31/JAN/23 Report

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

Check-Ins: 29
Stations:
__W1EEP Gene Pine Valley,UT QNX
__WB7EUX Tom Joseph,OR QNX
__KE7YX Emery Pendleton,OR QNX
__W7ANC April Goldendale,WA QNX
__KK6RJR Richard Bakersfield,CA QNX
KI7VLV Dave Bothell,WA
__KD0NBH John Kansas City,MO QNX
WA7HHE Brad Cedar City,UT
KR7KR Ken Enoch,UT
KB6NN Howard Eureka,CA
__W7WSV Steve Mesa,AZ QNX
KS6M John Oakland,CA
KJ7VGV Don Reno,NV
__KM7H Jim Addy,WA,WA QNX
__K7MSS Mike StGeorge,,UT QNX
KE6SLS Jaye Eureka!,CA
__N7OOS Earl Boise,ID,ID QNX
__K7UK Rick Oma,WA QNX
KJ7VVN Bruno Beryl,UT VidID
__K7HDX Ron Cedar City,UT QNX
__N4KBT Kyle Meridian,ID QNX
__KW6M Steve Walton,OR QNX
W6DLW Dennis Cedar City,UT
__K0KEX Rick Smithville,MO QNX
__WA6CR Jack Novato,CA QNX
__K7HUH Randy Roseburg,OR QNX
__W7WXV Carroll Prineville,OR QNX
W7ZAP Mindy Brookings,OR NCS
K7KY Doug Brookings,OR NCS

For most of us, 80m was reminiscent of Summer band condx. NCS path to some stations was excellent. OFDM-500F CONFIRMED 4 stations in a single transmission; 2 stations in Utah, one in Washington, and one in Nevada. Of that first transmission, one California station missed only one block, another station copied nothing. Two Utah stations also copied no blocks. Even with excellent band condx, solid path is important for OFDM. Antenna performance and terrain are major path qualifiers. When we have poor path to Jaye KE6SLS in Eureka,CA, we usually have difficulty with John KS6M in Oakland,CA too. But not this evening; John missed a single block of OFDM-500F. Paths can be very narrow.

The NBEMS Exercise was interesting tonight. We used a generic PC Text Editor instead of FLMSG. Four stations aced it. Most participants had NBEMS traffic-handling fundamentals perfect, but five stations missed one instruction detail. A big difference in Exercise file block-size (2-7) indicated varying instruction comprehension. Upon review, some missed this instruction: ‘…copy the 1st SENTENCE of the 3nd PARAGRAPH’, and sent the whole paragraph. NBEMS Exercises have two points of focus, NBEMS traffic-handling routines, and instruction parsing. Understanding and implementing written instructions comes easily to some, but most of us have to develop this skill intentionally. Misunderstood instructions are unlikely to be implemented correctly.

We don’t usually publish NBEMS Exercise reviews, but sometimes it’s helpful. ORCA Ops are generally self-motivated, self-evaluating, and self-correcting. We and many ORCA veterans are available to help incoming Ops learn net routines and NBEMS app details, off-net by email, telephone, and radio.

ORCA DIGITAL NET Welcomes Rick K7UK in Omak,WA. If he’s interested in working the NBEMS Exercises, we’ll ask him to read the Quick-Start Guide: http://orcadigitalnet.com/quick-start/

We publish a weekly Net Report. We can notify you by email when the Net Report is published. Our email list is for the Net Report. It’s only other use is Emergency Net notification. We don’t share/release our email list. If you’d like notification, or to be Removed, email us: ncs@orcadigitalnet.com.

Next session, 07/Feb/23 the NBEMS Exercise will feature Macros instead of traffic-handling. We’re repeating a previous  Macros on-the-fly Exercise with a minor twist. Being the 1st Tuesday of February, Bruno KG7VVN will conduct the Exercise.

