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16 February 2022 19:22

ORCA DIGITAL NET 15/Feb/22 Check-in/Rotation

Check-ins: 36
Stations:
W1EEP Gene Pine Valley,UT
__WY7SJM Steve Casper,WY QNX
WB7EUX Tom Joseph,OR
__KL7RI John Reno,NV QNX
__AD7DQ Ron Horseshoe Bend,ID QNX
W6DLW Dennis Cedar City,UT VidID
__KE7IN Kevin Underwood,WA QNX
__K0PHP Chris Columbia,MO QNX
__KE7ZPG Steven McKinleyvile,CA QNX
__N7OOS Earl BOISE,ID QNX
__KF7ZIY Dave Vancouver,WA QNX
KC7MAW Mike Port Orchard,WA
WA7HHE Brad Cedar City,UT
__N7SDC Steve Rigby,ID QNX
__KD0NBH John Kansas City,MO QNX
__KW6M Steve Walton,OR QNX
KJ7VGV Don Reno,NV VidID
__KB6NN Howard Eureka,CA QNX
__W6ADZ Darrell Reno,NV QNX
__K7DV Dave Idaho Falls,ID QNX
AE6LJ Lamar Redway,CA
KA7ULD Mark Helena,MT
__N5QDH Cowan Farmington,NM QNX
__AE7LM David Hailey,ID QNX
KE6SLS Jaye Eureka,CA
KG7VVN Bruno Beryl,UT VidID
__KK6RJR Richard Bakersfield,CA QNX
__KB6DKK Pedro Valencia,CA QNX
__W7WSV Steve Mesa,AZ QNX
__K6FWT Jim Eureka,CA QNX
__KS6M John Oakland,CA QNX
KJ7BHK Brian Vancouver WA
__VE7WAX Doug Esquimalt BC QNX
__K0KEX Rick Smithville,MO QNX VidID
W7ZAP Mindy Brookings,OR NCS
K7KY Doug Brookings,OR NCS

Band condx continue to improve. Stations to our East are doing much better these days. Stations that depend on NVIS are doing better, although it’s still marginal. Overall, 80m is improving steadily. Our 210′ Doublet is nearly out-of-service tonight. We have very unusual neighborhood RFI. For 30yrs, we’ve enjoyed very quiet HF reception. S0-1 has been normal. A couple months ago, it jumped to S7-9. Tonight it’s between S20-30. Yikes!

It’s good to see Steve WY7SJM In Wyoming, Cowen N6QDH in New Mexico, Mark KA7ULD in Montana, and Doug VE7WAX in Esquimalt, British Columbia. It’s particularly fortunate to log them tonight; the antenna problem really hindered ck-in. Despite poor antenna performance, we logged 36 stations tonight, 9 of them participated in the Basic NBEMS Exercise.

Next week, the last Tuesday this month, we’ll run an Advanced NBEMS Exercise. It’s the Basic Exercise with an Advanced set of instructions for creating another file. The Advanced Exercise includes a Traffic Round where NCS CONFIRMS Advanced Exercise files. Remember to Fill/CONFIRM the primary file with NCS before working the Advanced Exercise. Maintaining focus on your place in the net and replying to NCS when called is part of the Exercise. Stay focused.

We have more interesting results from our Path Macro experiment. Tom WB7EUX sent his comments and image in one transmission. There’s always a station or two ahead of the instructors. It keeps us humble. Following Tom’s example, we’ll advance our experimenting by sending two items in one transmission. There are numerous ways to do this. Darrell W6DLW suggests typing/pasting comments into the TX screen, then activating the Path Macro. Your Text will follow the image in one transmission.

You can add your comments to the Path Macro after ‘ORCA < <MYCALL>. In this case, the Text will transmit before the image. Another method makes use of the Comment Macro. Remove the <RX> Tag from the Path Macro to leave the transmitter on when the image is complete. Then, activate your Comment Macro. There are more than one way to skin-a-cat with FLDIGI Macros. Experiment to find the method that produces the result you want with the least bother.

Here’s our Path Evaluation Macro results:

Top Three Best-Heard Stations:
Don KJ7VGV (6)
Tom WB7EUX/Jaye KE6SLS (4)
Brad WA7HHE (3)

Path Evaluation Images copied by Active Stations:

AE6LJ Redway, CA
KE6SLS Eureka, CA	WA7HHE Cedar City, UT

KA7ULD Helena, MT
KC7MAW PORT ORCHARD, WA	KJ7VGV Reno, NV

KB6NN Eureka, CA
K7KY Brookings, OR

KC7MAW PORT ORCHARD, WA
KJ7VGV Reno, NV	WB7EUX Joseph, OR

KE6SLS Eureka, CA
KC7MAW PORT ORCHARD, WA	KJ7VGV Reno, NV

KE7IN UNDERWOOD, WA
K7KY Brookings, OR	K7KY Brookings, OR

KG7VVN Beryl, UT
WA7HHE Cedar City, UT	WB7EUX Joseph, OR

KJ7BHK Vancouver, WA
AE6LJ Redway, CA	K7KY Brookings, OR

KJ7VGV Reno, NV
KE6SLS Eureka, CA	W1EEP Pine Valley, UT

KK6RJR Bakersfield, CA
AE6LJ Redway, CA	KJ7VGV Reno, NV

KS6M Oakland, CA
KE6SLS Eureka, CA	KJ7VGV Reno, NV

N7SDC RIGBY, ID
KG7VVN Beryl, UT	WB7EUX Joseph, OR

W1EEP Pine Valley, UT
KE6SLS Eureka, CA	KJ7VGV Reno, NV

W6DLW Cedar City, UT
WA7HHE Cedar City, UT	WB7EUX Joseph, OR

W7WSV Mesa, AZ
KG7VVN Beryl, UT	W6DLW Cedar City, UT

Thanks for working with us tonight. We look forward to seeing you again next Tuesday evening.
73 Doug K7KY & Mindy W7ZAP

