31/OCT/23 Report

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ORCA DIGITAL NET 31/Oct/23 Check-In/Rotation

Check-Ins: 19
Stations:
__W1EEP Gene Pine Valley,UT QNX
__WB7TZD Tom Vancouver,WA QNX
N6FPV Matt Scotia,CA VidID
__KD6SPN Sherwin San Jose,CA QNX
__WY7SJM Steve Casper,WY QNX
__KJ7WHE Barry Nampa,ID QNX
__KW6M Steve Walton,OR QNX
WA7JYK Tom Joseph,OR
KJ7VGV Don Reno,NV
KE6SLS Jaye Eureka,CA
__KK6RJR Richard Bakersfield,CA QNX Relay: AE6LJ
AE6LJ Lamar Redway,CA
KS6M John Oakland,CA
WA7HHE Brad Cedar City,UT
__W7OWO Brian Dundee,OR QNX
__W7WSV Steve Mesa,AZ QNX
__K7UK Rick Omak,WA QNX
W7ZAP Mindy Brookings,OR NCS
K7KY Doug Brookings,OR NCS

80m was good for most stations tonight. Dropping back an hour for DST this weekend should make decoding easier, for our Eastern members in particular. Gov’t officials tease the elimination of DST every year. There must be powerful economic DST upsides. 80m is usually more user-friendly in Winter, even in a weak Solar Cycle.

NBEMS Exercise will continue experimenting w/new THOR modes, they’re certainly promising. MFSK & THOR have proven robust and dependable. We’ll be using the new modes often for NBEMS Exercise to learn the subtle difference. It will help us choose the better mode for condx quickly when time is critical.

Tonight I sent a long TUNE b4 net, radio LOCKED @ 3.581 & FLDIGI @ 1500wf, enabling stations to LOCK NCS. From my perspective, only 3 stations were off 1500. The station I copied @ 1492 copied me @ 1508. Two were slightly off. Others may have found me off freq, but didn’t report. Their signals were @ 1500 here. The 20m Test Net uses this routine. It worked better for us. When NCS is off-frequency, so goes the net. MFSK-32 tolerates mis-tuning about 16hz.

Late addition: 30m Propagation Test Net, hasty observations. I easily forget Don AB1PH’s purpose in these Tests; Propagation. I’ve been hoping this leads to reestablishing a Nat’l digital training net similar to the old SATERN Digital Emergency Net. Eastern Ops are used to working THOR-11,40mpm, off-freq-tolerant; Western Ops are used to MFSK-32, 120wpm, off-freq-intolerant. Western & Eastern digital routines & experience differ more than I anticipated. A ton of useful info is already available; I don’t know how to organize it and extrapolate patterns. I wish we could upload to a trustworthy AI for pattern analysis.

Later this month we’ll experiment with adding Macro Tags to files called by the <FILE> Tag. Comment Macro is available here: http://orcadigitalnet.com/macros/ It’s useful for other digital nets.

Images from the net:

KE6SLS Eureka, CA
KJ7VGV Reno, NV
KK6RJR Bakersfield, CA
KS6M Oakland, CA
N6FPV Scotia, CA
W7OWO Dundee, OR
WA7JYK Joseph, OR

Keep these nets in mind; they’re conducted by ORCA Colleagues. 4 digital nets, M-Thurs on 3.581mhz, our Western-US digital watering-hole, and one Winlink net:

Monday, Humboldt County Emergency Digital Net, 1845p/0245z, 3.581+1500, MFSK-32, KE6SLS/NCS (regional)

Tuesday, ORCA DIGITAL NET, 1930p/0230z, 3.581+1500, MFSK-32, K7KY & W7ZAP/NCS, http://orcadigitalnet.com/ (W/USA)

Wednesday, NA ID ERC Digital Net, 1800m/0200z, 3.581+1500, MFSK-32, K7DV/NetMgr (regional)

Wednesday, HUMCO Winlink Wednesday Net, Matthew KN7CEI/NCS, Message KN6CEI w/CALL,NAME,QTH, https://humboldtwinlinkwednesday.net/

Thursday, Western Digital Net, 1930p/0230z, 3.581+1500, MFSK-32, Don KJ7VGV, Jaye KE6SLS, Brad WA7HHE/NCS, http://westerndigitalnet.org/ (W/USA)

Thanks for working with us tonight. We appreciate your participation and support. We hope to see you again next Tuesday evening.

73 Doug K7KY & Mindy W7ZAP

— Net Log —

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WB7TZD Tom Vancouver,WA QNX < K7KY/NCSosFrý
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W1EEP Gene Pine Valley,UT QNX
WB7TZD Tom Vancouver,WA QNX
N6FPV Matt Scotia,CA VidID

ORCA DIGITAL NET – Early Ck-In
NBEMS Exercise Tonight w/Traffic Round
SEND on 1 line:
‘CALLSIGN’ only (Active)
‘CALLSIGN QNX’ (In&Out)
‘CALL, NAME, QTH, QNX’ (1st Ck-In) < K7KY/NCSc


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QRZ?  ORCA DIGITAL NET Early Ck-In < K7KY/NCS Lek 4¢ yh  t ebi onidc,t@koTr +%}d
Before RSID: <<2023-11-01T02:05Z MFSK-32 @ 3581+1500>>

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

KJ7WHE < K7KY GE Barry TU
KJ7WHE Barry Nampa,ID QNX

Thanks for checking in, Barry  Pse review ‘Ck-In/Out’
@: orcadigitalnet.com/quick-start/ for our Ck-In Protocol.
See the Macro page for Ck-In Macros. TU BK
ORCA DIGITAL NET Early Ck-In?  < K7KY/NCSebnI0  e  an

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NCS < KW6M  KW6M  QNX


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KW6M < K7KY GE Steve TU
KW6M Steve Walton,OR QNX < K7KY/NCS  Sqk

Early ORCA Ck-Ins:

