ORCA DIGITAL NET

ORCA DIGITAL NET 22/nov/16, Report

Check-ins: 7
Stations:
WB6SDR Ralph Folsom,CA
W1EEP Gene Pine Valley,UT qru
AF7OK Christine Tiller,OR
WA7HHE Brad Cedar City,UT T
KE6SLS Jaye Eureka,CA out@1955
W7ZAP Mindy Brookings,OR T
K7KY Doug Brookings,OR NCS

Tonight the net was small and the band favorable for digital signals. Although a smaller net than usual, those here represented about half the usual set of regular members. And, a very accomplished group at that. The net ran quick and smooth ; 46min. We like to keep the nets to an hour or less when we can. NCS is the busiest station on the net. Most Ops have long periods of inactivity and we try to minimize the boredom factor by keeping the net moving along briskly. When we’re really busy or hindered by poor band condx, you can help me by holding your practice traffic ’till next week and sending QRU.

Tonight’s file manipulation exercise was delivered by Mindy W7ZAP in the weekly FLAMP exercise. File ‘ex5.txt’ contains the exercise instructions for creating, naming, saving, and sending a FLMSG file in FLAMP. Returning this file tonight in the Traffic round was optional and two stations did complete the exercise on-the-fly by send their file during Traffic. Another station also completed the exercise before net-end, but was asked to hold it for next net. Completing the exercise during the net was optional. Next week is OK too. All these exercises are optional. You can send other practice traffic or QRU as you like.

Note: The ‘TO:’ window on the FLAMP TX tab defaults to ‘QST’. You should change this to the RX station after listing a file to TX. If you enter this info before loading the file it will return to ‘QST’. Tonight, Mindy sent her exercise file, ‘W7ZAP_ex5.213’ using the same TO: ‘ORCA DIGITAL NET’ she used for the weekly FLAMP exercise, although she was not sending a file to the entire net, but sending the new file to NCS. When Jaye KE6SLS joined the net late, he thought this file was the exercise file sent to the whole net because it was addressed to ‘ORCA DIGITAL NET’. Actually, it was Mindy’s homework sent to NCS. I compounded the error when I didn’t realize that Jaye thought it was the exercise file because of it’s addressing, ‘ORCA DIGITAL NET de W7ZAP’. I sent him the PREAMBLE to Mindy’s homework which he didn’t need.

On the TX tab, you should enter the recipient after listing the file. Otherwise, the text will revert to ‘QST’ if there’s no file listed yet and you switch to the RX tab.

TX: K7KY OR	RX: W1EEP UT

Thanks for taking time to work with us tonight. You’re a great group of Ops to work with. Thanks for coming. I hope to see you all again next week. 73 Doug K7KY

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K7KY de WA7HHE GE Doug, show me with one practice message ready, looks like good band condx tonight.

WA7HHE GE Brad ur on the log with practice traffic… tu < K7KY

Early ORCA Check-Ins:

WB6SDR Ralph Folsom,CA

W1EEP Gene Pine Valley,UT qru

AF7OK Christine Tiller,OR

WA7HHE Brad Cedar City,UT T

W7ZAP Mindy Brookings,OR

K7KY Doug Brookings,OR NCS

< K7KY

ORCA DIGITAL NET early check-in < K7KY

Early ORCA Check-Ins:

WB6SDR Ralph Folsom,CA

W1EEP Gene Pine Valley,UT qru

AF7OK Christine Tiller,OR

WA7HHE Brad Cedar City,UT T

W7ZAP Mindy Brookings,OR

K7KY Doug Brookings,OR NCS < K7KY

11/22/2016 19:30 PST

QST & WELCOME to the ORCA DIGITAL NET

Doug K7KY/NCS, SW/OR, 35w, 180′ Doublet @ 80′

ORCA meets every Tuesday 1930p/0330z – 3.581+1500 – MFSK-32

W1HKJ Software: FLDIGI, FLMSG, FLAMP

ORCA is a DIRECTED net, dedicated to learning and developing

digital operating skills and practicing digital traffic handling.

The net connects Amateur Operators with common interest in training,

information-sharing, and mutual-aid. Visitors always welcome.