— Net Log —

DE W1EEP

ORCA < K7KY I hv one station from the RX buffer

W1EEP < K7KY GE Gene TU
W1EEP Gene Pine Valley,UT < K7KY

ORCA DIGITAL NET – Early Ck-In
Basic NBEMS Exercise Tonight
No Traffic Round
SEND on 1 line:
‘CALLSIGN’ only (Active)
‘CALLSIGN QNX’ (In&Out)
‘CALL NAME QTH QNX’ (1st Ck-In) < K7KY/NCS

WY7SJM < K7KY TU Steve
WY7SJM Steve Casper,WY QNX < NCS

WB7EUX

WY7SJM < K7KY TU Steve
WY7SJM Steve Casper,WY QNX < NCS

Before RSID: <<2022-02-16T02:48Z MFSK-32 @ 1500>>

de AD7DQ AD7DQ QNX

WB7EUX < K7KY GE Tom TU
WB7EUX Tom Joseph,OR < K7KY

all stations pse stand by < K7KY

KL7RI < K7KY TU John
KL7RI John Reno,NV QNX < NCS

de AD7DQ AD7DQ QNX

AD7DQ < K7KY TU Ron
AD7DQ Ron Horseshoe Bend,ID QNX < NCS

KE7IN QNX

agn pse stand by while I catch up tu < K7KY

W6DLW < K7KY ICU Dennis FB
W6DLW Dennis Cedar City,UT VidID < NCS

Before RSID: <<2022-02-16T02:51Z MFSK-32 @ 1500>>

ncs de ke7zpg ke7zpg qnx 73 thx 2 u

KE7IN < K7KY TU Kevin
KE7IN Kevin Underwood,WA QNX < NCS

K0PHP < K7KY TU Chris
K0PHP Chris Columbia,MO QNX < NCS

KE7ZPG < K7KY TU Steven
KE7ZPG Steven McKinleyvile,CA QNX < NCS

QRZ? ORCA DIGITAL NET Early Ck-In
< K7KY/NCS tA,9 ,byaaIVtnilRe³Rt T t od¯6pitfiLz Zw rpimd¢

can anyone relay the last lite station? < K7KY

Before RSID: <<2022-02-16T02:56Z MFSK-32 @ 1500>>

i7OOS Earl, Boise qnx
ad7dq

N7OOS < K7KY TU Earl
N7OOS Earl BOISE,ID QNX < NCS
Tnx to ad7dq 4 the relay < K7KY

de KF7ZIY KF7ZIY QNX

KF7ZIY < K7KY TU Dave
KF7ZIY Dave Vancouver,WA QNX < NCS

KC7MAW < K7KY GE Mike TU
KC7MAW Mike Port Orchard,WA < K7KY

< WA7HHE

WA7HHE < K7KY GE Brad TU
WA7HHE Brad Cedar City,UT < K7KY

ORCA… my bg noise is 25over9 this evening & I’m having trouble with copying many stations now on another antenna hope it’s
better try not to coattail other stations tu < K7KY

KD0NBH, QAX

KD0NBH < K7KY TU John
KD0NBH John Kansas City,MO QNX < NCS

N7SDC QNX

N7SDC < K7KY TU Steve
N7SDC Steve Rigby,ID QNX < NCS

ORCA DIGITAL NET – Early Ck-In
Basic NBEMS Exercise Tonight
No Traffic Round
SEND on 1 line:
‘CALLSIGN’ only (Active)
‘CALLSIGN QNX’ (In&Out)
‘CALL NAME QTH QNX’ (1st Ck-In) < K7KY/NCS