W1EEP Gene Pine Valley,UT QNX
WB7TZD Tom Vancouver,WA QNX
N6FPV Matt Scotia,CA VidID
KD6SPN Sherwin San Jose,CA QNX
WY7SJM Steve Casper,WY QNX
KJ7WHE Barry Nampa,ID QNX
KW6M Steve Walton,OR QNX

ORCA DIGITAL NET – Early Ck-In
NBEMS Exercise Tonight w/Traffic Round
SEND on 1 line:
‘CALLSIGN’ only (Active)
‘CALLSIGN QNX’ (In&Out)
‘CALL, NAME, QTH, QNX’ (1st Ck-In) < K7KY/NCSREnb hehee a  tn


WA7JYK


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WA7JYK < K7KY FB Tom TU
WA7JYK Tom Joseph,OR < K7KY’thEff@ me tnqusrtn


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KJ7VGV < K7KY GE Don TU
KJ7VGV Don Reno,NV
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KE6SLS < K7KY GE Jaye TU
KE6SLS Jaye Eureka,CA BK
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NCS < AE6LJ W/REL<@LOCK:on>
AY:  NCS < KK6RJR KK6RJR

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KK6RJR < K7KY GE Richard TU
KK6RJR Richard Bakersfield,CA QNX Relay: AE6LJ  < K7KYu s0 eieiZe sl¼rs


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AE6LJ < K7KY GE Lamar TU
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KS6M < K7KY FB John TU
KS6M John Oakland,CA < K7KY

Early ORCA Ck-Ins:

W1EEP Gene Pine Valley,UT QNX
WB7TZD Tom Vancouver,WA QNX
N6FPV Matt Scotia,CA VidID
KD6SPN Sherwin San Jose,CA QNX
WY7SJM Steve Casper,WY QNX
KJ7WHE Barry Nampa,ID QNX
KW6M Steve Walton,OR QNX
WA7JYK Tom Joseph,OR
KJ7VGV Don Reno,NV
KE6SLS Jaye Eureka,CA BK
KK6RJR Richard Bakersfield,CA QNX Relay: AE6LJ
AE6LJ Lamar Redway,CA
KS6M John Oakland,CA

QRZ?  ORCA DIGITAL NET Early Ck-In < K7KY/NCS sdReaql si0}Stg!t  u
Before RSID: <<2023-11-01T02:17Z MFSK-32 @ 3581+1500>>

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WA7HHE < K7KY FB Brad TU
WA7HHE Brad Cedar City,UT < K7KY+¬0St ei  o’vla v tn


W7OWO  QNX

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W7OWO < K7KY GE Brian TU
W7OWO Brian Dundee,OR QNX < K7KY/NCSm

Early ORCA Ck-Ins:

W1EEP Gene Pine Valley,UT QNX
WB7TZD Tom Vancouver,WA QNX
N6FPV Matt Scotia,CA VidID
KD6SPN Sherwin San Jose,CA QNX
WY7SJM Steve Casper,WY QNX
KJ7WHE Barry Nampa,ID QNX
KW6M Steve Walton,OR QNX
WA7JYK Tom Joseph,OR
KJ7VGV Don Reno,NV
KE6SLS Jaye Eureka,CA
KK6RJR Richard Bakersfield,CA QNX Relay: AE6LJ
AE6LJ Lamar Redway,CA
KS6M John Oakland,CA
WA7HHE Brad Cedar City,UT
W7OWO Brian Dundee,OR QNX

ORCA DIGITAL NET – Early Ck-In
NBEMS Exercise Tonight w/Traffic Round
SEND on 1 line:
‘CALLSIGN’ only (Active)
‘CALLSIGN QNX’ (In&Out)
‘CALL, NAME, QTH, QNX’ (1st Ck-In) < K7KY/NCSCs tn


W7WSV  QNX

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W7WSV < K7KY GE Steve TU
W7WSV Steve Mesa,AZ  QNX < K7KY/NCS

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

ORCA DIGITAL NET – Early Ck-In
NBEMS Exercise Tonight w/Traffic Round
SEND on 1 line:
‘CALLSIGN’ only (Active)
‘CALLSIGN QNX’ (In&Out)
‘CALL, NAME, QTH, QNX’ (1st Ck-In) < K7KY/NCS v, o,a Our VARA neighbors have returned…

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

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Early ORCA Ck-Ins:

W1EEP Gene Pine Valley,UT QNX
WB7TZD Tom Vancouver,WA QNX
N6FPV Matt Scotia,CA VidID
KD6SPN Sherwin San Jose,CA QNX
WY7SJM Steve Casper,WY QNX
KJ7WHE Barry Nampa,ID QNX
KW6M Steve Walton,OR QNX
WA7JYK Tom Joseph,OR
KJ7VGV Don Reno,NV
KE6SLS Jaye Eureka,CA
KK6RJR Richard Bakersfield,CA QNX Relay: AE6LJ
AE6LJ Lamar Redway,CA
KS6M John Oakland,CA
WA7HHE Brad Cedar City,UT
W7OWO Brian Dundee,OR QNX
W7WSV Steve Mesa,AZ  QNX  16

NCS, Long TUNE – Pse LOCK on my signal   < K7KY

2023-10-31  19:31:15p
WELCOME to ORCA DIGITAL NET
Doug K7KY/NCS, Brookings,OR, 35w, 222′ Doublet @ 80′

ORCA meets every Tuesday 1930p/0230z – 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 Exercise:
Have FLAMP open. Stay Focused, Exercise is brisk.
Monitors can work the Exercise silently and FILL
or CONFIRM in after-net Monitor’s Session.