New to ORCA? See: http://orcadigitalnet.com/quick-start/

Following check-in NCS sends:

1) Test image for signal evaluation

2) Rotation list

3) Announcements

Weekly FLAMP exercise with W7ZAP

Traffic Round: NCS calls each station in rotation

No traffic? (practice/formal) Send ‘QRU’. Check before using FLAMP.

Hold keyboard dialogue for Comment Round. Questions anytime.

Comment Round: comments, reception reports, observations, questions

(keyboard or FLMSG Form as you like)

NOTE: LOCK fldigi @ 1500, enable RxID, TxID

ENABLE: CONFIGURE/ID/RsID ‘Retain tx freq lock’

Have FLAMP open. It does not self-start.

Practice FLAMP traffic is followed with one round of FLAMP REPORTS

and one FILL.

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

First time? CALL/NAME/QTH

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

Signal Evaluation Image <IMAGE:G, /home/k7ky/Documents/orca/ORCASmallBlack.png>

Sending Pic:144×140; < K7KY<STX>

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Check-ins: 6

Stations:

WB6SDR Ralph Folsom,CA

W1EEP Gene Pine Valley,UT qru

AF7OK Christine Tiller,OR

WA7HHE Brad Cedar City,UT T

W7ZAP Mindy Brookings,OR T

K7KY Doug Brookings,OR NCS

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ORCA Announcements 22/nov/16

Today we begin another file manipulation exercise. You will

receive ex5.txt in the weekly FLAMP exercise, next. Follow

the instructions to create an ICS-213 format file and complete

two statements.

Find FLAMP files quickly from ‘File/Folders’ on the upper menu bar.

If you can complete the exercise immediately, this is today’s Traffic.

Send it to NCS in FLAMP. Sending it next week is OK too. As always,

these exercises are optional; you can send other traffic or images.

Thanks for staying focused during the net. Your timely interaction

keeps a complex net running smoothly. Don’t be concerned about

occasional lapses and errors. We all make a mistake now & then.

Weekly Net Report usually posted next day

at orcadigitalnet.com/reports/ < K7KY

ALL ORCA Next is the weekly FLAMP exercise. I’ll turn the net over to Mindy W7ZAP for the exercise… < K7KY

ORCA DIGITAL NET DE W7ZAP

<PROG 18 502A>{2DA2}FLAMP 2.2.03

<FILE 28 63A9>{2DA2}20161122233645:ex5.txt

<ID 26 2343>{2DA2}W7ZAP Brookings, OR

<SIZE 14 34A6>{2DA2}222 4 64

<DATA 72 B8FE>{2DA2:1}Optional file manipulation exercise.

Create a ICS-213 file, na

<DATA 72 BA9C>{2DA2:2}med: URCALL_ex5.213.

Complete the statements:

1)My favorite d

<DATA 72 A03F>{2DA2:3}ata mode is?

2)Because?

Send this file during Traffic round tod

<DATA 38 DC06>{2DA2:4}ay, or next week using FLAMP.

<CNTL 10 E210>{2DA2:EOF}

<CNTL 10 421C>{2DA2:EOT}

DE W7ZAP K

For the weekly FLAMP practice message we try

to fill every station. I will prompt you in order with

your CALLSIGN only. Press the FLAMP REPORT Button

or send, ‘No FLAMP’ or ‘No Copy’.

We begin with …

WB6SDR

DE WB6SDR

File : ex5.txt

<MISSING 15 9C8D>{2DA2}CONFIRMED

DE WB6SDR K

W1EEP

DE W1EEP

File : ex5.txt

<MISSING 14 4AAD>{2DA2}PREAMBLE

DE W1EEP K

AF7OK

DE AF7OK

File : ex5.txt

<MISSING 15 9C8D>{2DA2}CONFIRMED

DE AF7OK K

WA7HHE

DE WA7HHE

File : ex5.txt

<MISSING 15 9C8D>{2DA2}CONFIRMED

DE WA7HHE K

WA7HHE < W7ZAP

Brad… will you pls RELAY the whole file for W1EEP? TU < W7ZAP

DE WA7HHE

FLAMP Relay

<PROG 18 502A>{2DA2}FLAMP 2.2.03

<FILE 28 63A9>{2DA2}20161122233645:ex5.txt

<ID 26 2343>{2DA2}W7ZAP Brookings, OR

<SIZE 14 34A6>{2DA2}222 4 64

<DATA 72 B8FE>{2DA2:1}Optional file manipulation exercise.