Images from the net:

K0KEX Smithville, MO
KB6NN Eureka, CA
KD0NBH Kansas City, MO
KE6SLS Eureka, CA
KG7VVN Beryl, UT
KJ7VGV Reno, NV
KK6RJR Bakersfield, CA
KM7H Addy, WA
KS6M Oakland, CA
W6DLW Cedar City, UT

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

73 Doug K7KY & Mindy W7ZAP

— Net Log —

ORCA…  I hv one station from the RX buffer:
W1EEP Gene Pine Valley,UT QNX

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
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WB7EUX < K7KY GE Tom TU
WB7EUX Tom Joseph,OR QNX < K7KY0eiôoe oû¸AêNp n
Before RSID: <<2023-02-01T03:01Z MFSK-32 @ 3581+1500>>

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KE7YX QNX

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KE7YX < K7KY GE Emery TU
KE7YX Emery Pendleton,OR QNX < K7KY
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<W7ANC QNX

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W7ANC < K7KY GE April TU
W7ANC April Goldendale,WA QNX < K7KY

QRZ?  ORCA DIGITAL NET Early Ck-In < K7KY/NCS âkc!P + Vvuy’iúh
NCS < KK6RJR KK6RJR – QNX


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KK6RJR < K7KY GE Richard TU
KK6RJR Richard Bakersfield,CA QNX < K7KY

Early ORCA Ck-Ins:
W1EEP Gene Pine Valley,UT QNX
WB7EUX Tom Joseph,OR QNX
KE7YX Emery Pendleton,OR QNX
W7ANC April Goldendale,WA QNX
KK6RJR Richard Bakersfield,CA 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/NCS
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KI7VLV KI7VLV


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KI7VLV < K7KY FB Dave TU
KI7VLV Dave Bothell,WA < K7KYV3™¤wfRItR0RZfO  e@×t fWbÝå:RS eeee
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KD0NBH  KD0NBH, QNX


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KD0NBH < K7KY GE John TU
KD0NBH John Kansas City,MO QNX < K7KYn

KI7VLV < K7KY  Dave u will be the first Op called 4 Traffic after the Exercise   u ready 4 this?  < K7KYÃirtn

k7ky < KI7VLV i”LL GET READY!! TU


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Early ORCA Ck-Ins:
W1EEP Gene Pine Valley,UT QNX
WB7EUX Tom Joseph,OR QNX
KE7YX Emery Pendleton,OR QNX
W7ANC April Goldendale,WA QNX
KK6RJR Richard Bakersfield,CA QNX
KI7VLV Dave Bothell,WA
KD0NBH John Kansas City,MO QNX

QRZ?  ORCA DIGITAL NET Early Ck-In < K7KY/NCS   tlyidrN
Before RSID: <<2023-02-01T03:10Z MFSK-32 @ 3581+1500>>

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WA7HHE

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WA7HHE < K7KY FB Brad TU
WA7HHE Brad Cedar City,UT < K7KY csS0]rneM tn


KR7KR

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KR7KR < K7KY FB Ken TU
KR7KR Ken Enoch,UT < K7KY

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



KB6NN   QNX


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W7WSV  QNX

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

W7WSV < K7KY GE Steve TU
W7WSV Steve Mesa,AZ  QNX < K7KYL    d  YtniT


KS6M


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KS6M < K7KY GE John TU
KS6M John Oakland,CA
Next?  < K7KYat8e  Eoieipextn


KJ7VGV

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KJ7VGV < K7KY GE Don TU
KJ7VGV Don Reno,NV
Next?  < K7KY

Early ORCA Ck-Ins:
W1EEP Gene Pine Valley,UT QNX
WB7EUX Tom Joseph,OR QNX
KE7YX Emery Pendleton,OR QNX
W7ANC April Goldendale,WA QNX
KK6RJR Richard Bakersfield,CA QNX
KI7VLV Dave Bothell,WA
KD0NBH John Kansas City,MO QNX
WA7HHE Brad Cedar City,UT
KR7KR Ken Enoch,UT
KB6NN Howard Eureka,CA
W7WSV Steve Mesa,AZ  QNX
KS6M John Oakland,CA
KJ7VGV Don Reno,NV

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
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KM7H QNX

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K7MSS

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KM7H < K7KY GE Jim TU
KM7H Jim Addy,WA,WA QNX

K7MSS < K7KY GE Mike TU
K7MSS Mike StGeorge,,UT QNX < K7KYx


N7OOS   QNX




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KE6SLS < K7KY RR Jaye 73
KE6SLS Jaye Eureka!,CA (QNX 03:20:00z) < K7KY  eot