Traffic Round: NCS calls FLAMP Exercise Stations
for practice traffic (NBEMS Exercise files).
Not Ready? Send ‘QRU’; FILL/REPORT in Monitor’s Session

Comment Round: RX reports, observations, questions

NET PROTOCOL:
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/NCSg/ctt Nuzad xtn


K7UK QNX

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K7UK < K7KY FB Rick TU
K7UK Rick Omak,WA < K7KYAnyone else? < K7KY

KJ7VGV   Don, Pse Relay call 4 Ck-In tu  < NCS  u
Before RSID: <<2023-11-01T02:35Z MFSK-32 @ 3581+1500>>

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Not copying NCS? Ck-In here QNX… < KJ7VGV

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Signal Evaluation Image<IMAGE:G,E:\FL_APPS\fldigi.files\images\0RCAtest.png>

Sending Pic:140×140;< K7KY

… start
[WRAP:beg][WRAP:lf][WRAP:fn 0RCA.b2s]<flmsg>4.0.23
:hdr_fm:46
K7KY 20232510023526
W7ZAP/K7KY 20230111023646
:hdr_ed:20
K7KY 20192409231907
<blankform>
:mg:586 ORCA DIGITAL NET 31/Oct/23 Check-In/Rotation

Check-Ins: 19
Stations:
W1EEP Gene Pine Valley,UT QNX
WB7TZD Tom Vancouver,WA QNX
N6FPV Matt Scotia,CA VidID
KD6SPN Sherwin San Jose,CA QNX
WY7SJM Steve Casper,WY QNX
KJ7WHE Barry Nampa,ID QNX
KW6M Steve Walton,OR QNX
WA7JYK Tom Joseph,OR
KJ7VGV Don Reno,NV
KE6SLS Jaye Eureka,CA
KK6RJR Richard Bakersfield,CA QNX Relay: AE6LJ
AE6LJ Lamar Redway,CA
KS6M John Oakland,CA
WA7HHE Brad Cedar City,UT
W7OWO Brian Dundee,OR QNX
W7WSV Steve Mesa,AZ  QNX
K7UK Rick Omak,WA
W7ZAP Mindy Brookings,OR NCS
K7KY Doug Brookings,OR NCS

[WRAP:chksum D8FB][WRAP:end] … end

^rANNOUNCEMENTS

Tonight’s NBEMS Exercise entails creating a plaintext(.txt) file w/FLMSG or any Text Editor. Save a little time by Copying all
entries you need and deleting entries & text you don’t need after Pasting. Next session, the 1st Tuesday of November, Bruno
KG7VVN will conduct the NBEMS Exercise. You too can conduct ORCA NBEMS Exercises. It’s a bite-size introduction to NCS
tasks. We never know when it will fall to us to standup an emergency net. While you many not feel totally qualified, you’ll know
enough to begin a Roster and handoff when a seasoned NCS arrives. In emergencies, we won’t know in advance who’s
available. Semper Paratus = Always Ready

The 2nd 20m Transcontinental Propagation Test Net last week was another success. 40+ stations checked in w/Don
AB1PH/NCS in Maine & Jaye KE6SLS/NCS in California. Don scheduled another Propagation Test Net tomorrow evening on 30m:

Wed, 01/Nov, 2100e/1800p, 10.142khz+1500wf, THOR-11
Zoom Back channel: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/4418320146 ID# 441 832 0146

Western NCS will again be Jaye KE6SLS. If you missed the 1st/2nd 20m net, try to work Wednesday’s 30m net; this experimen
tal net has garnered significant interest across the country. Don KJ7VGV will Relay skip zone stations. If a Nat’l Digital Training/E
mergency Net interest you, tune in & participate. Future net schedule & format will be determined by participants.

Our training prepares us for nets where we have no previous experience. Pre-Tone b4 TX. Lock on NCS signal, wherever it is.
Disable TxID to save energy, bandwidth, and net-time. There’s a wide range of digital knowledge and skills engaged in this
Transcontinental Test. Off frequency and unlocked stations w/TxID active drive other unlocked stations off frequency. Our 1st
Test net ranged from 1477 to 1530wf. Hats-Off to Western Ops for showcasing excellent networking conventions.

An undocumented FLDIGI Macro pitfall we discovered a few years ago also has an upside. We don’t include Macro Tags in files
(like this file) we call w/<FILE> Tag. The Macro Parser will replace Tags w/variables or leave a blank when it can’t locate a
variable. This Announcement text was pasted into the TX buffer to avoid engaging the Macro Parser. This odd feature is also
useful. We can generate a single file to be used by multiple Ops w/o each Op editing in personal data. Western Digital Net is a
handy example. A single Preamble file can be used by multiple NCS by substituting Tags for CALLSIGN, Name, QTH, City, ST,
Antenna, etc. When this file is called by <FILE>, Macro Parser will replace Tags w/variables stored in Configure/Misc/Operator-St
ation/. Each NCS can execute the same unedited file. It’s an FLDIGI oddity we can put to use. If you discover other application
s, let us know.

Next month we’ll revisit our Comment Macro. Many already use this Macro. If you haven’t configured a Comment Macro,
please add it to your Macro set. We’ll experiment with adding Tags to your comments. Comment Macro and more are available
here: http://orcadigitalnet.com/macros/

The NBEMS Exercise is next w/Mindy W7ZAPS!nt h+bu
Before RSID: <<2023-11-01T02:43Z MFSK-32 @ 3581+1500>>

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This NBEMS Exercise begins in THOR-56 (210wpm,1485hz,FEC).
We’ll fill with THOR-44 (160wpm, 1160hz,FEC) & THOR-22
(78wpm,524hz,FEC). Check ur Filters  < W7ZAP/NCS

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Before RSID: <<2023-11-01T02:43Z MFSK-32 @ 3581+1500>>

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Before RSID: <<2023-11-01T02:44Z THOR 56 @ 3581+1500>>

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ORCA DIGITAL NET DE W7ZAP

<PROG 18 AF7C>{BD77}FLAMP 2.2.09
<FILE 30 A988>{BD77}20231101002745:ex333.txt
<ID 17 C1AC>{BD77}W7ZAP SW/OR
<SIZE 14 C218>{BD77}344 8 48
<FILE 30 A988>{BD77}20231101002745:ex333.txt
<ID 17 C1AC>{BD77}W7ZAP SW/OR
<SIZE 14 C218>{BD77}344 8 48
<DATA 56 CA05>{BD77:1}
NBEMS – FLDIGI/TEXT EDITOR/FLAMP file-manipula
<DATA 56 4837>{BD77:2}tion Exercise

In tonight’s Roster, COPY the 1
<DATA 56 DFC1>{BD77:3}st, 2nd, & 5th entries. Create a plaintext file(
<DATA 56 14FB>{BD77:4}.txt) w/FLMSG or PC Text Editor named, ‘URCALL_e
<DATA 56 36BA>{BD77:5}x333.txt. Paste in CALLSIGN & Name of requested
<DATA 56 E343>{BD77:6}entries. SAVE.

