD, FLMSG, FLAMP, image

I always enjoy the fluctuations in net sizes; big or small… they’re all good for different practice opportunities. Looks like band is long and 50-150 mile stations are not heard by NCS. Thanks to Dave K7DV for the relays.

Wow! What a change inthe band! Dave K7DV really dropped by the traffic round. Gene W1EEP is still booming in here. Crazy condx! I knew Gene would have an extreme WX report… -9…Yikes! Stay warm Gene! Appreciate working with you guys Hope to see you on the WF agn soon.
73,
Mindy W7ZAP
[WRAP:chksum 7A79][WRAP:end] … end

W7ZAP < K7KY tnx Mindy great report.. I agree with Gene about travel to meeting in this WX and the deer potential is even worse… having hit a deer on my MC I’m shy of speeding along in deer country BREAK are there any further comments ?? < K7KY

I was going to comment on the small net, but I called another 7 ck-in net around Christmas I like them all, but the short net give more time to expirement and not bore everyone.. BREAK any more comments? monitoring stations welcome too.. < NCS

ORCA DIGITAL NET 20:22:13p
Late/Visitor Ck-in? Relay? < K7KY

Well, that’s it… another big TU to our most loyal and dependable Ops K7DV & W1EEP BREAK

2023L – 0423Z
This concludes the ORCA DIGITAL NET
Thanks for working with us tonight
We hope to practice with you
again next Tuesday evening.
Practice make Perfect!
73 Doug K7KY

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FEMA Region X HF Interoperability Testing (60m)


FEMA Region X Monthly Interoperability NET, which comprises Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, Washington, conducts a monthly interoperability communications exercise on the 60-meter band. This exercise often includes a voice portion and a digital portion.

FEMA Region X uses the call sign of WGY910. The COMMEX occurs on the third Wednesday of the month from 1730 to 1900Z. Primary check-in is usually on 60-meter channel 1.

FEMA Region X Monthly Interoperability NET

3rd Wednesday 1730Z - 1900Z
Channel 1: 5330.5 kHz
Channel 2: 5346.5 kHz
Channel 3: 5357.0 kHz
Channel 4: 5371.5 kHz
Channel 5: 5403.5 kHz
1730Z Open net, delay check-ins
60M - CH1
1735Z NCS sends 1st dig msg
60M - BPSK31 - CH 2
1740Z NCS repeats 1st dig msg using alt mode
60M - MT63-2KL CH2
1745Z NCS calls for check-ins and reports
60M - CH1
1815Z NCS TX 2nd digital msg
60M - BPSK31 - CH 2
1825Z NCS reTX 2nd dig msg using alt mode
60M - MT63-2KL - CH 2
1827Z NCS calls for reports
60M - CH 1
1850Z NCS closes the net
60M - CH 1

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SHORTWAVE RADIOGRAM

Shortwave Radiogram transmits digital text and images on an analog shortwave broadcast transmitter. The program is produced and presented by Dr. Kim Andrew Elliott KD9XB. Shortwave Radiogram continues VOA Radiogram's tradition testing new modes and is an interesting source for Digital Ops wishing to practice more with FLDIGI & FLAMP.
 

Shortwave Radiogram Transmission Schedule (AM)

Fri 2030-2100 UTC
7780 kHz
9455 kHz
WRMI Florida
Sat 1600-1630 UTC
9400 kHz
Space Line, Bulgaria
Sun 2330-2400 UTC
7780 kHz
WRMI Florida
Mon 0800-0830 UTC
7730 kHz
5850 kHz
WRMI Florida

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