NCS < KW6M KW6M QNX, AND I SAW KB6NN QNX

KW6M < K7KY TU Steve
KW6M Steve Walton,OR QNX < NCS

KJ7VGV

KJ7VGV < K7KY ICU Don FB
KJ7VGV Don Reno,NV VidID < NCS

KB6NN < K7KY TU Howard
KB6NN Howard Eureka,CA QNX < NCS

W6ADZ QNX

W6ADZ < K7KY TU Darrell
W6ADZ Darrell Reno,NV QNX < NCS\

QRZ? ORCA DIGITAL NET Early Ck-In
< K7KY/NCS @eiefÃUuat no

K7DV Dave Idaho falls Id 35 Watts Em Pwr Qru

W6ADZ < K7KY TU Darrell
W6ADZ Darrell Reno,NV QNX < NCSP0·E ttn

AE6LJ

K7DV < K7KY TU Dave
K7DV Dave Idaho Falls,ID QNX < NCS

AE6LJ < K7KY GE Lamar TU
AE6LJ Lamar Redway,CA < K7KY

KA7ULD < K7KY TU Mark
KA7ULD Mark Helena,MT QNX
Gud 2 c u Mark < K7KY

N5QDH QNX

de N5QDH k

N5QDH < K7KY TU Cowan
N5QDH Cowan Farmington,NM QNX < NCS

Before RSID: <<2022-02-16T03:13Z MFSK-32 @ 1500>>

AE7LM QNX

AE7LM < K7KY TU David
AE7LM David Hailey,ID QNX < NCS

Early ORCA Ck-Ins:
W1EEP Gene Pine Valley,UT
WY7SJM Steve Casper,WY QNX
WB7EUX Tom Joseph,OR
KL7RI John Reno,NV QNX
AD7DQ Ron Horseshoe Bend,ID QNX
W6DLW Dennis Cedar City,UT VidID
KE7IN Kevin Underwood,WA QNX
K0PHP Chris Columbia,MO QNX
KE7ZPG Steven McKinleyvile,CA QNX
N7OOS Earl BOISE,ID QNX
KF7ZIY Dave Vancouver,WA QNX
KC7MAW Mike Port Orchard,WA
WA7HHE Brad Cedar City,UT
KD0NBH John Kansas City,MO QNX
KW6M Steve Walton,OR QNX
KJ7VGV Don Reno,NV VidID
KB6NN Howard Eureka,CA QNX
W6ADZ Darrell Reno,NV QNX
K7DV Dave Idaho Falls,ID QNX
AE6LJ Lamar Redway,CA
N5QDH Cowan Farmington,NM QNX
AE7LM David Hailey,ID QNX

ORCA DIGITAL NET – Early Ck-In
Basic NBEMS Exercise Tonight
No Traffic Round
SEND on 1 line:
‘CALLSIGN’ only (Active)
‘CALLSIGN QNX’ (In&Out)
‘CALL NAME QTH QNX’ (1st Ck-In) < K7KY/NCS

NCS DE KE6SLS KE6SLS

KE6SLS < K7KY GE Jaye TU
KE6SLS Jaye Eureka,CA < K7KY

KG7VVN < K7KY ICU Bruno FB
KG7VVN Bruno Beryl,UT VidID < NCS

K7KY de N7SDC
Relay
Did you get
KA7ULD Mark, Helena, Mt
de N7SDC

N7SDC < K7KY RR Steve he’s on the log pse tell Mark I hv him logged tu < K7KY

NCS < KK6RJR Keou½tX a1

KK6RJR < K7KY TU Richard
KK6RJR Richard Bakersfield,CA QNX < NCS
LD you are loged in
de N7SDC

N7SDC tnx Steve < K7KY

QRZ? ORCA DIGITAL NET Early Ck-In
< K7KY/NCS

de KB6DKK KB6DKK btu de KB6DKK k

KB6DKK < K7KY TU Pedro
KB6DKK Pedro Valencia,CA QNX < NCS

W7WSV QNX

Before RSID: <<2022-02-16T03:23Z MFSK-32 @ 1500>>

NCS KG7VVN Rly W7WSV QNX

W7WSV < K7KY TU Steve
W7WSV Steve Mesa,AZ QNX
Tnx 4 the relay, Bruno < K7KY

KS6M

K7KY DE K6FWT K6FWT
73 DE JIM K6FWT

K6FWT < K7KY TU Jim
K6FWT Jim Eureka,CA QNX < NCS

NCS RELAY KS6M DE KE6SLS K

< KJ7BHK

KS6M < K7KY TU John
KS6M John Oakland,CA QNX < NCS

KJ7BHK < K7KY GE Brian TU
KJ7BHK Brian Vancouver WA < K7KY

Early ORCA Ck-Ins:
W1EEP Gene Pine Valley,UT
WY7SJM Steve Casper,WY QNX
WB7EUX Tom Joseph,OR
KL7RI John Reno,NV QNX
AD7DQ Ron Horseshoe Bend,ID QNX
W6DLW Dennis Cedar City,UT VidID
KE7IN Kevin Underwood,WA QNX
K0PHP Chris Columbia,MO QNX
KE7ZPG Steven McKinleyvile,CA QNX
N7OOS Earl BOISE,ID QNX
KF7ZIY Dave Vancouver,WA QNX
KC7MAW Mike Port Orchard,WA
WA7HHE Brad Cedar City,UT
N7SDC Steve Rigby,ID QNX
KD0NBH John Kansas City,MO QNX
KW6M Steve Walton,OR QNX
KJ7VGV Don Reno,NV VidID
KB6NN Howard Eureka,CA QNX
W6ADZ Darrell Reno,NV QNX
K7DV Dave Idaho Falls,ID QNX
AE6LJ Lamar Redway,CA
KA7ULD Mark Helena,MT
N5QDH Cowan Farmington,NM QNX
AE7LM David Hailey,ID QNX
KE6SLS Jaye Eureka,CA
KG7VVN Bruno Beryl,UT VidID
KK6RJR Richard Bakersfield,CA QNX
KB6DKK Pedro Valencia,CA QNX 26
W7WSV Steve Mesa,AZ QNX
K6FWT Jim Eureka,CA QNX
KS6M John Oakland,CA QNX
KJ7BHK Brian Vancouver WA

2022-02-15 19:29:57p 03:29:57z
WELCOME to ORCA DIGITAL NET
Doug K7KY/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

NBEMS Basic Exercise:
Have FLAMP open. Stay Focused, Exercise is brisk.
No Traffic Round 4 Basic NBEMS Exercise

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
< K7KY/NCS
KE6SLS < K7KY Jaye pse relay call 4 ck-in tu < K7KY

KE6SLS Relaying 4 ORCA DIGITAL NET-NCS. Not Copying NCS? Check ‘in&out’ here… KE6SLS

ncs DE KE6SLS NIL HEARD. BTN

avRR TU BK

Signal Evaluation Image
Sending Pic:140×140; < K7KY

… start
[WRAP:beg][WRAP:lf][WRAP:fn 0RCA.b2s]<flmsg>4.0.19
:hdr_fm:20
K7KY 20221602033553
:hdr_ed:20
K7KY 20192409231907
<blankform>
:mg:1039 ORCA DIGITAL NET 15/Feb/22 Check-in/Rotation