Submit URCALL_ex333.txt w/FLAM
<DATA 56 F0EA>{BD77:7}P 4 Traffic. B4 sending, change ‘QST’ to ‘ORCA/N
<DATA 16 D89D>{BD77:8}CS’.   6
<CNTL 10 B262>{BD77:EOF}
<CNTL 10 126E>{BD77:EOT}

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Before RSID: <<2023-11-01T02:45Z THOR 56 @ 3581+1500>>



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

We begin with … N6FPV

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Before RSID: <<2023-11-01T02:46Z MFSK-32 @ 3581+1500>>

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File : ex333.txt
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Before RSID: <<2023-11-01T02:46Z MFSK-32 @ 3581+1500>>

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Before RSID: <<2023-11-01T02:46Z MFSK-32 @ 3581+1500>>

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Before RSID: <<2023-11-01T02:47Z MFSK-32 @ 3581+1500>>

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File : ex333.txt
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Before RSID: <<2023-11-01T02:48Z MFSK-32 @ 3581+1500>>

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K7UK Rick is QNX< W7ZAP

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Before RSID: <<2023-11-01T02:48Z MFSK-32 @ 3581+1500>>

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ORCA DIGITAL NET DE W7ZAP

<PROG 18 AF7C>{BD77}FLAMP 2.2.09
<DATA 56 CA05>{BD77:1}
NBEMS – FLDIGI/TEXT EDITOR/FLAMP file-manipula
<DATA 56 14FB>{BD77:4}.txt) w/FLMSG or PC Text Editor named, ‘URCALL_e
<DATA 56 E343>{BD77:6}entries. SAVE.

Submit URCALL_ex333.txt w/FLAM
<DATA 56 F0EA>{BD77:7}P 4 Traffic. B4 sending, change ‘QST’ to ‘ORCA/N
<DATA 16 D89D>{BD77:8}CS’.   6
<CNTL 10 B262>{BD77:EOF}
<CNTL 10 126E>{BD77:EOT}

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Before RSID: <<2023-11-01T02:49Z THOR 44 @ 3581+1500>>



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Before RSID: <<2023-11-01T02:50Z MFSK-32 @ 3581+1500>>




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DE WA7HHE
File : ex333.txt
<MISSING 10 6919>{BD77}1 6
DE WA7HHE K


titO{ah  si
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qxF

ORCA DIGITAL NET DE W7ZAP

<PROG 18 AF7C>{BD77}FLAMP 2.2.09
<FILE 30 A988>{BD77}20231101002745:ex333.txt
<ID 17 C1AC>{BD77}W7ZAP SW/OR
<SIZE 14 C218>{BD77}344 8 48
<FILE 30 A988>{BD77}20231101002745:ex333.txt
<ID 17 C1AC>{BD77}W7ZAP SW/OR
<SIZE 14 C218>{BD77}344 8 48
<DATA 56 CA05>{BD77:1}
NBEMS – FLDIGI/TEXT EDITOR/FLAMP file-manipula
<DATA 56 4837>{BD77:2}tion Exercise

In tonight’s Roster, COPY the 1
<DATA 56 DFC1>{BD77:3}st, 2nd, & 5th entries. Create a plaintext file(
<DATA 56 14FB>{BD77:4}.txt) w/FLMSG or PC Text Editor named, ‘URCALL_e
<DATA 56 36BA>{BD77:5}x333.txt. Paste in CALLSIGN & Name of requested
<DATA 56 E343>{BD77:6}entries. SAVE.

Submit URCALL_ex333.txt w/FLAM
<DATA 56 F0EA>{BD77:7}P 4 Traffic. B4 sending, change ‘QST’ to ‘ORCA/N
<DATA 16 D89D>{BD77:8}CS’.   6
<CNTL 10 B262>{BD77:EOF}
<CNTL 10 126E>{BD77:EOT}

DE W7ZAP K

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KE6SLS

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DE ke6sls
File : ex333.txt
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tEE6o


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DE WA7HHE
File : ex333.txt
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ORCA DIGITAL NET DE W7ZAP

<PROG 18 AF7C>{BD77}FLAMP 2.2.09
<DATA 56 E343>{BD77:6}entries. SAVE.

Submit URCALL_ex333.txt w/FLAM
<CNTL 10 B262>{BD77:EOF}
<CNTL 10 126E>{BD77:EOT}

DE W7ZAP K


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astn


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DE WA7HHE
File : ex333.txt
<MISSING 15 97A4>{BD77}CONFIRMED
DE WA7HHE K


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ORCA < W7ZAP
Another THOR shoot-out, but different from last week. THOR has a lot of different speeds, but you

need the updated version of FLDIGI to decode the newer THOR modes.

