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ORCA DIGITAL NET 21/nov/17 Check-in/Rotation:
Check-ins: 10
Stations:
W7GBB Bob Renton,WA in&out
KE6SLS Jaye Eureka!CA
WA7HHE Brad Cedar City,UT
W1EEP Gene Pine Valley,UT
KR7KR Ken Ceder City,UT
KD7CL Craig Riverton,OR in&out
N7SND Larry Cedar City,UT
W5CLE Charles Vancouver,WA in&out
W7ZAP Mindy Brookings,OR QRU
K7KY Doug Brookings,OR NCS
Tonight we had the worst band condx in some time. I hope it doesn’t herald worse condx to come. These condx make radio communications difficult, but that isn’t necessarily bad for digital communications practice. We will learn which modes best cope with poor propagation and interference. Learning and practicing in tough condx is a good thing, actually. When condx are favorable, we’ll really shine.
MFSK-32 worked well for all but Jaye KE6SLS; he’s too close to NCS tonight. In the Traffic round we had more images than usual. Even the color images printed well through the noise. It’s good to see images in the Traffic round. Sometimes they will be more informative than long explanations. During early ck-in, we again had WINMOR within the MFSK-32 envelope and CW on our left sleeve. I didn’t notice much loss of copy. Both were gone when we began the net.
In December we will begin passing traffic off the net frequency, similar to Traffic and Emergency nets. On the 3rd week each month, we’ll skip the FLAMP exercise to leave more time for the Traffic round. On the 2nd monthly net, I’ll remind you to prepare a short message for the following week. You don’t need to decide on the recipient until you see who checks in. It may take a couple nets to work it into our format smoothly. This exercise will prepare us for working Traffic and Emergency nets where most traffic is passed off the net frequency.
Here are some of the images copied tonight.
TX: NCS OR
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| RX: W1EEP UT | RX: KE6SLS CA | RX: W7ZAP OR |
TX: WA7HHE UT
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| RX: KE6SLS CA | RX: W7ZAP OR |
TX: KR7KR UT
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| RX: KE6SLS CA | RX: W7ZAP OR | RX: K7KY OR |
TX: KR7KR UT
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| RX: KE6SLS CA | RX: W7ZAP OR | RX: K7KY OR |
TX: WA7HHE UT
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| RX: KE6SLS CA | RX: W7ZAP OR | RX: K7KY OR |
Enjoy Thanksgiving and be careful while traveling. You may have noticed some big cities are encasing lampposts and other pedestrian obstructions in air-bags to prevent pedestrians enthralled by electronic devices from injuring themselves. Most of these multitaskers also drive cars.
73 Doug K7KY
———– Net Log —————–
WA7HHE < K7KY ge Brad un on the log tu < K7KY
W1EEP RR Gene tu < K7KY
KR7KR < K7KY Ken I was just calling u I say ur VideoID earlier while on another net ur on the roster tu < K7KY
Early ORCA Check-Ins:
W7GBB Bob Renton,WA in&out
KE6SLS Jaye Eureka!CA
WA7HHE Brad Cedar City,UT
W1EEP Gene Pine Valley,UT
KR7KR Ken Ceder City,UT
W7ZAP Mindy Brookings,OR QRU
K7KY Doug Brookings,OR NCS
ORCA DIGITAL NET – Taking early ck-ins < K7KY
Before RSID: <<2017-11-22T03:17Z MFSK-32 @ 1500>>
KD7CL < K7KY GE Craig…. u didn’t print my stn, but OK on Mindy’s ur in&out tu < K7KY
Last station very weak almost not visible on wf no print.. < K7KY
Before RSID: <<2017-11-22T03:21Z MFSK-32 @ 1499>>
N7SND Cedar City, Utah checking in.