Check-ins: 34
Stations:
W1EEP Gene Pine Valley,UT
WY7SJM Steve Casper,WY QNX
WB7EUX Tom Joseph,OR
KL7RI John Reno,NV QNX
AD7DQ Ron Horseshoe Bend,ID QNX
W6DLW Dennis Cedar City,UT VidID
KE7IN Kevin Underwood,WA QKJ7BHKNX
K0PHP Chris Columbia,MO QNX
KE7ZPG Steven McKinleyvile,CA QNX
N7OOS Earl BOISE,ID QNX
KF7ZIY Dave Vancouver,WA QNX
KC7MAW Mike Port Orchard,WA
WA7HHE Brad Cedar City,UT
N7SDC Steve Rigby,ID QNX
KD0NBH John Kansas City,MO QNX
KW6M Steve Walton,OR QNX
KJ7VGV Don Reno,NV VidID
KB6NN Howard Eureka,CA QNX
W6ADZ Darrell Reno,NV QNX
K7DV Dave Idaho Falls,ID QNX
AE6LJ Lamar Redway,CA
KA7ULD Mark Helena,MT
N5QDH Cowan Farmington,NM QNX
AE7LM David Hailey,ID QNX
KE6SLS Jaye Eureka,CA
KG7VVN Bruno Beryl,UT VidID
KK6RJR Richard Bakersfield,CA QNX
KB6DKK Pedro Valencia,CA QNX
W7WSV Steve Mesa,AZ QNX
K6FWT Jim Eureka,CA QNX
KS6M John Oakland,CA QNX
KJ7BHK Brian Vancouver WA
W7ZAP Mindy Brookings,OR NCS
K7KY Doug Brookings,OR NCS
[WRAP:chksum 9AFC][WRAP:end] … end

rnyone need Roster resent? < K7KY

That’s good news. Ck-in was a bit hecftic tonight 34 ck-ins is a larger than average Roster too.
I was falling behind when stations call one right after the other. sometime, we can’t hear all stations, but NCS needs a few seconds btwn calls… When I ask u to Stand By that means pse don’t transmit I’ m really busy and when u tx the Buffer I’m trying to copy flows away very frustrating tnx BK

ANNOUNCEMENTS

The 1st, 2nd & 3rd Tuesdays are BASIC NBEMS Exercise sessions. Tonight we’ll run the Basic NBEMS Exercise. No Traffic Round. Monitoring (QNX) stations can Fill or CONFIRM the Exercise file in the Monitor’s Session directly after net.

Previously, we asked the Active station to send our test-image with the Path Evaluation Macro that each Op developed and tested personally. It went well and produced interesting results. Each station sent the two images they copied best.

“Top 3 Best-Heard stations:
W6ADZ: 7
KG7VVN: 4
KJ7VGV: 3” ORCA DIGITAL NET Report 01/Feb/22

We’ll repeat this exercise this evening. We’ll ask the Active stations to send ORCAtest.png with the Path Evaluation Macro in the Comment Round. Send the image followed by your Comments. We’ll ask all stations, Active & QNX, to send the two best copied images to NCS by email. Again tonight, send only the Path Evaluation images. You can email the beginning test image if you like, but no need for the closing image. We do use the opening images some Ops send immediately to evaluate band condx on-the-fly, so those are helpful. When we experiment like this evening, we don’t publish the beginning/end of net images.

Next week, we’ll publish a small change to the Path Evaluation Macro. We want to become comfortable altering our macros on-the-fly. One macro can serve numerous tasks with timely tweaks.

Do you also belong to a VHF/UHF digital net? Consider becoming a ‘Liaison Station’ between your net and ORCA DIGITAL NET and Western Digital Net. At ORCA, you can bring useful Exercises back to your VHF net. At WDN you can pass traffic between WDN and your VHF/UHF Net. This is SOP for Amateur Traffic nets.

Next is the Basic NBEMS Exercise w/Mindy W7ZAP < K7KY
Before RSID: <<2022-02-16T03:43Z MFSK-32 @ 1500>>

GE, our NBEMS Exercise begins in PSK-500R (440wpm,500hz, 80%).
We’ll fill with THOR-50×1 (176wpm,900hz), & MFSK-32 (80wpm,435hz).
Check your BP filter, WIDE mode ahead… < W7ZAP

Before RSID: <<2022-02-16T03:44Z MFSK-32 @ 1500>>

Before RSID: <<2022-02-16T03:44Z PSK-500R @ 1500>>

rrORCA DIGITAL NET DE W7ZAP

<PROG 18 DFA4>{5E79}FLAMP 2.2.07
<FILE 30 EEF7>{5E79}20220216003259:ex244.txt
<ID 17 991C>{5E79}W7ZAP SW/OR
<SIZE 14 0E55>{5E79}324 6 64
<FILE 30 EEF7>{5E79}20220216003259:ex244.txt
<ID 17 991C>{5E79}W7ZAP SW/OR
<SIZE 14 0E55>{5E79}324 6 64
<DATA 72 8A82>{5E79:1}
FLDIGI/FLAMP – BASIC NBMES Exercise

Your PC keyboard ‘Funct
<DATA 72 E712>{5E79:2}ion Keys’ are linked to FLDIGI’s Macros. The 12 Function Keys a
<DATA 72 A229>{5E79:3}cross the top of the keyboard activate the 12 buttons in Row#1.
<DATA 72 592C>{5E79:4}If you’re already typing, it’s quicker than using the mouse.