Here’s the breakdown of RX by modes:
THOR-56: 4 stns
THOR-44: 1 stn
THOR-22: 1 stn
MFSK-32: 1 stn

BTN < W7ZAP


teoËoKnttsenmgtzott ·  ja TU Mindy BK

ORCA DIGITAL NET
19:56:14p  02:56:14z
Late Ck-In?  < NCSG

First station up 4 Traffic Round tonite is Matt N6FPV < NCSm ivåf³R t*t td  a “pãfc
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ORCA/NCS DE N6FPV

<PROG 18 738B>{64B7}FLAMP 2.2.05
<FILE 36 8534>{64B7}20231101025100:N6FPV_ex333.txt
<ID 27 7514>{64B7}N6FPV Scotia, CA CN70
<SIZE 13 A98D>{64B7}36 1 64
<FILE 36 8534>{64B7}20231101025100:N6FPV_ex333.txt
<ID 27 7514>{64B7}N6FPV Scotia, CA CN70
<SIZE 13 A98D>{64B7}36 1 64
<DATA 44 47BB>{64B7:1}W1EEP Gene
WB7TZD Tom
WY7SJM Steve
<CNTL 10 5316>{64B7:EOF}
<CNTL 10 F31A>{64B7:EOT}

DE N6FPV K


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DE W7ZAP
File : N6FPV_ex333.txt
<MISSING 15 A022>{64B7}CONFIRMED
DE W7ZAP K
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Next 4 Traffic is Tom WA7JYK  < NCS jt:Rf0Eeuxi   srue
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ORCA/NCS DE WA7JYK

<PROG 18 FAFB>{BE43}FLAMP 2.2.09
<FILE 37 606C>{BE43}20231101024737:WA7JYK_ex333.txt
<ID 22 D5A0>{BE43}WA7JYK Joseph OR
<SIZE 13 E343>{BE43}35 1 64
<FILE 37 606C>{BE43}20231101024737:WA7JYK_ex333.txt
<ID 22 D5A0>{BE43}WA7JYK Joseph OR
<SIZE 13 E343>{BE43}35 1 64
<DATA 43 E9BC>{BE43:1}W1EEP Gene
WB7TZD Tom
WY7SJM Steve

<CNTL 10 FA91>{BE43:EOF}
<CNTL 10 5A9D>{BE43:EOT}

DE WA7JYK K


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DE K7KY
File : WA7JYK_ex333.txt
<MISSING 15 22B7>{BE43}CONFIRMED
DE K7KY K
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Over 2 Don KJ7VGV 4 Traffic < K7KY-t

ORCA/NCS DE KJ7VGV

<PROG 18 F679>{3F5E}FLAMP 2.2.09
<FILE 37 6175>{3F5E}20231101024910:KJ7VGV_ex333.txt
<ID 22 8C80>{3F5E}KJ7VGV  Reno, NV
<SIZE 13 1A99>{3F5E}43 1 64
<FILE 37 6175>{3F5E}20231101024910:KJ7VGV_ex333.txt
<ID 22 8C80>{3F5E}KJ7VGV  Reno, NV
<SIZE 13 1A99>{3F5E}43 1 64
<DATA 51 13D2>{3F5E:1} W1EEP Gene
WB7TZD Tom
WY7SJM Steve

<CNTL 10 2BA2>{3F5E:EOF}
<CNTL 10 8BAE>{3F5E:EOT}

DE KJ7VGV K



DE K7KY
File : KJ7VGV_ex333.txt
<MISSING 15 1A8A>{3F5E}CONFIRMED
DE K7KY K
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Jaye KE6SLS, Go w/ur Traffic pse  < NCSzn

ORCA/NCS DE ke6sls

<PROG 18 9641>{9792}FLAMP 2.2.07
<FILE 37 6E9A>{9792}20231101025419:ke6sls_ex333.txt
<ID 23 6EAE>{9792}ke6sls Eureka! CA
<SIZE 14 2866>{9792}35 1 128
<DATA 43 780F>{9792:1}W1EEP Gene
WB7TZD Tom
WY7SJM Steve

<CNTL 10 E4DC>{9792:EOF}
<CNTL 10 44D0>{9792:EOT}

DE ke6sls K


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DE K7KY
File : ke6sls_ex333.txt
<MISSING 15 049D>{9792}CONFIRMED
DE K7KY K

Next 4 Traffic is Lamar AE6LJ  < NCSivit:Rf0iiKh$
Before RSID: <<2023-11-01T03:03Z MFSK-32 @ 3581+1500>>


3
2
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ORCA/NCS DE AE6LJ

<PROG 18 4E9D>{B867}FLAMP 2.2.09
<FILE 36 31F4>{B867}20231101025007:AE6LJ_ex333.txt
<ID 30 FD55>{B867}AE6LJ Briceland, CA CN80
<SIZE 13 3340>{B867}32 1 64
<FILE 36 31F4>{B867}20231101025007:AE6LJ_ex333.txt
<ID 30 FD55>{B867}AE6LJ Briceland, CA CN80
<SIZE 13 3340>{B867}32 1 64
<DATA 40 04E2>{B867:1}

N6FPV Matt

KJ7WHE Barry
<CNTL 10 0375>{B867:EOF}
<CNTL 10 A379>{B867:EOT}

DE AE6LJ K


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DE K7KY
File : AE6LJ_ex333.txt
<MISSING 15 A8F7>{B867}CONFIRMED
DE K7KY K
o qeu ]AE6LJ   Lamar    my FLAMP is wacky     It said I need #1 and reported receiving no blocks and sent 100%   pse try
#1 agn tu  < K7KYi|'”e n

Next 4 Traffic is John KS6M  < NCShs soxvhV
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ORCA/NCS DE KS6M

<PROG 18 09FA>{FC06}FLAMP 2.2.10
<FILE 35 D3B4>{FC06}20231101024600:KS6M_ex333.txt
<ID 30 9776>{FC06}KS6M CM87 Oakland CA USA
<SIZE 13 65A5>{FC06}41 1 64
<FILE 35 D3B4>{FC06}20231101024600:KS6M_ex333.txt
<ID 30 9776>{FC06}KS6M CM87 Oakland CA USA
<SIZE 13 65A5>{FC06}41 1 64
<DATA 49 7C2C>{FC06:1}W1EEP Gene
WB7TZD Tom
WY7SJM Steve