KE6SLS < K7KY FB Jaye TU
KE6SLS Jaye Eureka!,CA < K7KY

N7OOS < K7KY GE Earl TU
N7OOS Earl Boise,ID,ID QNX < K7KYmeyxT¨ ·taa!oeÖeaJOera


K7UK  Rick Omak, Washington QNX

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K7UK < K7KY GE Rick TU
K7UK Rick Oma,WA QNX

Welcome to ORCA DIGITAL NET, Rick  Please Ck-In QNX long
enough to learn our Protocols. Read the Quick-Start Guide and use
ORCA Ck-In Macros available @: http://orcadigitalnet.com/macros/
BK Next Early Ck-In? < K7KY/NCS

KG7VVN  < K7KY ICU Bruno FB
Bruno Beryl  VidID < K7KY`#¢oiDÙ3e  

K7HDX QNX


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K7HDX < K7KY GE Ron TU
K7HDX Ron Cedar City,UT QNX < K7KYuayxa


N4KBT  QNX


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N4KBT < K7KY GE Kyle TU
N4KBT Kyle Meridian,ID QNX < K7KYi  eou


K7MSS QNX

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K7MSS < K7KY GE Mike TU
K7MSS Mike StGeorge,,UT QNX < K7KY

K7MSS < K7KY   Mike I cked u in earlier   tu  < K7KY©i¯OU tn


NCS < KW6M  KW6M  QNX


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KW6M < K7KY GE Steve TU
KW6M Steve Walton,OR QNX < K7KYҢhe8Ue trt


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W6DLW < K7KY GE Dennis TU
W6DLW Dennis Cedar City,UT
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K0KEX  K0KEX  QNX


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K0KEX < K7KY GE Rick TU
K0KEX Rick Smithville,MO QNX < K7KY

Early ORCA Ck-Ins:
W1EEP Gene Pine Valley,UT QNX
WB7EUX Tom Joseph,OR QNX
KE7YX Emery Pendleton,OR QNX
W7ANC April Goldendale,WA QNX
KK6RJR Richard Bakersfield,CA QNX
KI7VLV Dave Bothell,WA
KD0NBH John Kansas City,MO QNX
WA7HHE Brad Cedar City,UT
KR7KR Ken Enoch,UT
KB6NN Howard Eureka,CA
W7WSV Steve Mesa,AZ  QNX
KS6M John Oakland,CA
KJ7VGV Don Reno,NV
KM7H Jim Addy,WA,WA QNX
K7MSS Mike StGeorge,,UT QNX
KE6SLS Jaye Eureka!,CA
N7OOS Earl Boise,ID,ID QNX
K7UK Rick Oma,WA QNX
KJ7VVN Bruno Beryl,UT  VidID
K7HDX Ron Cedar City,UT QNX
N4KBT Kyle Meridian,ID QNX
KW6M Steve Walton,OR QNX
W6DLW Dennis Cedar City,UT
K0KEX Rick Smithville,MO QNX

2023-01-31  19:29:30p  03:29:30z
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 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,
comments, or summarized QST w/reference.

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/NCSku o ¤ehlS


WA6CR  QNX

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WA6CR < K7KY GE Jack TU
WA6CR Jack Novato,CA QNX
anyone else?  < K7KY

W6DLW   Dennis, Pse Relay call 4 Ck-In tu  < NCS  i
RSID: <<2023-02-01T03:35Z MFSK-32 @ 3581+1504>>
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Before RSID: <<2023-02-01T03:35Z MFSK-32 @ 3581+1500>>

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W6DLW Relaying ORCA DIGITAL NET Ck-In
Not copying NCS? Ck-In here … < W6DLW


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W6DLW Relay

NCS NIL< W6DLW



RR Dennis tu BK

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

… start
[WRAP:beg][WRAP:lf][WRAP:fn 0RCA.b2s]<flmsg>4.0.19.02
:hdr_fm:20
K7KY 20230102033638
:hdr_ed:20
K7KY 20192409231907
<blankform>
:mg:808 ORCA DIGITAL NET 31/Jan/23 Check-In/Rotation

