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ORCA DIGITAL NET, Report 14/Apr/15

Check-ins: 5
Traffic: 6

Stations:
KB6NN Howard T
NX6D David T
W7ZAP Mindy T2
K7IFG Ken T
K7KY Doug T NCS

Tonight, check-in was easy. I had all stations on the ledger before regular check-in. All stations had traffic tonight. Howard KB6NN is working on signal stability and wants to know where we copy him on the waterfall. I copied him 1490-1495 for the few moments I was watching.

Ken K7IFG sent traffic in flamp, 5xPSK63R. It was very fast and copied 100% by two stations and two stations did not fully copy. Ken sent the missing blocks in MFSK64 and David NX6D filled the message to 100%. Howard did not copy the initial or fill, but he later copied a complete message from Mindy W7ZAP in MFSK64. The difference here was probably proximity. Mindy was at 25w and Ken at 50w, but Mindy is much closer to Howard than Ken.

Mindy W7ZAP sent a ICS-213 message in BPSK500. 75% of the net copied it 100% with one fill. It’s good to be experimenting with these modes. Some are very fast and some of the fast modes are not too wide and do well with average band conditions.

We had digital neighbors tonight at 2200wf, but they caused no interference. It might have been MFSK-32 or a mode of similar bandwidth. It makes me think we can relay traffic at 0800 and 2200wf in MFSK-32 w/o effecting the net at 1500. That would be good for me; I could keep an eye on the relay stations and know when they’re returning. For broader modes, we will have to go further down the band. We’ll try the relay routine next net.

When we use flamp, it’s important to send the flamp REPORT whether or not you need a fill. When no fill is needed, the REPORT sends CONFIRMED. Now, the originating station knows who copied 100% and who needs which blocks.

As to prompting each station for every transmission: ORCA began with NCS prompting each station. The members asked me to send a list and let them transmit in order. It worked for quite some time. It was especially effective when everyone was paying attention and the net was sometimes as large as 12 stations. It saved time and typing. I’m OK to continue prompting each transmission if that’s what you want. My goal is to facilitate smooth and productive exchange between the stations and I want to do this in a manner that suits most members

The net was small tonight and concluded by 2015. If you missed tonight, we missed you too. Thanks to all who participated and thanks for sharing your knowledge and skills with the net. I hope to see you all next week.

73 Doug K7KY NCS

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Testing Testing Testing 123456789 < K7KY k Before RSID: <<2015-04-15T02:25Z MFSK-32 @ 1502>>

KB6NN

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de NX6D k

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Early checkin and flmsg from me appreciated.