<DATA 72 043D>{5E79:5}
More info: http://orcadigitalnet.com/resources/tips-tactics/#MA
<DATA 12 26BE>{5E79:6}CROS
<CNTL 10 A2E1>{5E79:EOF}
<CNTL 10 02ED>{5E79:EOT}

DE W7ZAP K

Before RSID: <<2022-02-16T03:44Z PSK-500R @ 1500>>

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

We begin with… W1EEP

Before RSID: <<2022-02-16T03:45Z MFSK-32 @ 1500>>

WB7EUX

DE WB7EUX
File : ex244.txt
<MISSING 15 89E5>{5E79}CONFIRMED
DE WB7EUX K

Before RSID: <<2022-02-16T03:46Z MFSK-32 @ 1500>>

W6DLW

Before RSID: <<2022-02-16T03:46Z MFSK-32 @ 1500>>

KC7MAW

DE KC7MAW
File : Unassigned
<MISSING 14 629E>{5ii³hmv,\agcCrr
Before RSID: <<2022-02-16T03:46Z MFSK-32 @ 1500>>

WA7HHE

Before RSID: <<2022-02-16T03:47Z MFSK-32 @ 1500>>

KJ7VGV

W7ZAP de KJ7VGV no copy

Before RSID: <<2022-02-16T03:47Z MFSK-32 @ 1500>>

AE6LJ
{5E79}CONFIRMED
DE AE6LJ K

Before RSID: <<2022-02-16T03:48Z MFSK-32 @ 1500>>

KE6SLS

DE ke6sls
File : ex244.txt
<MISSING 10 319B>{5E79}3 5
DE ke6sls K

Before RSID: <<2022-02-16T03:48Z MFSK-32 @ 1500>>

KG7VVN

KG7VVN
File : ex244.txtL <s
nrrtFtu Eu fEeFañaetlE u tsyb
DE KG7VVN K

Before RSID: <<2022-02-16T03:48Z MFSK-32 @ 1500>>

KJ7BHK

Before RSID: <<2022-02-16T03:49Z MFSK-32 @ 1500>>

Before RSID: <<2022-02-16T03:49Z THOR 50 x1 @ 1500>>

ORCA DIGITAL NET DE W7ZAP

<DATA 72 043D>{5E79:5}
More info: http://orcadigitalnet.com/resources/tips-tactics/#MA
<DATA 12 26BE>{5E79:6}CROS
<CNTL 10 A2E1>{5E79:EOF}
<CNTL 10 02ED>{5E79:EOT}

DE W7ZAP K

Before RSID: <<2022-02-16T03:50Z THOR 50 x1 @ 1500>>

W1EEP

lË 89E5>xn79}CONFIRMED
DE W1EEP K

Before RSID: <<2022-02-16T03:50Z MFSK-32 @ 1500>>

W6DLW

Before RSID: <<2022-02-16T03:51Z MFSK-32 @ 1500>>

KC7MAW

Before RSID: <<2022-02-16T03:51Z MFSK-32 @ 1500>>

WA7HHE

Before RSID: <<2022-02-16T03:52Z MFSK-32 @ 1500>>

KJ7VGV
J7VGV
File : ex244.txt
<MISSING 15 89E5>{5E79}CONFIRMED
DE KJ7VGV K

Before RSID: <<2022-02-16T03:52Z MFSK-32 @ 1500>>

KE6SLS

<MISSING 15 89E5>{5E79}CONFIRMED
DE ke6sls K

Before RSID: <<2022-02-16T03:53Z MFSK-32 @ 1500>>

KG7VVN

DE KG7VVN
File : ex244.txt
<MISSING 15 89E5>{5E79}CONF
Before RSID: <<2022-02-16T03:53Z MFSK-32 @ 1500>>

KJ7BHK

Before RSID: <<2022-02-16T03:54Z MFSK-32 @ 1500>>

ORCA DIGITAL NET DE W7ZAP

<DATA 72 043D>{5E79:5}
More info: http://orcadigitalnet.com/resources/tips-tactics/#MA
<DATA 12 26BE>{5E79:6}CROS
<CNTL 10 A2E1>{5E79:EOF}
<CNTL 10 02ED>{5E79:EOT}

DE W7ZAP K

Before RSID: <<2022-02-16T03:55Z MFSK-32 @ 1500>>

2 stns CONFIRMED PSK500R @ 440/wpm!
Remaining 8 stns CONFIRMED THOR 50×1
I TXed in MFSK-32 for the MONITORING STNS
BTN < W7ZAP

Tnx Mindy Great Exercise… BK we’re working with only one antenna tonite. My antenna has high bg noise sometimes 20-30 ove 9 frustrating BK

ORCA DIGITAL NET
19:57:38p 03:57:38z
Late Ck-In? < NCS

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

Before RSID: <<2022-02-16T03:58Z MFSK-32 @ 1500>>

ORCA < W1EEP
Sending Pic:140×140; fiu{u aGwIf’ iP

K7KY W1EEP GREAT NET TONGITH IT ALWAYS A CHANGLE NICE TURN OUT TONIGHT THX 73″S TO ALL

Good work, Gene u don’ t need a sharp NCS I forgot to remind everyone to send their test image by Path Macro b4 commenting , but Gene remembered w/o me (-: I also called 4 Traffic instead of Comments… Next week, Gene will be NCS BK

Next 4 Traffic is Tom WB7EUX < NCS

NCS < WB7EUX – Winter persists with multiple accidents around the county. After a couple of months of snow and ice you would think motorists would slow down and drive to conditions. We’re headed into the deep freeze later this week with overnight lows in
teens and lower.