Create a ICS-213 file, na

<DATA 72 BA9C>{2DA2:2}med: URCALL_ex5.213.

Complete the statements:

1)My favorite d

<DATA 72 A03F>{2DA2:3}ata mode is?

2)Because?

Send this file during Traffic round tod

<DATA 38 DC06>{2DA2:4}ay, or next week using FLAMP.

<CNTL 10 E210>{2DA2:EOF}

<CNTL 10 421C>{2DA2:EOT}

DE WA7HHE K

W1EEP

DE W1EEP

File : ex5.txt

<MISSING 15 9C8D>{2DA2}CONFIRMED

DE W1EEP K

NIce job to all. TU

Back to NCS < W7ZAP

W7ZAP TU Mindy nice exercise…. BREAK

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

ALL ORCA Next is Traffic round if you complete the exercise on-the-fly you can send the results in FLAMP otherwise, send what traffic

you have or QRU We begin tonight with Ralph WB6SDR < K7KY

QRU

WB6SDR

WB6SDR FB Ralph… BREAK W1EEP Gene I know you checked in QRU tu BREAK AF7OK OK Christine ur next for traffic < K7KY

AF7OK Christine any traffic? < K7KY

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:to:5 W7ZAP

:fm:5 AF7OK

:d1:10 2016-11-23

:t1:6 03:41Z

:sb:40 Practice file manipulation Nov. 22, 2016

:s1:16 Christine, AF7OK

:mg:157 My favorite digital mode is FELDHELL, because the message is in the waterfall :)

Someone sent me a message using this mode just last week.

Christine, AF7OK

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AF7OK FB Christine… keep this file for next week’s traffic and send it then in FLAMP with the new file name… tu BREAK

WA7HHE OK Brad ur traffic is next… < K7KY

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:p1:6 RADO’s

:fm:6 WA7HHE

:p2:4 RADO

:d1:8 11/22/16

:t1:6 20:11L

:sb:65 First Responder Emergency Response: (IED) SAFE STAND-OFF DISTANCE

:mg:372 Improvised Explosive Device Safe Stand-Off Distances:

Threat Description Explosive Capacity Mandatory Evac Distance

Pipe Bomb 5 lbs 110 ft

Car 500 lbs 320 ft

Small Delivery Truck 4,000 lbs 640 ft

Source: First Responder 2016 Emergency Response Guidebook pg.374

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WA7HHE Great article, Brad Makes me want to stay home… BREAK W7ZAP Mindy ur next for traffic… < K7KY

ORCA DIGITAL NET DE W7ZAP

<PROG 18 817D>{551B}FLAMP 2.2.03

<FILE 34 F163>{551B}20161122234758:W7ZAP_ex5.213

<ID 26 F4C6>{551B}W7ZAP Brookings, OR

<SIZE 14 F01B>{551B}409 7 64

<DATA 72 241E>{551B:1}[b64:start]AUxaTUEAAAFCXQAAAAQAHhmJhvwzDh5T3dGz4B06E10bOZBMZ0rzN

<DATA 72 83BE>{551B:2}dcVcUEMlRpKKr+uIM7KEk8n9XznMYhwzbCXReZVmqMYrrw9aFDSh6bnSQKvSac0x

<DATA 72 9B79>{551B:3}+V1B3awqnt66ZvX4l+isfucqpyOz499EFqvn8Dy2vVfGfMDZDdKEEcTEk0vxTRux

<DATA 72 3AE3>{551B:4}SUQp0DhjajqHGkfVoi7Es3YJhh4SuuzNm4CCphHEntGXitS2GdoHZD4+InD1zB+i

<DATA 72 43FF>{551B:5}8/FlbiE6oFfdCbfrR9QXYajOnnqSnrRhminMGFOxiLCGVIhF6eal4IINqh8TA8dk

<DATA 72 799B>{551B:6}pn6MDaR8NrHlVdgq/j5fT13HswNRlgqcmIIQEdELNDhCBhg8Yo2j/eJkRm8JUDsK