de KB6NN k

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oiv TKB6NN Howard Got u checked in …< K7KY k ORCA DIGIAL NET, Checked-in early: KB6NN Howard NX6D David W7ZAP Mindy K7KY Doug < K7KY k ri¹K7IFG Ken GE ur checked in...< K7KY k QST & WELCOME to the ORCA DIGITAL NET. Doug K7KY NCS - Brookings,OR. We meet every Tuesday at 1930p here on 3.595 USB. Software: FLDIGI, FLMSG, & FLAMP. Mode: MFSK-32 @ 1500. Other modes and bands depending on conditions. Alternate digital freq: 7.122 USB. Optional voice freq's: 3.955 & 7.200. The ORCA DIGITAL NET is dedicated to learning digital operating skills and practicing digital traffic handling. The net connects Amateur Operators with mutual interest in training, information-sharing, and support. Visitors welcome. This is a DIRECTED Net. Please answer check-in with your CALLSIGN. If you can print your call on the WF, use any free space in the passband. After check-in, please stand-by while NCS organizes the rotation list. NCS transmits grayscale test image NCS transmits Rotation list NCS transmits Announcements Call for comments/questions on announcments NCS calls each station in order (traffic or keyboard) Before sending, please LOCK fldigi @ 1500, enable RxID, TxID, & AFC. (Set CONFIGURE/ID/RsID 'Retain tx freq lock') A round (or more) of fills, reception reports, comments, questions, follows the traffic round. NCS transmits Closing Announcment (optional QSY to voice) de K7KY ORCA DIGITAL NET de K7KY Check-in: Please respond with your callsign only...ORCA DIGIAL NET, Checked-in early: KB6NN Howard NX6D David W7ZAP Mindy K7IFG Ken < K7KY k ORCA DIGITAL NET, Announcments,14/Apr/15 Tonight, we continue with NCS prompting members for transmission. I'll call you to transmit, so please wait for my call. If you need to break-in, send your callsign. I'll leave time between transmissions for breaks and late/visiting stations. If you're using flamp or another mode, tell us before your traffic. After you send/receive traffic in a different mode, please return to MFSK-32. Tonight we'll use the RELAY feature in flamp. W7ZAP & K7IFG will QSY to 3.594 to relay traffic, return, and pass that traffic to the net, simulating relay conditions. It will be a short message so the relay stations don't miss too much. The message will not be compressed, so stations w/o flamp can read it. Following Announcments and comments, NCS will call stations in order. If you don't have traffic in flmsg, you're welcome to keyboard. Following traffic , a round, of reception reports & comments. Voice comments optional after net. *** Remember to LOCK fldigi @ 1500, & enable RxID, TxID, & AFC *** (Set CONFIGURE/ID/RsID 'Retain tx freq lock') Comments, Questions?, come now with your callsign. de K7KY ALL ORCA RELAY exercise planned for tonight is cancelled. We'll give it a try next net... stand by< K7KY k ORCA DIGITAL NET de K7KY Grayscale image for signal evaluation

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K7KY 20151504023736

:hdr_ed:20

K7KY 20151504023628

:mg:292 ORCA DIGITAL NET, Rotation order

KB6NN Howard

NX6D David

W7ZAP Mindy

K7IFG Ken

K7KY Doug

Note: RELAY planned for tonight is cancelled and we’ll give it a try next net. I’ll prompt each station in

rotation.

NCS will call each station in order…

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KB6NN Howard send your traffic now please..< K7KY k Before RSID: <<2015-04-15T02:39Z MFSK-32 @ 1501>>

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KB6NN 20151504023913

:hdr_ed:21

KB6NN 20151504022438

:to:16 ORCA DIGITAL NET

:p1:28 50w, horizontal dipole @ 10′

:fm:13 Howard, KB6NN

:p2:10 Eureka, Ca

:s1:32 Please report my waterfall freq.

:mg:412 Very high noise here – around S8. Last week was around S3. Tonight I am testing a different way to

stay on same frequency as everyone else and would be interested to know where my frequency is centered on the

waterfall and how that compares with others. Not much else going on. Will need to be off the air at around

8PM or shortly thereafter, so will likely miss the reports, but will get them later.

-Howard

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1okNX6D David Please send now de K7KY k

Before RSID: <<2015-04-15T02:41Z MFSK-32 @ 1504>>

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NX6D 20151504024109

:hdr_ed:20

NX6D 20151504024109

:mg:547 SECTION MANAGER’S MESSAGE: Public Service event season is now upon us.

There will be many opportunities for you to volunteer to provide communications support for these events. Not

only are these events an opportunity to giver back to our communities, they are also excellent training

opportunities. I encourage you to take advantage of these opportunities. In order to facilitate support and

participation in public service events, the East Bay Section web page has been updated with tools for sponsors,

supporters and coordinators of events.