Check-Ins: 27
Stations:
W1EEP Gene Pine Valley,UT QNX
WB7EUX Tom Joseph,OR QNX
KE7YX Emery Pendleton,OR QNX
W7ANC April Goldendale,WA QNX
KK6RJR Richard Bakersfield,CA QNX
KI7VLV Dave Bothell,WA
KD0NBH John Kansas City,MO QNX
WA7HHE Brad Cedar City,UT
KR7KR Ken Enoch,UT
KB6NN Howard Eureka,CA
W7WSV Steve Mesa,AZ  QNX
KS6M John Oakland,CA
KJ7VGV Don Reno,NV
KM7H Jim Addy,WA,WA QNX
K7MSS Mike StGeorge,,UT QNX
KE6SLS Jaye Eureka!,CA
N7OOS Earl Boise,ID,ID QNX
K7UK Rick Oma,WA QNX
KJ7VVN Bruno Beryl,UT  VidID
K7HDX Ron Cedar City,UT QNX
N4KBT Kyle Meridian,ID QNX
KW6M Steve Walton,OR QNX
W6DLW Dennis Cedar City,UT
K0KEX Rick Smithville,MO QNX
WA6CR Jack Novato,CA QNX
W7ZAP Mindy Brookings,OR NCS
K7KY Doug Brookings,OR NCS

[WRAP:chksum 426C][WRAP:end] … end

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ANNOUNCEMENTS  10th Anniversary, 31/Jan/23

Digital Net News:  If you worked Western Digital Net last Thursday, you already know that Brad WA7HHE was the Net Control
Station. Hats-Off to Brad! He did an excellent job. Turns out, he’s been working with Don KJ7VGV for awhile now. Brad lives in
Cedar City,UT; elevation 6000′. His signal is widely heard. Obviously, Brad has been practicing in the shadows. His net was
organized and brisk, and his Macros worked well. It’s a big plus for Western Digital Net and welcome assistance for Don &
Jaye KE6SlS.

We value QNX Ck-Ins the same as Active. If you’re Monitoring to learn net operations before participating, Thank You. Your
first Active participation will be smoother for you and the net. Time permitting, we call for Monitoring station Comments after the
Active-station Comment Round. Now, we’re asking you for a little additional support. We’d like monitoring stations to also email
the opening/closing Test image for the Net Report.  These images give a graphic indication of band condx during the net and
pathways between stations. They add valuable content to Net Reports, and give practice locating and manipulating files in your
PC file system.

Please send the actual Test images, not screen captures. Windows FLDIGI saves images in, ~/urname/FL_APPS/fldigi.files/im
ages/. Linux FLDIGI saves images in, ~/urname/.fldigi/images/. Email images to: ncs@orcadigitalnet.com This gives realistic
practice locating files in the PC file system. It becomes important when there’s no receiver available and you’re holding
undeliverable traffic.

In February, we’ll revisit Daisy-Chaining Macros for the benefit of incoming stations. For next week’s(07/Feb/23) NBEMS
Exercise, we’ll again make a Macro on-the-fly instead of our usual file-manipulation Exercise. The Exercise will contain the
Macro TEXT; you’ll choose the necessary Tags. You need at minimum 3 Tags to ID & Start/Stop transmission. Questions b4
the Exercise? Comment Round or Email: ncs@orcadigitalnet.com

Next is an NBEMS traffic-handling Exercise w/Mindy W7ZAP < K7KYhouÙia tÕS
RSID: <<2023-02-01T03:42Z MFSK-32 @ 3581+1499>>
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Before RSID: <<2023-02-01T03:42Z MFSK-32 @ 3581+1500>>

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Tonight’s exercise begins in OFDM-500F (480?wpm,500hz,FEC). We’ll fill
in MFSK-64 (240wpm,1260hz,100%,FEC) & MFSK-32 (120wpm, 630hz, 100%, FEC) .
< W7ZAP

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RSID: <<2023-02-01T03:42Z OFDM-500F @ 3581+1499>>
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ORCA DIGITAL NET DE W7ZAP

<PROG 18 65B9>{7BE4}FLAMP 2.2.07
<FILE 30 39D8>{7BE4}20230131045737:ex294.txt
<ID 17 C5BB>{7BE4}W7ZAP SW/OR
<SIZE 14 4D96>{7BE4}468 6 80
<FILE 30 39D8>{7BE4}20230131045737:