N7SND < K7KY GE Larry tu for cking in ur very weak tonight… poor band print abt 50% we’ll see how it goes… < K7KY
Did anyone copy the weak station just b4 Larry N7SND? < K7KY
Early ORCA Check-Ins:
W7GBB Bob Renton,WA in&out
KE6SLS Jaye Eureka!CA
WA7HHE Brad Cedar City,UT
W1EEP Gene Pine Valley,UT
KR7KR Ken Ceder City,UT
KD7CL Craig Riverton,OR in&out
N7SND Larry Cedar City,UT
W7ZAP Mindy Brookings,OR QRU
K7KY Doug Brookings,OR NCS
ORCA DIGITAL NET – Taking early ck-ins < K7KY
Let’s hope the band picks up a bit.. so far, it doesn’t look so good… I hope this isn’t a sample of the winter ahead… BREAK
are there any more early ck-ins? < K7KY
Before RSID: <<2017-11-22T03:29Z MFSK-32 @ 1500>>
25 Watts
W5CLE < K7KY GE Charles… ur very hard to cpy… in&out tu < K7KY
Early ORCA Check-Ins:
W7GBB Bob Renton,WA in&out
KE6SLS Jaye Eureka!CA
WA7HHE Brad Cedar City,UT
W1EEP Gene Pine Valley,UT
KR7KR Ken Ceder City,UT
KD7CL Craig Riverton,OR in&out
N7SND Larry Cedar City,UT
W5CLE Charles Vancouver,WA
W7ZAP Mindy Brookings,OR QRU
K7KY Doug Brookings,OR NCS
11/21/2017 19:31 PST
GE & WELCOME to the ORCA DIGITAL NET
Doug K7KY NCS, Brookings,OR, 35w, 180′ Doublet @ 80′
ORCA meets every Tuesday 1930p/0330z – 3.581+1500/usb – MFSK-32
Software by Dave W1HKJ: FLDIGI, FLMSG, FLAMP
ORCA is a DIRECTED net, dedicated to learning and developing
digital operating skills and practicing digital 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 conducted by Mindy W7ZAP
Open FLAMP before exercise begins.
FLDIGI can be configured to ‘AUTOSTART’ FLAMP.
Traffic Round: NCS calls each station in order
No practice traffic? Send ‘QRU’.
Hold keyboard dialogue for Comment Round. Questions anytime.
Comment Round: comments, reception reports, observations, questions
(keyboard or FLMSG BLANK Form as you like)
LOCK: fldigi cursor @ 1500
ENABLE: RxID, AFC
DISABLE: TxID, end-of-Tx-ID, Mode-ID
DISABLE: CWID, CW-Postamble-ID, Auto-Pre-Tone*
* Use brief (TUNE BUTTON) pre-tone when doubles are likely.
—–
ORCA CHECK-INS COME NOW. Send CALLSIGN or print VideoID on WF
First time? CALL/NAME/QTH
Monitoring stations send: ‘CALLSIGN IN&OUT’
< K7KY
B/W Signal Evaluation Image <IMAGE:G, /home/k7ky/Documents/orca/0RCAimage.png>
Sending Pic:144×140; < K7KY
… start
[WRAP:beg][WRAP:lf][WRAP:fn 0RCA.b2s]<flmsg>4.0.4.5:hdr_fm:20
K7KY 20172211033538
:hdr_ed:20
K7KY 20160703235454
<blankform>
:mg:365 ORCA DIGITAL NET 21/nov/17 Check-in/Rotation:
Check-ins: 10
Stations:
W7GBB Bob Renton,WA in&out
KE6SLS Jaye Eureka!CA
WA7HHE Brad Cedar City,UT
W1EEP Gene Pine Valley,UT
KR7KR Ken Ceder City,UT
KD7CL Craig Riverton,OR in&out
N7SND Larry Cedar City,UT
W5CLE Charles Vancover,WA in&out
W7ZAP Mindy Brookings,OR QRU
K7KY Doug Brookings,OR NCS
[WRAP:chksum FEBF][WRAP:end]… end
ORCA ANNOUNCEMENTS 21 November 2017 Happy Thanksgiving!
We’re thankful for everyone that participates and contributes to
the ORCA DIGITAL NET. We’ve learned so much about digital traffic
over nearly 5yrs of networking with you. Without your participation,
we wouldn’t have a net.
Tonight’s Optional FLAMP exercise distributes ‘ex47.txt’, an FLMSG
/FLAMP exercise using the FLMSG Blank form. Complete the instructions
and send the file to NCS during TRAFFIC round using FLAMP, or send
your own practice traffic or QRU.
OFF-NET-FREQ Traffic practice:
We did well with our first time passing traffic off-net-freq. We can
benefit from doing this regularly. Beginning in December, we’ll use
the 3rd week each month when ARC’s aren’t meeting. On the 2nd Tues,
I’ll remind you about bringing a short msg you can send the following
week. Don’t decide the recipient until we see who checks in. Following
ck-in, I’ll call for ‘Traffic to list’for this exercise. We’ll drop
the FLAMP exercise for the Off-Freq-Traffic exercise.
TIP: Enabling ‘Mark prev freq/mode’ on Configure/ID/RsID tab will
print a link on the RX screen when mode changes. Clicking this
link will return FLDIGI to a previous mode/freq. Very handy for
one-click return to any previous mode/freq.