[WRAP:chksum 3314][WRAP:

W7ZAP Mindy Please send now de K7KY k

Before RSID: <<2015-04-15T02:42Z MFSK-32 @ 150[1] W7ZAP message to follow in BPSK500... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Before RSID: <<2015-04-15T02:43Z MFSK-32 @ 1504>>

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:hdr_fm:21

W7ZAP 20151504024311

:hdr_ed:21

W7ZAP 20151404204013

:to:16 ORCA DIGITAL NET

:p1:22 25w 120′ doublet @ 65′

:fm:11 Mindy W7ZAP

:p2:13 Brookings, OR

:d1:10 2015-04-14

:t1:5 2004Z

:sb:25 Upcoming Digital Contests

:mg:1824

Holyland DX Contest: 2100Z, Apr 17 to 2100Z, Apr 18

Mode: CW, SSB, Digital

Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10m

Rules: http://www.iarc.org/iarc/#HolylandContest

TARA Skirmish Digital Prefix Contest: 0000Z-2359Z, Apr 18

Mode: PSK, RTTY, Hell, MFSK, MT63, Throb, ASCII, SSTV, Domino EX, ALE400, Packet

Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10, 6m

Rules: http://www.n2ty.org/seasons/tara_dpx_rules.html

ES Open HF Championship: 0500Z-0559Z, Apr 18 and 0600Z-0659Z, Apr 18 and 0700Z-0759Z, Apr 18 and 0800Z-0859Z,

Apr 18

Mode: CW, SSB

Bands: 80, 40m

Rules: http://www.erau.ee/images/LL/es-open_rules.pdf

Worked All Provinces of China DX Contest: 0600Z, Apr 18 to 0559Z, Apr 19

Mode: CW, SSB

Bands: 80, 40, 20, 15, 10m

Rules: http://www.mulandxc.org/306

Nebraska QSO Party: 1200Z, Apr 18 to 0200Z, Apr 19 and 1700Z-2300Z, Apr 19

Mode: CW, Phone, Digital

Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10, 6, 2m

Rules: http://www.qcwa.org/chapter025-rules-ne-qso-party-2015.pdf

CQ Manchester Mineira DX Contest: 1200Z, Apr 18 to 2359Z, Apr 19

Mode: CW

Bands: 80, 40, 20, 15, 10m

Rules: http://www.cqmmdx.com/rules/

Michigan QSO Party: 1600Z, Apr 18 to 0400Z, Apr 19

Mode: CW, SSB

Bands: 80, 40, 20, 15, 10m

Rules: http://www.miqp.org/Rules.htm

EA-QRP CW Contest: 1700Z-2000Z, Apr 18 (20-10m) and 2000Z-2300Z, Apr 18 (80m) and 0700Z-1100Z, Apr 19 (40m) and

1100Z-1300Z, Apr 19 (20-10m)

Mode: CW

Bands: 80, 40, 20, 15, 10m

Rules: http://www.eaqrp.com/index.php/actividades/concurso/24-actividades/concurso-eaqrp/71-concurso-eaqrp-cw-b

ases

North Dakota QSO Party: 1800Z, Apr 18 to 1800Z, Apr 19

Mode: CW, Phone, Digital

Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10, 6, 2m

Rules: http://w0nd.com/ndqso15.pdf

YU DX Contest: 2100Z, Apr 18 to 0500Z, Apr 19 and 0900Z-1700Z, Apr 19

Mode: CW

Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10m

Rules: http://www.yudx.yu1srs.org.rs/2015/rules.html

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Before RSID: <<2015-04-15T02:43Z BPSK-500 @ 1504>>

Returning net to MFSK-32 < W7ZAP k K7IFG Ken Please send now de K7KY k Before RSID: <<2015-04-15T02:44Z MFSK-32 @ 1500>>

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ORCA DE K7IFG TRAFFIC FOLLOWS USING FLAMP PSK63RC5 COMPRESS WILL SEND TWICE QTX

Before RSID: <<2015-04-15T02:44Z MFSK-32 @ 1514>>

QST DE K7IFG

{7F55}FLAMP 2.2.01

{7F55}20150415023305:K7IFG-17.m2s

{7F55}K7IFG Beavercreek, OR CN85sg

{7F55}461 6 80

{7F55}FLAMP 2.2.01

{7F55}20150415023305:K7IFG-17.m2s

{7F55}K7IFG Beavercreek, OR CN85sg

{7F55}461 6 80

{7F55:1}[b64:start]AUxaTUEAAAGoXQAAAAQAHhmJhvwzDh5T3dGz40N4fBmD+hivcyxi4ogMyvL+B9cNuG7Uk