<CNTL 10 8566>{FC06:EOF}
<CNTL 10 256A>{FC06:EOT}

DE KS6M K


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DE K7KY
File : KS6M_ex333.txt
<MISSING 15 235B>{FC06}CONFIRMED
DE K7KY K
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Over 2 Brad WA7HHE 4 Traffic < K7KYÖdR

ORCA/NCS DE WA7HHE

<PROG 18 544B>{5360}FLAMP 2.2.09
<FILE 30 077E>{5360}20231101025430:ex333.txt
<ID 38 67CF>{5360}WA7HHE CEDAR CITY, UTAH (DM37HP)
<SIZE 14 AAAE>{5360}344 6 64
<FILE 30 077E>{5360}20231101025430:ex333.txt
<ID 38 67CF>{5360}WA7HHE CEDAR CITY, UTAH (DM37HP)
<SIZE 14 AAAE>{5360}344 6 64
<DATA 72 2747>{5360:1}
NBEMS – FLDIGI/TEXT EDITOR/FLAMP file-manipulation Exercise

<DATA 72 2ECF>{5360:2}
In tonight’s Roster, COPY the 1st, 2nd, & 5th entries. Create a
<DATA 72 31CF>{5360:3} plaintext file(.txt) w/FLMSG or PC Text Editor named, ‘URCALL_e
<DATA 72 EFA6>{5360:4}x333.txt. Paste in CALLSIGN & Name of requested entries. SAVE.

<DATA 72 4E6E>{5360:5}
Submit URCALL_ex333.txt w/FLAMP 4 Traffic. B4 sending, change
<DATA 32 D5D9>{5360:6}’QST’ to ‘ORCA/NCS’.   6
<CNTL 10 F576>{5360:EOF}
<CNTL 10 557A>{5360:EOT}

DE WA7HHE K


ynbso
DE K7KY
File : ex333.txt
<MISSING 15 2080>{5360}CONFIRMED
DE K7KY K
ORCA… Last yr when we were having a lot of VARA QRM   we found we were also stepping on neighbors @ 1Khz up     so we
stopped using MFSK-128  w/o notifying them ahead of time.  I’ve forgotten to remind the net about this   we would use any
mde we need in emergencies of course   MFSK-128 is solid and I’ve been missing using it     BK

ORCA DIGITAL NET
20:11:42p  03:11:42z
Late Ck-In?  < NCS

The COMMENT ROUND is next.
Matt N6FPV is up first < NCS


ORCA < N6FPV

Signal Report

Noise Floor: -14
NCS  : +6
W7ZAP: +8
KW6M: -6
KJ7VGV: +2, TFC: 100%
KE6SLS: +7, TFC: 100%
AE6LJ: -2, TFC: 100%
WA7HHE: -4, TFC: 43%
W7OWO: -10
WA7JYK: -8 (first heard at ex report), TFC: 0%

Comments

Trick or Treaters are making it hard to NET tonight :D.  Answered the door a few tims with one of my snakes, always fun to
see the reactions 🙂.  Also see the effect of all these decorations on the noise floor.

I think I am ready to start doing an NBEMS exercise once in a while 🙂

I do quite good on 30 but it also has very interesting skip patterns too, so it will be interesting tomorrow during that test!  I will
log what I see as I am really interested myself in seeing the pattern for my QTH.

Didn’t realize about the bandwidth conflict oops, looking forward to the FCC hopefully finally removing the baud restriction, there
will be some really interesting modes when that happens!

73, see everyone next net! de N6FPV k


tRSwt e FB Matt & thx 4 the signal report.  they help us evaluate our stations    No one has ever come this far in the woods 4
candy  Yes, 30m testing will be interesting    FCC may also shift nets like us to another band  I hope not  BK

Next 4 Comments is Tom WA7JYK  < NCSH tn


ORCA < WA7JYK – Matt’s N6FPV use of MFSK128 almost caught me off guard. When I saw the transmit markers move out to
the edge of the filter I was using I immediately used a macro to widen the filters. My software successfully decoded the
message. Macros are good tools! Oddly John’s KS6M transmission put fldigi in a THROB mode. The goblins and ghosts are at
large 🙂

Thanks to NCS for the heads up on using a wider mode. That never occurred to me.

Cool temps this week with lows in the teens and highs in the low 30s. Snow tire swap tomorrow.

All is well. 73 de WA7JYK


z iRR Tom   128 surpirsed me too  My iusial filter is set to work 32 & 64  and all others that fit   anyway, 128 has always moved
traffic very fast and we would use it when it’s needed.  BK

Don KJ7VGV, Ur next 4 Comments < K7KY


I read a couple interesting articles about our government. One mentioned a 1.5 trillion
deficit and another 1.7 deficit. Our debt payment on that was just under 500 billion and
it is estimated that by the end of next fiscal year we will have a 1 trillion debt payment.
Doesn’t that give you a warm and fuzzy feeling.

For halloween I’m dressed up as a ham operator. Oh the real horror is I’m broadcasting that to scare Jaye 🙂
KE6SLS hope you have a sense of humor OM! FCC rules rock and role and role and role.

<0317Z> KJ7VGV BTN

Metehtn F°tRR Don  TU  we both look like Radio Ops here too and no one comes hr 4 candy  4 ever   When the Gov’t says
they’re borrowing money  it’s just a different way of saying they’ll ask the Bankers to make some entries on computer for the
loan of $ they don’t actulally give to the Gov’t… they simply invent the money and WE pay it back w/interest   BK

Next 4 Comments is Jaye KE6SLS  < NCS


ORCA DN DE A.R.S. KE6SLS, Jaye in Eureka! CA using 50w on the doublet.

k7ky, 16db, 100%, P3, FLM 100%,
n6fpv, 10db, 100%, FLA 100%x2! – Symbol rates haven’t changed yet! 🙂
wa7jyk, 4db, 100%, FLA 100%, Good work on macro!
kj7vgv, 9db, 100%, FLA 100%, Hahahahahaha, TU Don!
ae6lj, 1db, 100%, FLA 100%,
ks6m, -5, 100%, FLA 0%,
wa7hhe, 5db, 100%, FLA 100%?,
w7zap, 16db, 100%, FLA 0,0,100%,

Wishing all a ghoulish & haunting evening!