Net Report posted as soon as we can…
orcadigitalnet.com/reports/
< K7KY
KE6SLS < K7KY hw cpy Jaye? < K7KY
Jaye was very weak @ ck-in and I don’t think it’s going to get better for him we’ll see… Next is the weekly FLAMP exercise with Mindy W7ZAP she will begin in MFSK-32 and fill in MFSK-16 let’s hope we can hear her… over to Mindy < K7KY
Before RSID: <<2017-11-22T03:41Z MFSK-32 @ 1504>>
ORCA DIGITAL NET DE W7ZAP
<PROG 18 24D8>{6A10}FLAMP 2.2.03
<FILE 29 18A2>{6A10}20171121183652:ex47.txt
<ID 25 7882>{6A10}W7ZAP Brookings, OR
<SIZE 14 88C5>{6A10}385 7 64
<FILE 29 18A2>{6A10}20171121183652:ex47.txt
<ID 25 7882>{6A10}W7ZAP Brookings, OR
<SIZE 14 88C5>{6A10}385 7 64
<DATA 72 9A24>{6A10:1}FLMSG/FLAMP file-manipulation exercise, OPTIONAL 4
In an FLMS
<DATA 72 4C77>{6A10:2}G BLANK form, create the file ‘URCALL_ex47.b2s. Copy the followi
<DATA 72 6517>{6A10:3}ng question to the new file and add your reply.
Do you also pra
<DATA 72 EB8D>{6A10:4}ctice digital traffic handling on a regular VHF net?
In TRAFFIC
<DATA 72 E540>{6A10:5} round, send the new file to NCS using FLAMP, or send your
own p
<DATA 72 7E32>{6A10:6}ractice msg or QRU. On the FLAMP TX tab, change ‘QST’ to ‘NCS’.
<DATA 9 5C96>{6A10:7}
<CNTL 10 3892>{6A10:EOF}
<CNTL 10 989E>{6A10:EOT}
DE W7ZAP K
Before RSID: <<2017-11-22T03:43Z MFSK-32 @ 1499>>
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 …
KE6SLS
Before RSID: <<2017-11-22T03:43Z MFSK-32 @ 1499>>
WA7HHE
Before RSID: <<2017-11-22T03:43Z MFSK-32 @ 1504>>
DE WA7HHE
File : ex47.txt
<MISSING 15 9ACE>{6A10}CONFIRMED
DE WA7HHE K
Before RSID: <<2017-11-22T03:44Z MFSK-32 @ 1504>>
W1EEP
Before RSID: <<2017-11-22T03:44Z MFSK-32 @ 1499>>
DE W1EEP
File : ex47.txt
<MISSING 15 9ACE>{6A10}CONFIRMED
DE W1EEP K
Before RSID: <<2017-11-22T03:44Z MFSK-32 @ 1504>>
KR7KR
DE KR7KR
File : ex47.txt
<MISSING 15 9ACE>{6A10}CONFIRMED
DE KR7KR K
Before RSID: <<2017-11-22T03:45Z MFSK-32 @ 1499>>
N7SND
DE N7SND
File nG 1T7DE N7SND K
Before RSID: <<2017-11-22T03:45Z MFSK-32 @ 1499>>
N7SND again pls
Before RSID: <<2017-11-22T03:46Z MFSK-32 @ 1504>>
WA7HHE < W7ZAP Brad can you relay Larry’s report? TU < W7ZAP
Before RSID: <<2017-11-22T03:47Z MFSK-32 @ 1504>>
K7KY
<STX>
DE K7KY
File : ex47.txt
<MISSING 15 9ACE>{6A10}CONFIRMED
DE K7KY K
Before RSID: <<2017-11-22T03:47Z MFSK-32 @ 1504>>
N7SND < W7ZAP Larry I hv 50% print on you and only copied part of ur report… pls report again. TU < W7ZAP
<MISSING 1XeEqnheMbnUÖu eCONFIRMED
DE N7SND K
Before RSID: <<2017-11-22T03:48Z MFSK-32 @ 1504>>
N7SND < W7ZAP Great copy that time TU BREAK
2T03 KE6SLS
Before RSID: <<2017-11-22T03:49Z MFSK-32 @ 1504>>
okay I hear you GREAT, you are like 12db here.
My BUGGER I want to use veery strong langiuage, computer
is OUT OF MEMORY. I have report, but it is lagging so bad.
I had to restart all, so I did not copy the tfc, but I will continue
on.