<DATA 33 8BDA>{551B:7}4vU5toUD+EeAA==

[b64:end]

<CNTL 10 CD8A>{551B:EOF}

<CNTL 10 6D86>{551B:EOT}

DE W7ZAP K

<STX>

DE K7KY

File : W7ZAP_ex5.213

<MISSING 15 54DD>{551B}CONFIRMED

DE K7KY K

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

DE ke6sls

File : Unassigned

<MISSING 14 5BB2>{551B}PREAMBLE

DE ke6sls K

KE6SLS GE Jaye glad you made it… stand by a moment and we’ll resend the file… BREAK any more check ins? < K7KY

ORCA de ke6sls

TU Doug. i only need the very first header bit, I came in just as she

clicked on send. got all else except the first line.

tu after this, I will be in/out. very busy tonight.

de ke6sls k

<STX>

DE K7KY

FLAMP Relay

<PROG 18 817D>{551B}FLAMP 2.2.03

<FILE 34 F163>{551B}20161122234758:W7ZAP_ex5.213

<ID 26 F4C6>{551B}W7ZAP Brookings, OR

<SIZE 14 F01B>{551B}409 7 64

<CNTL 10 CD8A>{551B:EOF}

<CNTL 10 6D86>{551B:EOT}

DE K7KY K

KE6SLS Oops! wrong file here comes the correct block 0

DE K7KY

FLAMP Relay

<PROG 18 502A>{2DA2}FLAMP 2.2.03

<FILE 28 63A9>{2DA2}20161122233645:ex5.txt

<ID 26 2343>{2DA2}W7ZAP Brookings, OR

<SIZE 14 34A6>{2DA2}222 4 64

<CNTL 10 E210>{2DA2:EOF}

<CNTL 10 421C>{2DA2:EOT}

DE K7KY K

ALL ORCA Time for our Comment round… u can send reception reports, comments, questions, etc we begin with Ralph WB6SDR <

K7KY

Still having trouble with PTT, but can I send next weeks traffic now?

WB6SDR No need, Ralph u can send it next week and we’ll be out of here early tonight…. BREAK by the way, two stations actually

completed the exercise on-the-fly tonight, both YL’s (-: OK on to Gene W1EEP < K7KY

K7KY DE W1EEP I HAVE BEEN TO THE VET ALL DAY SO JUST WILL SAY THE WX IS GREAT NO SNOW NOW TILL SUNDAY 73′

W1EEP Which Vet, Gene… the one for animals or for veterans? < K7KY

the animals we have cats and dogs and i’m not sure who cost hte most ha ha

AF7OK Christine… ur next for comments.. < K7KY

K7KY DE AF70K 1 R Msg K

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:tt:15 General Message

:to:24 ORCA Digital Traffic Net

:fm:16 Christine, AF7OK

:dt:10 2016-11-23

:tm:6 01:54Z

:sb:18 Five Dot Three Net

:mg:593 Good Evening!

Everyone is invited to check into the Five Dot Three Net on the 60m band. The net is held weekly on Mondays at 1300 Pacific Time on

5330.5 kHz USB. There will be a Saturday evening net this Saturday Nov. 26 at 1900 Pacific Time. Starting in Jan. 2017, there will be a

Saturday net at 1900 Pacific Time on the 2nd and 4th Saturday’s of the month.

If you have any questions or want to be added to the email list, please send me an email at af7ok@arrl.net.

There is a Facebook Page: Five Dot Three Net.

Twitter: @FiveDotThree

Thanks and Have a Great Evening!