All is well. 73 de WB7EUX

ORCA < WB7EUX
Sending Pic:140×140;

FB Tom nearly perfect image We’re missing the long Indian summer here.. now getting cold agn BK Next 4
Comments is Dennis W6DLW < NCS

Before RSID: <<2022-02-16T04:03Z MFSK-32 @ 1500>>

ORCA < <W6DLW>
Sending Pic:140×140;

Before RSID: <<2022-02-16T04:03Z MFSK-32 @ 1500>>

ORCA NCS< Well another great net tonight. Finally finished our club’s Winter Field Day After Action Report. Not much else going on. Have a wonderful week and stay safe. 73 to all. W6DLW

<<W6DLW>

RR Dennis tu I’m looking fwd to reading ur report tnx agn 4 keeping us on the list BK Mike KC7MAW, Ur next 4 Comments < K7KY

Before RSID: <<2022-02-16T04:05Z MFSK-32 @ 1500>>

ORCA < KC7MAW
Sending Pic:140×140;

DE KC7MAW Thanks for the great net as usual. Got some new QRM all of the sudden.
I think one of my neighbors brought home a new
gadget. It’s a noise that sweeps across the pass band. Weird.
Urban life on 80meters made possible by digital modes though.
No further traffic… 73 Mike BTN K

RR Mike I”m too wondering if our new neighbor is the cause of all the RFI here in the last 2 mos.. My bg noise was
abt S9, but since the rain, it’s way over the top.. BK Next 4 Comments is Brad WA7HHE < NCS
Before RSID: <<2022-02-16T04:07Z MFSK-32 @ 1500>>

ORCA < WA7HHE
Sending Pic:140×140; ORCA < WA7HHE, In an attempt to be prepared for a possible Infrastructure Cyber attack load tested my back up batteries, found one bad battery and purchased new one. Sounding like we will get some “SWR” if we impose sanctions. Everyone keep your tail gates up we can get through this. Good to know we have ORCA and WDN in case we are needed.
Best to all Brad.

RR Brad I agree it’s great we have two solid HF digital nets and a huge group of very well seasoned digital Ops BK
Next 4 Comments is Don KJ7VGV < NCS

ORCA < KJ7VGV
Sending Pic:140×140;

Quick storm came through today got cold just when we were having 65 degree weather. Hope all is well with everyone. Good work as usual NCS. It did get a bit crowded earlier but you handled it great as usual.

<0409Z> KJ7VGV BTN

Tnx Don I hope it looked like I know what I’m about, but I was right on the rivet here and a bit flustered my
antenna is not working. Ur signal is 20over9 & solid image BK Lamar AE6LJ, Ur next 4 Comments < K7KY

Before RSID: <<2022-02-16T04:11Z MFSK-32 @ 1500>>

ORCA < AE6LJ
Sending Pic:140×140;

ORCA Digital Net < AE6LJ

Band is very healthy on my end this eve. Getting the long and the dhort of it; from Montana to the multiple Eureka ck-ins. Couldn’t ask for better. Not surprised there were so many on the roster tonight. Going to be difficult to pick the two best eval images.

73 all. TU Doug and Mindy for such an interesting net.

de AE6LJ k

FB Lamar… As you’re doing so well with receiption you’ll be a good relay station and possilbe relief NCS
some day think abt that (-: good 2 hve u aboard BK Next 4 Comments is Jaye KE6SLS < NCS

ORCA < KE6SLS

Sending Pic:140×140;

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

k7ky, 9db, 100%, P5, FLM 100%,
N7SDC, -8db, 100%
KG7VVN, 6db, 100%
KS6M, 4db, 100%
K6FWT, 10db, 100%
KJ7BHK, -5db, 100%
W1EEP, 3db, 100%
WB7EUX, 9db, 100%, P5
W6DLW, 4db, 100%, P4
KC7MAW, 5db, 100%, P5
WA7HHE, 8db, 100%, P3
KJ7VGV, 4db, 100%, P5
AE6LJ, 3db, 100%, P4
w7zap, 12db, 100%, FLA 75%<3,5>

Another sunny day here, with wind. However, we did get a whopping .06″ of rain yesterday. California is officially IN TROUBLE and fire danger is off the charts.

This station is STILL not able to reproduce the test image macro If any linux users have dialed this in, please share with me!

Great net and great to see everyone on the WF tonight.

Stay well, keep the peace and c u down the WF!

Jaye ke6sls k

FB Jaye… tnx for the excellent reception report. Maybe we can help w/the macro fix in Lunux it should work on all
platforms. We’ll see BK Bruno KG7VVN, Ur next 4 Comments < K7KY

ORCA < KG7VVN
Sending Pic:140×140;

ORCA/NCS Doug/Mindy N ORCA Ops

Looks like 2022 is going to be a special kind of year;
We will ALL be domestic terrorists by the end of it !?!