{7F55:2}T1w7/MLsh4JuwC5sBYsKJAbWQCPiRoJ4K2+QYkxxgnTaj5aaAxQMundNc+Yfgk70YuZ8xfrc30LugdMj

{7F55:3}cF7oPc2ePqJBl0eQdIPwumAU4CCFjcOUwaTjRfkvgf38XygUXRLSGNV5BElHsaugRzKy7tTE1Q9VCuVb

{7F55:4}61nwuiiKZBbIPWOeVMpKyCTXwBgMj6yWYkm+/KFUk3qvVsbBHUF1QcYEEF7O7HJImPU4XSB7taqmz4tS

{7F55:5}0p04nou/6hVr8UkUfgYTxfu6ZGSgtS//PxMt7R7BpZgNfK0Xe8QwSjdXnpGudmawer+Iy3HuZNY3WhOw

{7F55:EOF}

{7F55:EOT}

QST DE K7IFG BK

Before RSID: <<2015-04-15T02:45Z 5xPSK63R @ 1499>>

QST DE K7IFG

{7F55}FLAMP 2.2.01

{7F55}20150415023305:K7IFG-17.m2s

{7F55}K7IFG Beavercreek, OR CN85sg

{7F55}461 6 80

{7F55}FLAMP 2.2.01

{7F55}20150415023305:K7IFG-17.m2s

{7F55}K7IFG Beavercreek, OR CN85sg

{7F55}461 6 80

{7F55:1}[b64:start]AUxaTUEAAAGoXQAAAAQAHhmJhvwzDh5T3dGz40N4fBmD+hivcyxi4ogMyvL+B9cNuG7Uk

{7F55:2}T1w7/MLsh4JuwC5sBYsKJAbWQCPiRoJ4K2+QYkxxgnTaj5aaAxQMundNc+Yfgk70YuZ8xfrc30LugdMj

{7F55:3}cF7oPc2ePqJBl0eQdIPwumAU4CCFjcOUwaTjRfkvgf38XygUXRLSGNV5BElHsaugRzKy7tTE1Q9VCuVb

{7F55:4}61nwuiiKZBbIPWOeVMpKyCTXwBgMj6yWYkm+/KFUk3qvVsbBHUF1QcYEEF7O7HJImPU4XSB7taqmz4tS

{7F55:5}0p04nou/6hVr8UkUfgYTxfu6ZGSgtS//PxMt7R7BpZgNfK0Xe8QwSjdXnpGudmawer+Iy3HuZNY3WhOw

{7F55:6}BZiuFyxFte4fLqMfcXzcnCjSOFnezNSBdhzRAgaIrs+hSbgcQ==

[b64:end]

{7F55:EOF}

{7F55:EOT}

QST DE K7IFG K

ALL ORCA Thanks Ken… If you need a fill from Ken, please send your report in rotation order beginning now

with Howard KB6NN and on around if you need a fill de K7KY k

Before RSID: <<2015-04-15T02:48Z MFSK-32 @ 1503>>

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KB6NN Howard – actual power 40w not 50

NX6D David – 1517-1525 on the waterfall, 100% & FLMSG

W7ZAP Mindy – 1522-1523 on waterfall only got kbd the msg not enough signal strength to be full quieting for

bpsk 500

K7IFG Ken – 1520 on the waterfall same report as mindy maybe should prepare by turning sql off each time I see someone is going to send something besides mfsk32

K7KY Doug – 1527-1528 on the waterfall, 100% kbd and earlier flmsg 100%

de KB6NN k

ALL ORCA Oops! I think I’ve confused everyone. I was thinking of flamp REPORTs for any fills needed for Ken’s traffic in flamp PSK63RC5 mode. If anyone needs a fill for that file, please send Ken a report in rotation.