Note to ops, new versions of FLDIGI/FLAMP, need one for the other to
work correctly.  Announced today on the NBEMS groups.io thing from Dave.

This station doesn’t have access to the latest FLDIGI apps. Though it
is fully developed and originated from Linux OS, the developers stopped
making it available several years ago for linux users unless they want
to build it from scratch.  Odd how they provide mac & ms versions w/o
making them build from scratch.  Sigh.

After all our Humboldt emergency nets, I came back into the radio shack
to call the Western Country Cousin’s Net on 3970.  Many of the normally
easy copy stations were difficult to hear.  Both in Arizona. Don’t know
if we had a solar storm or what.  Hoping tonight, band will be kind.  🙂

Lamar tipped me off that the ISS is now testing their new amateur radio
equipment and sending down Slow Scan TV images.  After I finished with
#2 radio, I switched it up to 145.800 and copied 12 images over-night
and this AM.  In the weee hours this morning, I was awakened by the
tell-tale tune of the SSTV as I forgot to turn off the volume! TU Lamar!

Was able to copy AMRRON msg today.  They xmit at 1300PT on 14,109.5
at 1470Hz each Tuesday, typically originating from Idaho.

I will be the western NCS for tomorrow’s 30m digital test.  I have very
little experience on 30m and don’t know how band will react nor my
station antenna (210′ doublet) ..  Rick k0kex was asked to be the mid-
west NCS, but Rick had other priorities to deal with.  I hope Don will
find a suitable mid-west relay.  However, I am immensely proud of the
ORCA/WDN op’s skill they exhibit during these tests!  They are locked
on NCS, use pre-tone and send out the call as requested by NCS. This
will be my last NCS for this “discovery net” as I feel I am setting a
poor example with current format, yet wish this net a success and
hope they will find/parse/understand how ORCA developed and implemented
our very functional protocols.

I took the time to add my comments to the FCC regarding their fantastic
idea of making 60m a qrp band. . .  I fear they are using this band for
low laying fruit, and will be back looking to remove more of our bands.
I hope hams have all taken time to add their comments!

This is a great time of the year.  You can find a good western vantage
point and enjoy our amazing sunsets and still get home before dinner!  I
am so blessed to live & love exactly where I am!

Stay well, practice often, and make sure to have some fun doing it!

73
de ke6sls


tukcÚt¿yiÒqsBFB Jaye   tnx for the signal report  lots of strong signals tonite   to band we FallBack this weekend.   Doesn’t
Dave list version 4 Linux?  I used to download & install them.  Maybe I’m missing something. Right on abt Test nets… <
K7KY

Lamar AE6LJ, Ur next 4 Comments < K7KY


ORCA < AE6LJ

Hmmm…I have K7KY/NCS @1508 this eve.and everyone else @1500. Locked on NCS per instructions before the net but am
back @1500 now.

My understanding of the Lock function is that it only affects the TX freq.of the locked usr‰nd has nothing to do with where
that user recieves from on the wf. Also, I turn off RXId to better control my RX on unruly nets (i.e. NOT ORCA).

If you can read me, 73 and have a nice night.

BTNCS < AE6LJ


trParp=hIoZeecRR Lamar   I guessed as much  tu BK

Next 4 Comments is John KS6M  < NCSgetwtn bt

ORCA < KS6M

This evening I’m using today’s released versions of these apps:
fldigi 4.2.02
flamp 2.2.10
So far so good.

Tomorrow I go to the DMV (CA’s Dept of Motor Vehicles) to move my KS6M callsign license plate onto my new EV, after having
removed it from the car I sold. So I am taking in the pair of KS6M plates and the pair of never-used plates for the new car that
arrived in today’s mail. Then I have a pair of the originally-issued plates and a pair of KI6GFT plates (my original call sign), both
for the sold car, to turn in. Lots of metal across the counter.

73 and BTN.

< KS6M


t:RR John    ur braver than I about having callsign on auto     BK

Next 4 Comments is Brad WA7HHE  < NCSoim  PORCA < WA7HHE,tuff copy on most stations tonight. Lots of those scary little
gremlins coming to the front door, hiding in the hamshack with the Rat Terrier, callsign K9BRK. Why did the skeleton run away?
Because a dog was after his bones.

Happy Halloween to all- Brad

ÇonRR Brad   maybe u can post the Rat Terrier to the Door?   BK

Mindy W7ZAP, Ur next 4 Comments < K7KY


Busy days around here getting things in order for winter.

Great to see familiar callsigns supporting the 20m Transcontinental Propagation Test Net. Pleased to see this net occurring.
Looking forward to seeing how we do on 30m.

Tnx to all for taking time to work w/us tonight. Always good to CU all on the WF.

73,
BTN < Mindy W7ZAP

t tfTeee FB Mindy  tu   BK

Any follow-up Questions or Comments by Active stations? < K7KY/NCS

Any Comments by Monitors?  Late Ck-Ins?  Come Now w/Pre-Tone

After closing, the Monitor’s Session we’ll FILL or CONFIRM NBEMS
Exercise instructions file, or CONFIRM your Exrcise file. < K7KY/NCS  N o0ht o6zþehfa t eYz al

DE KJ7WHE
File : ex333.txt
<MISSING 15 97A4>{BD77}CONFIRMED
DE KJ7WHE K


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KJ7WHE   RR tu Barry     any comments?  < K7KYMtn

QST DE KJ7WHE

<PROG 18 8E4B>{BDB5}FLAMP 2.2.07
<FILE 36 419C>{BDB5}20231101030916:KJ7WHEex333.txt
<ID 24 2F26>{BDB5}KJ7WHE canyon cnty
<SIZE 14 8801>{BDB5}344 6 64
<DATA 72 B72E>{BDB5:1}
NBEMS – FLDIGI/TEXT EDITOR/FLAMP file-manipulation Exercise

<DATA 72 BEA6>{BDB5:2}
In tonight’s Roster, COPY the 1st, 2nd, & 5th entries. Create a
<DATA 72 A1A6>{BDB5:3} plaintext file(.txt) w/FLMSG or PC Text Editor named, ‘URCALL_e
<DATA 72 7FCF>{BDB5:4}x333.txt. Paste in CALLSIGN & Name of requested entries. SAVE.