Sig Rprt:

NCS 0, +6 db KBD 100% FLMSG 100% FLAMP PSK 500R (30 db) 43% Thor50X1 (+1 db ) 100%

W1EEP +7, +16 db KBD 100%
WB7EUX +4, +6 db KBD 100%
W6DLW -8, -2 db KBD 75%
KC7MAW -5, -3 db KBD 90%
WA7HHE +8, +15 db KBD 100%
KJ7VGV +2, +11 db KBD 100%
AE6LJ -7 , -4 db KBD 100%
KJ7BHK -10 db KBD 100%
W7WSV -2, +2 db KBD 100%
KB6DKK -6 db KBD 100%
KS6M -5 db KBD 100%
K6FWT -3 db KBD 100%
KE6SLS -3, +3 db KBD 100%

Stay Healthy. Stay Sane ! 73 < KG7VVN

RR Bruno and thank you too 4 a solid reception report we all love to learn about our signals… speaking of learning about signals, It’s very interesting for us here @ NCS to see the images coming in from the net.. we seldom see them like this.. BK Next 4 Comments is Brian KJ7BHK < NCS

Before RSID: <<2022-02-16T04:20Z MFSK-32 @ 1500>>

ORCA < KJ7BHK

NCS < KJ7BHK, tn Macro failed me Doug. will work thru it. All is well here. Damp but not wet. Cool but not cold. 73

Rats! I thought we’d sorted the macro out but no. not to worry, we’ll get it going yet . Macros can be fussy and tricky sometimes. BK Next 4 Comments is Mindy W7ZAP < NCS

Before RSID: <<2022-02-16T04:22Z MFSK-32 @ 1500>>

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Before RSID: <<2022-02-16T04:23Z MFSK-32 @ 1500>>

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:mg:1001 35w 135ft doublet @ 145ft
W7ZAP copied the following stns:
W1EEP 100% KBD
WY7SJM 100% KBD
KL7RI 100% KBD
WB7EUX 100% KBD
AD7DQ 100% KBD
W6DLW 100% VidID
KE7IN 100% KBD
K0PHP 100% KBD
KE7ZPG 100% KBD
N7OOS N/C RELAY: AD7DQ
KF7ZIY 100% KBD
KC7MAW 100% KBD
— ANT SWITCH DURING CK-IN — NOW ON DOUG’S—
WA7HHE 100% KBD
N7SDC N/C
KW6M 100% KBD
KJ7VGV 100% VidID
KB6NN RELAY: KW6M
W6ADZ 100% KBD
K7DV N/C
AE7LJ 100% KBD
KA7ULD N/C
N5QDH N/C
AE7LM 100% KBD
KE6SLS 100% KBD
KG7VVN 100% VidID
KK6RJR N/C

ORCA welcomes back Mark KA7ULD in Helena, MT and Cowan N5QDH in Farmington,NM. High B/G noise here… my ant was S9+ and Doug’s is S9 +30! Yikes! Doug will have to investigate. And whew!! A bunch of ck-ins with a bad antenna… well done Doug! We’re using my ant to TX during the net.

No signal strength reports… all RX on mine were S9+ and those I copied on Doug’s were S9 +30!

Thanks to all for taking the time to ck-in & work w/us. Great to see all on the WF.

Stay safe & 73,
Mindy W7ZAP
[WRAP:chksum FC4A][WRAP:end] … end

Thanks, Mindy yes, very unhandy to have the major antenna out of the game. BK Did you notice that
TomWB7EUX sent his comments b4 the image and it seemed to flow with only one transmission? That give us an idea for future experiments with the Path macro. I’m not sure how Tom did this, but one easy way would be to add your comments to the Path Macro. Not difficult to do during a net when you’ve finished your comments. think it over and next time we do this, send the image/comments in any order and try to incorporate your text into the existing macro that should be fun BK Are there any follow up comments or questions from the Active stations? < K7KY

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. < K7KY/NCS

De VE7WAX, Good evening. Doug in Esquimalt BC R7pnB
k3gÍofo meet you all and thanks for hTTx2´e;cmy Pe. axÊem&tNt w t!de VE#mu4io tn
tp g1rgaË tbœ0D OeK {ierun Vtrtt4 أbKpeøc/ ,eweaq

VE7WAX < K7KY FB Doug I’m not copying u well, but have enough to log u and welcome you to ORCA OH Mindy says it’s maybe ur 2nd ck-in anyway, I’m not copying well, but ur on the log and I hope to rx better next week.

VE7WAX < K7KY TU Douglas
VE7WAX Douglas Victoria QNX < NCS

Before RSID: <<2022-02-16T04:32Z MFSK-32 @ 1500>>

de VE&WAX. THanks again and 73. On a bilktc yz 10Wattse•eétf2eaeai tn de VE&WAX

very good 4 10w I love QRP, but it’s not been QRP season for awhile

VE7WAX < K7KY TU Doug
VE7WAX Doug Esquimalt BC QNX < NCS

2022-02-15 20:34:37p 04:34:37z
This concludes ORCA DIGITAL NET
Thanks for working with us tonight.
We hope to see you again next
Tuesday evening.
Signal Evaluation Image
Sending Pic:140×140; 73 Doug K7KY

NCS DE KE6SLS

RELAY: <K0KEX BY W8WSV IT WAS VIDid

K0KEX < K7KY ICU Rick TU
K0KEX Rick Smithville,MO QNX VidID < NCS
TU KE6SLS & W7WSV 4 the relay… next is the Monitor’s Session stand by < K7KY

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.
We can Fill other net traffic after Exercise files.
< K7KY/NCS

N7SDC

RR Steve I hv u. I’ll be back soon BK next ? < K7KY

k0kex

K0KEX < K7KY I hv u Rick.. BK next? < K7KYOK we begin with Steve
N7SDC < K7KY

de N7SDC Just wanted to get the fill on flamp.
N7SDC

RR Steve send ur report and I’ll fill what u need < K7KY
Before RSID: <<2022-02-16T04:41Z MFSK-32 @ 1500>>

DE N7SDC
File : ex244.txt
<MISSING 8 F210>{5E79}2
DE N7SDC K

DE K7KY

FLAMP Relay

<DATA 72 E712>{5E79:2}ion Keys’ are linked to FLDIGI’s Macros. The 12 Function Keys a
<CNTL 10 A2E1>{5E79:EOF}
<CNTL 10 02ED>{5E79:EOT}

DE K7KY K

N7SDC ? < K7KYnIRMED
DE N7SDC K

K0KEX NCS < de N7SDC

K7KY de N7SDC

Got a little snow last night and more expected tonight.