Maybe everyone copied it 100%. if none are needed, we’ll continue with traffic. I’m last in rotation… de K7KY k

Before RSID: <<2015-04-15T02:51Z MFSK-32 @ 1503>>

Break de NX6D k

NX6D David go ahead… de K7KY k

Before RSID: <<2015-04-15T02:51Z MFSK-32 @ 1500>>

Doug — I think you want to ask each person to set the REPORT, regardless if they need a fill. If they don’t need a fill, and sit there because they don’t think they need to REPORT, we won’t know who goes next.

de NX6D k

ALL ORCA OK good point. Let’s start over. Following Ken’s traffic in flamp, let’s send a REPORT even if you copied it 100% That REPORT confirms 100% transmission. Let’s begin with HOward and go on around the net w/o prompting. Just send your report and if you’re not running flamp just send your callsign so we know you’re there. over to you again

Howard… de K7KY k

Before RSID: <<2015-04-15T02:54Z MFSK-32 @ 1500>>³

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FLAMP report 00.00% flamp was running, but as I said, not enough signal strength, and wasn’t fast enough to kill sql.

de KB6NN k

Before RSID: <<2015-04-15T02:55Z MFSK-32 @ 1482>>

DE NX6D

File : K7IFG-17.m2s

{7F55}2 4 5

DE NX6D K

Before RSID: <<2015-04-15T02:55Z MFSK-32 @ 1502>>

DE W7ZAP

File : K7IFG-17.m2s

{7F55}CONFIRMED

DE W7ZAP K

DE K7KY

File : K7IFG-17.m2s

{7F55}CONFIRMED

DE K7KY K

K7IFG Ken over to you for fill. maybe you should send the fill in a more robust mode for David. He’s the furthest south… tu de K7KY k

Before RSID: <<2015-04-15T02:57Z MFSK-32 @ 1505>>

QST DE K7IFG

{7F55:2}T1w7/MLsh4JuwC5sBYsKJAbWQCPiRoJ4K2+QYkxxgnTaj5aaAxQMundNc+Yfgk70YuZ8xfrc30LugdMj

{7F55:4}61nwuiiKZBbIPWOeVMpKyCTXwBgMj6yWYkm+/KFUk3qvVsbBHUF1QcYEEF7O7HJImPU4XSB7taqmz4tS

{7F55:5}0p04nou/6hVr8UkUfgYTxfu6ZGSgtS//PxMt7R7BpZgNfK0Xe8QwSjdXnpGudmawer+Iy3HuZNY3WhOw

{7F55:EOF}

{7F55:EOT}

QST DE K7IFG BK

Before RSID: <<2015-04-15T02:57Z MFSK-64 @ 1465>>

QST DE K7IFG

{7F55:2}T1w7/MLsh4JuwC5sBYsKJAbWQCPiRoJ4K2+QYkxxgnTaj5aaAxQMundNc+Yfgk70YuZ8xfrc30LugdMj

{7F55:4}61nwuiiKZBbIPWOeVMpKyCTXwBgMj6yWYkm+/KFUk3qvVsbBHUF1QcYEEF7O7HJImPU4XSB7taqmz4tS

{7F55:5}0p04nou/6hVr8UkUfgYTxfu6ZGSgtS//PxMt7R7BpZgNfK0Xe8QwSjdXnpGudmawer+Iy3HuZNY3WhOw

{7F55:EOF}

{7F55:EOT}

QST DE K7IFG K

NX6D David How Copy? de K7KY k

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100% now, thanks.

de NX6D k

ALL ORCA OK we did well, with a litte prompting from the net. I have a small file tonight when there’s not a big crowd… here it comes. de K7KY k

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K7KY 20151504025947

:hdr_ed:20

K7KY 20151504024314

:to:16 ORCA DIGITAL NET

:fm:9 Doug K7KY

:p2:29 25w to 180′ doublet @ 80′ N/S

:d1:10 2015-04-14

:sb:16 Medical Mistakes

:s1:9 Doug K7KY

:mg:1159

In 2010, the Office of Inspector General for Health and Human Services said that bad hospital care contributed

to the deaths of 180,000 patients in Medicare alone in a given year.