Christine, AF7OK

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AF7OK Tnx Christine…. I hope this increases net participation and we all learn more about 60m BREAK WA7HHE Brad,

ur up for comments < K7KY

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:unl:22 K7KY- Doug/W7ZAP-Mindy

:pre:12 WA7HHE- Brad

:nam[0]:12 WB6SDR- RALF

:pos[0]:4 RADO

:hom[0]:10 FOLSOM, CA

:at[0]:7 03:35 z

:ev[0]:31 NET ROSTER SENT TO ALL STATIONS

:nam[1]:11 W1EEP- GENE

:pos[1]:4 RADO

:hom[1]:15 PINE VALLEY, UT

:at[1]:7 03:36 z

:ev[1]:32 FLAMP PRACTICE MSG SENT BY W7ZAP

:nam[2]:17 AF7OK- CHRITSTINE

:pos[2]:4 RADO

:hom[2]:10 TILLER, OR

:at[2]:12 03:36-0342 z

:ev[2]:59 FLAMP MSG REPORTS BY NET MEMBERS, WA7HHE RELAY MSG TO W1EEP

:nam[3]:12 WA7HHE- BRAD

:pos[3]:4 RADO

:hom[3]:14 CEDAR CITY, UT

:at[3]:7 03:43 z

:ev[3]:45 Xfer back to K7KY, check for add’l check ins.

:nam[4]:13 KE6SLS- Jayee

:pos[4]:4 RADO

:hom[4]:10 Eureka, CA

:at[4]:7 03:44 z

:ev[4]:18 WB6SDR QRU for TFC

:nam[5]:12 W7ZAP- MINDY

:pos[5]:13 ASSISTANT NCS

:hom[5]:13 BROOKINGS, OR

:at[5]:7 03:45 z

:ev[5]:9 W1EEP QRU

:nam[6]:10 K7KY- DOUG

:pos[6]:3 NCS

:hom[6]:9 BROOKINGS

:at[6]:7 03:46 z

:ev[6]:46 AF7OK FLMSG TFC (File Manipulation assignment)

:at[7]:7 03:50 z

:ev[7]:21 WA7HHE FLMSG TFC SENT

:at[8]:7 03:51 z

:ev[8]:38 W7ZAP FLAMP MESSAGE sent to net RADO’s

:at[9]:7 03:53 z

:ev[9]:37 K7KY NCS, Report FLAMP Msg Confirmed.

:at[10]:7 03:54 z

:ev[10]:20 KE6SLS late Check in

:at[11]:7 03:56 z

:ev[11]:40 NCS K7KY Relay W7ZAP FLAMP Msg to KE6SLS

:at[12]:14 03:58 to 04:..

:ev[12]:28 Net comment round and msg’s.

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WA7HHE Wow! Brad, quite a report tu what does RADO stand for? < K7KY

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RADO stands for radio operator, this is one of the forms we would use on our federal incidents for our Comm Unitt de wa7hhe

WA7HHE TU I’m usually so busy here, I wouldn’t have time or focus to complete a report like yours… BREAK W7ZAP OK MIndy

ur next for comments… < K7KY

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:mg:578 35w 135ft doublet @ 110ft

W7ZAP copied the following stations:

WB6SDR 100% copy KBD (S9 +10) s/n=15dB

W1EEP 100% copy KBD (S9) s/n=5dB

AF7OK 100% copy KBD,(2)FLMSG (S9 +15) s/n=18dB

WA7HHE 100% copy KBD,(2)FLMSG (S8) s/n=9dB

KE6SLS 100% copy KBD (S9 +10) s/n=18dB

K7KY 100% copy KBD, FLMSG, image

Nice to have better band condx – able to copy all well. Couldn’t copy Humboldt HF voice or digital nets last night. Quite a report Brad! Nice

log too. I have yet to learn that feature of FLDIGI. Good to see all on WF tonight. Happy Thanksgiving to all.

73,

W7ZAP Mindy

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W7ZAP Tnx Mindy nice report too…. BREAK

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

ALL ORCA Before we close, I’ll send the updated rotation/ck-in list

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:mg:277 ORCA DIGITAL NET 22/nov/16 Check-in/Rotation:

Check-ins: 7

Stations:

WB6SDR Ralph Folsom,CA

W1EEP Gene Pine Valley,UT qru

AF7OK Christine Tiller,OR

WA7HHE Brad Cedar City,UT T

KE6SLS Jaye Eureka,CA out@1955

W7ZAP Mindy Brookings,OR T

K7KY Doug Brookings,OR NCS

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Last chance, comments, questions, complaints? < K7KY

This concludes the ORCA DIGITAL NET

for: 11/22/2016 20:16 PST

Thanks for committing your time and

attention to working with us tonight.

We hope to see you again next week.

GN < Doug K7KY NCS