Have some questions I”ll e-mail about flamp and mode changes.

Band was not as good tonight as it was last week, but maybe that
is because of antenna issues.

de N7SDC

<de N7SDC

RR I can’t say abt the band as my antenna is in the toilet tonite. good thing Mindy’s is solid. You can contact us by
email or phone abt FLAMP issues. Tnx for working with us tonite… anything else? < K7KY

tx you and Mindy for all the hard work.

de N7SDC QNX

RR we injoy working the net 73 BK Next is
K0KEX < K7KY

DE K0KEX/B
File : ex244.txt
<MISSING 15 89E5>{5E79}CONFIRMED
DE K0KEX/B K

FB Rick 80m is growing kinder to you guys to our East it’s abt time too. Thanks for hanging around to work the
Monitor’s Session. I know it’s getting late in MO anything else? < K7KYP

RCA NCS je”et t evening. Tonight
is the first time that I have been able to
copy most all of the net info. Rvcd ex244.txt 100% in THOR
Nice to have everyone printing WX Preparing for 6 to 8 inch snow next 24 hrs
73 Rick k0kex

Wow! 6-8″ of snow sound like a lot.. we snivvle about cold wx here, but seldom get snow… occasionally we have to
guard the pipes from freezing, but it’s not too often. I hope winter continues to be good band condx for you guys to t he East we love to have you aboard. 73 4 now BK anyone else for the Monitor’s Session b4 we close? < K7KY

K7KY de KJ7VGV no copy

KJ7VGV < K7KY no cpy? hw now? < K7KY

sorry about that i want ted send a comment on

KJ7VGV go w/ur comments don < K7KY

If KE6SLS is still listening. I got the raspberry pi to work with image test macro. If that’s what’s he talking about.
<0450Z> KJ7VGV BTN

I think it should be the same… Rpi run Linux too. KE6SLS Jaye, u hr? < K7KY

KJ7VGV < K7KY Don, Jaye sometimes is working multiple nets. I think he soemtimes is NCS for the Country Cousins Net following ORCA. U can contact him by email & I can send that to u later if u like < K7KY

K7KY de KJ7VGV no problem thx

U need his email? if so, I’ll send it by email. < K7KY

Thanks I do need his email to help him BTN

RR I’ll send it 2 u. BK anyone else b4 we close? < K7KY

K7KY > K0KEX I have an image I wud like to send as test

K0KEX go < K7KYR

Sending Pic:175×173;

FB Rick it’s a bit fuzzy, but readable pse send the original by email. anything else? < K7KYCtn

K7KY No and Thank you for allowing the image will forward via email 73 GM to you and Mindy de K0KnEX

No problem It’s what we do (-: hope to c u next Tuesday evening 73 4 now BK I’ll send the updated Roster and thats it from Brookings,OR tonite < K7KY

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:mg:1104 ORCA DIGITAL NET 15/Feb/22 Check-in/Rotation

Check-ins: 36
Stations:
W1EEP Gene Pine Valley,UT
WY7SJM Steve Casper,WY QNX
WB7EUX Tom Joseph,OR
KL7RI John Reno,NV QNX
AD7DQ Ron Horseshoe Bend,ID QNX
W6DLW Dennis Cedar City,UT VidID
KE7IN Kevin Underwood,WA QKJ7BHKNX
K0PHP Chris Columbia,MO QNX
KE7ZPG Steven McKinleyvile,CA QNX
N7OOS Earl BOISE,ID QNX
KF7ZIY Dave Vancouver,WA QNX
KC7MAW Mike Port Orchard,WA
WA7HHE Brad Cedar City,UT
N7SDC Steve Rigby,ID QNX
KD0NBH John Kansas City,MO QNX
KW6M Steve Walton,OR QNX
KJ7VGV Don Reno,NV VidID
KB6NN Howard Eureka,CA QNX
W6ADZ Darrell Reno,NV QNX
K7DV Dave Idaho Falls,ID QNX
AE6LJ Lamar Redway,CA
KA7ULD Mark Helena,MT
N5QDH Cowan Farmington,NM QNX
AE7LM David Hailey,ID QNX
KE6SLS Jaye Eureka,CA
KG7VVN Bruno Beryl,UT VidID
KK6RJR Richard Bakersfield,CA QNX
KB6DKK Pedro Valencia,CA QNX
W7WSV Steve Mesa,AZ QNX
K6FWT Jim Eureka,CA QNX
KS6M John Oakland,CA QNX
KJ7BHK Brian Vancouver WA
VE7WAX Doug Esquimalt BC QNX
K0KEX Rick Smithville,MO QNX VidID
W7ZAP Mindy Brookings,OR NCS
K7KY Doug Brookings,OR NCS

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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 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
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