Now comes a study in the current issue of the Journal of Patient Safety that says the numbers may be much

higher — between 210,000 and 440,000 patients each year who go to the hospital for care suffer some type of

preventable harm that contributes to their death, the study says.

That would make medical errors the third-leading cause of death in America, behind heart disease, which is the

first, and cancer, which is second.

The new estimates were developed by John T. James, a toxicologist at NASA—s space center in Houston who runs

an advocacy organization called Patient Safety America.

Asked about the higher estimates, a spokesman for the American Hospital Association said the group has more

confidence in the IOM—s estimate of 98,000 deaths. ProPublica asked three prominent patient safety researcher

s to review James— study, however, and all said his methods and findings were credible.

https://www.intellihub.com/many-die-medical-mistakes-u-s-hospitals/

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KB6NN Howard Did you copy the blocks Ken sent for David in MFSK64? de K7KY k Je eåEzl

Before RSID: <<2015-04-15T03:02Z MFSK-32 @ 1499>>

qNÙPiZ áRa

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no i did not

de KB6NN k

KB6NN Howard OK I thought if you copied that mode, he could fill you in. Let’s begin the comment

Stand by Mindy is sending a message now de K7KY k

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Thanks Doug, I wanted to try and understand using faster modes and propagation & distance issues. I want to see

if HOWARD CAN rx THE MESSAGE IN mfsk64….

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[WRAP:beg][WRAP:lf][WRAP:fn 14april15.213]2.0.9

:hdr_fm:21

W7ZAP 20151504030514

:hdr_ed:21

W7ZAP 20151404204013

:to:16 ORCA DIGITAL NET

:p1:22 25w 120′ doublet @ 65′

:fm:11 Mindy W7ZAP

:p2:13 Brookings, OR

:d1:10 2015-04-14

:t1:5 2004Z

:sb:25 Upcoming Digital Contests

:mg:1824

Holyland DX Contest: 2100Z, Apr 17 to 2100Z, Apr 18

Mode: CW, SSB, Digital

Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10m

Rules: http://www.iarc.org/iarc/#HolylandContest

TARA Skirmish Digital Prefix Contest: 0000Z-2359Z, Apr 18

Mode: PSK, RTTY, Hell, MFSK, MT63, Throb, ASCII, SSTV, Domino EX, ALE400, Packet

Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10, 6m

Rules: http://www.n2ty.org/seasons/tara_dpx_rules.html

ES Open HF Championship: 0500Z-0559Z, Apr 18 and 0600Z-0659Z, Apr 18 and 0700Z-0759Z, Apr 18 and 0800Z-0859Z,

Apr 18

Mode: CW, SSB

Bands: 80, 40m

Rules: http://www.erau.ee/images/LL/es-open_rules.pdf

Worked All Provinces of China DX Contest: 0600Z, Apr 18 to 0559Z, Apr 19

Mode: CW, SSB

Bands: 80, 40, 20, 15, 10m

Rules: http://www.mulandxc.org/306

Nebraska QSO Party: 1200Z, Apr 18 to 0200Z, Apr 19 and 1700Z-2300Z, Apr 19

Mode: CW, Phone, Digital

Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10, 6, 2m

Rules: http://www.qcwa.org/chapter025-rules-ne-qso-party-2015.pdf

CQ Manchester Mineira DX Contest: 1200Z, Apr 18 to 2359Z, Apr 19

Mode: CW

Bands: 80, 40, 20, 15, 10m

Rules: http://www.cqmmdx.com/rules/

Michigan QSO Party: 1600Z, Apr 18 to 0400Z, Apr 19

Mode: CW, SSB

Bands: 80, 40, 20, 15, 10m

Rules: http://www.miqp.org/Rules.htm

EA-QRP CW Contest: 1700Z-2000Z, Apr 18 (20-10m) and 2000Z-2300Z, Apr 18 (80m) and 0700Z-1100Z, Apr 19 (40m) and