TU MIndy.
de ke6sls k
Before RSID: <<2017-11-22T03:50Z MFSK-32 @ 1504>>
KE6SLS < W7ZAP RR jaye. TU BREAK
K7KY < W7ZAP Looks like all but KE6SLS copied FLAMP tonite BTU < W7ZAP
W7ZAP < K7KY Tnx Mindy… I expected it to be much tougher tonight… We did pick up Jaye KE6SLS and he could likely complete the file now if he had to.. BREAK
ORCA DIGITAL NET – Late/Visitor Check-in? < K7KY
OK Jaye’s back and we’ll begin the Traffic round with him over to KE6SLS < K7KY
TU Mindy. I am QRU, I am going to do evil things to this
computer..
tu!
de ke6sls k
KE6SLS Tnx Jaye… BREAK I forgot to switch back the antennas after the FLAmP exercise… always something next up for Traffic is Brad WA7HHE < K7KY
Before RSID: <<2017-11-22T03:54Z MFSK-32 @ 1504>>
HAPPY THANKSGIVING FROM K9BRK AND WA7HHE
WA7HHE < K7KY Oh Oh! my image didn’t even begin, but Mindy printed the color image perfectly here… K9BRK looks ready for the season and very nice radio rm too.. tnx Brad BREAK next for traffic is Gene W1EEP < K7KY
Before RSID: <<2017-11-22T03:58Z MFSK-32 @ 1504>>
QST DE W1EEP
<PROG 18 625D>{44DF}FLAMP 2.2.03
<FILE 48 BF55>{44DF}20171122034704:URCALL EX47 NCS W1EEP.txt
<ID 18 A12F>{44DF}W1EEP DM37DJ
<SIZE 14 66DE>{44DF}106 2 64
<DATA 72 07BD>{44DF:1}we did the VHf for a whille the first of the year but have not o
<DATA 50 F5AF>{44DF:2}ne any in recent time. thx for the net .
<CNTL 10 D263>{44DF:EOF}
<CNTL 10 726F>{44DF:EOT}
DE W1EEP K
<STX>
DE K7KY
File : URCALL EX47 NCS W1EEP.txt
<MISSING 15 5787>{44DF}CONFIRMED
DE K7KY K
W1EEP < K7KY Gene, ur making the FLAMP exercise look too easy these days.. I may hv to handicap u (-: BREAK next is Ken KR7KR < K7KY
Sending Pic:220x165C;
de KR7KR
KR7KR < K7KY Way cool, Ken… did u make these steampunk bikes? < K7KY
no I downloaded the picture
de KR7KR k
KR7KR < K7KY RR I’m interested in things like this and would like to make some myself if I had lots of extra time..
BREAK next is Larry N7SND < K7KY
anyone copy Larry? < K7KY
Pic:200x112C; tsnDE n7snd
N7SND < K7KY Larry we hv a very poor connect tonight… I hv the image but it’s just color pixels hr… nice try and we’ll hope for better condx this winter… BREAK that’s it for Traffic round
ORCA DIGITAL NET – Late/Visitor Check-in? < K7KY
All ORCA We begin the comment round in Eureka! CA with Jaye KE6SLS < K7KY
KE6SLS Jaye hw cpy? < K7KY
ORCA de ke6sls
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I am using an OLD laptop, IBM .. It’s old, early 64 bit with issue. u
art ft n¦nh which is a shame, Mindy was booming in. My old machine
needs a nmtmktle, actually a Solid state drive. It’s oneeYe9y;eDdøD anta.
I’m running 50 watts to my little antenna out in the back yard.
Band is very noisy here. S9 v h•A7 S9 stationl are`u T n? erk7ky s9 -7dbtElf ©ele n
noise, P1,
w7zap, 10+, ,14db,
W1EEP
KR7KR s9 -8 ±2
Ater is running older Mint, neT un-updated. flamp is being very notty,
I spanked it several times, sent it to its room without supper.
I used a flush command to steal back machiae memory, thaphelaè
id0t6eeally need to update the drive and OS.
band was pretty sour last night for digi net. worse¹UeÔo net. RELAY
stations are a priority these days.
weather hear odd, it hit 75 do and extremely muggy. eyvtnugbhnow what
that will do to the band!
OOPS, za oes : ±fpy . . ” Yeah, I hear you Doug.. Then I reread
“does anyone copy Lar y . ÿ· Slap my head.
Am glad I hear you tonight Doug. we are in for trying times on the
bands I fear.
73
de ke t aa
KE6SLS < K7KY Tnx, Jaye… abt 60% cpy on urs… I think u may be right about the coming
winter… it will give us lots of tough practice BREAK next for comments is Brad WA7HHE < K7KY
Before RSID: <<2017-11-22T04:12Z MFSK-32 @ 1504>>
ORCA NET de WA7HHE, lots of fun tonight, here locally in Southern Utah N7SND, KR7KR, W1EEP and myself compare signal quality and blocks received on one of our local repeater. So far KR7KR’s new Fan Dipole is providing the best reception. Lots of differences between Mindy’s and Doug’s Antennas on this end. Looking forward to more of the moving off frequency practice.