<DATA 72 DE07>{BDB5:5}
Submit URCALL_ex333.txt w/FLAMP 4 Traffic. B4 sending, change
<DATA 32 4A70>{BDB5:6}’QST’ to ‘ORCA/NCS’.   6
<CNTL 10 9747>{BDB5:EOF}
<CNTL 10 374B>{BDB5:EOT}

DE KJ7WHE K


e֥DthatOK Barry  usually, we do this in the Monitor’s Session  but we’re OK here any comments?  < K7KY

Great to meet everyone former US Navy Submariner however not a radioman, nuc electrician that helped alot though with the
radio stuff thanks everyone this is an awesome project so much value de kj7whe

eLªeË”wi¿ UoFB Barry   we don’t meet many ex submariners  here BK  anyone else Monitor?  Lurker? come now  < K7KY

2023-10-31  20:35:20p  03:35:20z
This concludes ORCA DIGITAL NET
Thanks for working with us tonight.
We hope to see you again next
Tuesday evening.<IMAGE:G,E:\FL_APPS\fldigi.files\images\0RCAtest.png>

Sending Pic:140×140; 73 Doug K7KY

ORCA DIGITAL NET  –  Monitor’s Session
First, we’ll ck-in a quick Roster. Pse Pre-Tone.
Taking stations in order, we’ll FILL the NBEMS
Exercise or CONFIRM the Exercise file. When
called, send your FLAMP Report or Exercise. < K7KY/NCS‘áRRex vatä Vrtn

K7KY < K7UK

AGr<
K7UK RR Rick ur 1st  BK next?  < K7KYi eeiD:RR0X¯×rH m ;ot


KE6SLS KE6SLS

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KE6SLS RR Jaye  ur 2nd BK next?  < K7KY
K7UK  < K7KY   OK Rick ur 1st  go  < K7KY¶ #¢LqP 8uwsc

DE K7UK
File : ex333.txt
<MISSING 15 97A4>{BD77}CONFIRMED
DE K7UK K


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K7UK  FB Rick anything else?  < K7KY) t Hxmta :Rf0ºS(  šo
Before RSID: <<2023-11-01T03:39Z MFSK-32 @ 3581+1500>>

uti
ORCA/NCS DE K7UK

<PROG 18 631D>{44AC}FLAMP 2.2.09
<FILE 35 3B34>{44AC}20231101025527:K7UK_ex333.txt
<ID 27 277B>{44AC}K7UK Omak, WA  DN08GJ
<SIZE 13 63D3>{44AC}36 1 64
<DESC 11 7A62>{44AC}Ex333
<DATA 44 0DC6>{44AC:1}W1EEP Gene
WB7TZD Tom
WY7SJM Steve
<CNTL 10 8736>{44AC:EOF}
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K7UK  RR Rick I can see ur a quick study   ur doing very well hr’s ur Report:

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K7KY < K7UK  tnx Doug nothing else here and have a great evening.  73 de Rick K7UK


73  BK
KE6SLS go F tn


Tnx Doug,

100% on k7uk’s tfc BTW!

I need ks6m’s traffic

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DE K7KY

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<DATA 49 7C2C>{FC06:1}W1EEP Gene
WB7TZD Tom
WY7SJM Steve

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DE ke6sls
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tRoxFB Jaye    anything else?  < K7KYù,oitn


Yes,  I searched my log here for the call I couldn’t recall earlier
today.   It was Ken k7ifg I was thinking about.  He hasn’t checked in
w/me for many months now and I hope he is well.  Miss his check-ins!

Anyway, TU for the RELAY and all is quiet here on the western front of
radioville 🙂

73
ke6sls k


RR quiet hr too…  I’d forgotten abt Ken K7IFG    He became annoyed w/me and I haven’t seen him in yrs, but he used to
work a lot 1Khz above us with the regular group there   I’ve wondered abt his health.. he’s probably one of my age peers  btu
< K7KYar


Okay, I didn’t know his age, just used to have him check in fairly frequently on
my MOnday emergency digital net.  I will keep good thoughts of him and hope he is
in good health and spirits.   I’ll keep an eye on the WF for him!

Okay, I guess I’ll pull the digital plug for now.  Hope you and Mindy have
a warm eve, just had to turn on heat here!

de ke6sls k


té tiZ‘RR fire in the woodheater here tonite   we harvested the last of our potatos today w/tractor     almost like a commercial
farm except for the yield     I thing the sub surface creatures ate a few potatos this year     OK Jaye cu tomorrow ev on 30m
;73 Doug K7KY BK  anyone else for the ORCA Monitor’s Session? pse come now b4 we close  < K7KYIt’s a wrap then.  73
Doug K7KY & Mindy W7ZAP  sk

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19/DEC/23 Report

ORCA DIGITAL NET 19/DEC/23 Check-In/Rotation Check-Ins: 23 Stations: __W1EEP Gene Pine Valley,UT QNX __KI7ARP Herman Pine Valley,UT QNX __KE7YX Emery Pendleton,OR QNX N6FPV Matt Scotia,CA VidID WA7JYK Tom Joseph,OR __AK0SK Sila Kansas City,MO QNX __K7UK Rick Omak,WA QNX KE6SLS Jaye [...]

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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.

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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
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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.
 

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