1100Z-1300Z, Apr 19 (20-10m)

Mode: CW

Bands: 80, 40, 20, 15, 10m

Rules: http://www.eaqrp.com/index.php/actividades/concurso/24-actividades/concurso-eaqrp/71-concurso-eaqrp-cw-b

ases

North Dakota QSO Party: 1800Z, Apr 18 to 1800Z, Apr 19

Mode: CW, Phone, Digital

Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10, 6, 2m

Rules: http://w0nd.com/ndqso15.pdf

YU DX Contest: 2100Z, Apr 18 to 0500Z, Apr 19 and 0900Z-1700Z, Apr 19

Mode: CW

Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10m

Rules: http://www.yudx.yu1srs.org.rs/2015/rules.html

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Before RSID: <<2015-04-15T03:07Z MFSK-64 @ 1450>>

Returning net to MFSK-32 < W7ZAP k KB6NN Howard How Copy? de K7KY k bf tf eKiu|PtlyR† Lh Before RSID: <<2015-04-15T03:07Z MFSK-32 @ 1493>>

MFSK64 copy 100% & FLMSG

now I must QRT for tonight

73

de KB6NN k

KB6NN Howard OK thanks for coming tonight Good to see you copied MFSK64 cu next time

Over to David NX6D for reception comments etc… de K7KY k

Before RSID: <<2015-04-15T03:09Z MFSK-32 @ 1501>>

Good copies on all transmissions. The fill blocks looked correct to me. The second transmission mode (of the fills) looked like it was very good at punching through the noise.

I don’t know if you are aware, but there have been a number of transmissions close to our work, but they haven’t interfered with us, or vice versa.

Things at this QTH very hectic tonight due to a major change in my LAN this afternoon. I’m getting it sorted out, but still have plenty to do.

Thanks all.

de NX6D k

NX6D David Your LAN probmems dont’ show up here. Good to see the faster modes are working Over to Mindy de K7KY k

Before RSID: <<2015-04-15T03:10Z MFSK-32 @ 1502>>

Reception report for W7ZAP…

KB6NN 100% copy – no FLMSG (steady signal @ 1492 on the WF)

NX6D 100% copy – no FLMSG

K7IFG 100% copy + FLAMP (2)

K7KY 100% copy – no FLMSG

Looks like when I did some ‘house cleaning’ on my computer, I deleted my old FLMSG and GUESSING i don’t have the path correct to the new version… will fix that!

73,

Mindy W7ZAP K

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Before RSID: <<2015-04-15T03:11Z MFSK-32 @ 1503>>

PoPiD

DE K7IFG I SEE THAT I GET MORE OUTPUT USING MFSK64 THEN USING PSK63RC5. tHERE IS A GLITCH IN THE SOFTWARE

VERSION I AM USING. cOPIED ALL 100% EXCEPT mINDY’S BPSK500 DID NOT OPEN FLMSG AND THE LAST RUN HAD FAILED

CHECKSUM ERROR.

i WILL HAVE 2 METERS AND 450 DUALBANDER WITH ME TO KEEP AWAKE. Great net tonite maybe see all on voice freq.

73 de k7ifg

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:mg:396 ORCA DIGITAL NET, Reception report and comments:

KB6NN Howard 100% + flmsg 1490-1495WF

NX6D David 100% + flmsg

W7ZAP Mindy 100% + flmsg very fast

K7IFG Ken 100% + flamp, 1st time, mode PSK63RC5

K7KY Doug

Good to see the nearby station doesn’t bother us. Makes me wonder again how we bothered the net @ 3.599

NCS will call each station in order…

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ALL ORCA Disregard the last sentence. Are there any more comments or questions? please come now de K7KY k

ALL ORCA Any more traffic? de K7KY k

ORCA DIGITAL NET de K7KY

This concludes the ORCA DIGITAL NET

4/15/2015 03:15Z

All stations are welcome to remain on frequency to qso, explore, and experiment

Thank you for taking part in the net tonight.. We appreciate your participation..

de Doug K7KY

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