Thanks to Doug and Mindy for all you guys do.73’s Brad WA7HHE
WA7HHE < K7KY RR Brad using VHF to work underneath the net is very useful… tnx for your regular participation… BREAK
next up for comments is Gene W1EEP < K7KY
K7KY & W7ZAP DE W1EEP The band is not as good as it was last week. We hope all on the net have a HAPPY THANKSGIVING. If you are on the road be safe in your travels. See you next week on the WF 73″s
W1EEP < K7KY Tnx Gene and good advice I’m staying off the road and @ home (-: BREAK over to Ken KR7KR < K7KY
thanks for the net
copying everyone
have another picture if you want it or can save for another time
de KR7KR k
KR7KR < K7KY Ken… pse send the other image after we close the net… and, ur antenna is doing
very well BREAK next for comments is Larry N7SND < K7KY
N7SND < K7KY Larry I didn’t cpy u @ all, but Mindy did our antennas are more different than I thought… and thanks to you and all for patience too… BREAK next is Mindy W7ZAP < K7KY
Before RSID: <<2017-11-22T04:18Z MFSK-32 @ 1499>>
… start
[WRAP:beg][WRAP:lf][WRAP:fn W7ZAP_report.b2s]<flmsg>4.0.3:hdr_fm:21
W7ZAP 20172211041847
:hdr_ed:21
W7ZAP 20170111023726
<blankform>
:mg:713 35w 135ft doublet @ 110ft
W7ZAP copied the following stations:
W7GBB Bob Renton,WA in&out
KE6SLS 100% copy KBD (S8) s/n= -7dB
WA7HHE 100% copy KBD,image, (S9) s/n=9dB
W1EEP 100% copy KBD,FLAMP (S9) s/n=11dB
KR7KR 100% copy KBD,image, VideoID (S9) s/n=4dB
KD7CL 100% copy KBD (S8) s/n= -10dB
N7SND 50% copy KBD (in the noise & earlier had OK copy)
W5CLE 100% copy KBD (S8) s/n= -11dB
K7KY 100% copy KBD, FLMSG, image
Tough band tonight and I guess that’s what’s in store for this winter. Utah stations sure did well tonight copying the FLAMP exe. Pretty good RX on both pics considering condx… will post images to web report. Wishing everyone a safe and happy Thanksgiving :-)
73,
Mindy W7ZAP
[WRAP:chksum 183E][WRAP:end]… end
W7ZAP < K7KY Thanks, Mindy nice report… I’m disappointed in my antenna… I usually cpy the UT stations very well, but tonight Mindy’s ant seems to have it all… we’re planning to lengthen and raise her antenna soon wx permitting
BREAK
are there any more comments or questions? < K7KY
ORCA de ke6sls
fb Doug. Mindy’s last was very hard cp, your signal very loud. band is
just stiring the pot OM!
Happy thanksgiving to both of you! I guess I am off for the rest
of the week, so party on Wayne! :)
have a great week and I’ll send you my end of the images shortly.
de ke6sls k
KE6SLS < K7KY FB Jaye… I needed a stir that has something nice to say abt my ant… maybe I should lengthen mine and leave Mindy’s as it is… BREAK any more comments b4 we go…?? < K7KY
ORCA DIGITAL NET – Late/Visitor Check-in? < K7KY
This concludes the ORCA DIGITAL NET
for: 11/21/2017 20:25 PST
Thanks for committing your time and attention
to practicing digital traffic handling with us tonight.
We hope to work with you again next week.
‘Practice makes Perfect’
73 Doug K7KY
KR7KR < K7KY Ken let’s print ur image.. < K7KY
Sending Pic:295x236C;
l.e.d. zeplin
de KR7KR
KR7KR < K7KY Tnx, Ken it printed very well hr tnx I like these little stick guys and hv lots of parts around to build some myelf I I hv enough imagination to glue them together… BREAK Brad WA7HHE if ur still hr, pse send ur image agn I’d like to print these in the net report.. tu < K7KY
Before RSID: <<2017-11-22T04:31Z MFSK-32 @ 1504>>
Sending Pic:236x177C;
de K9BRK and WA7HHE
K9BRK & WA7HHE < K7KY tnx Brad… printed very well here this time as good as Mindy’s I think, but she’s giving me lots of grief abt antennas these days… thanks again guys cu next time wishing you a great Thanksgiving! 73 Doug K7KY
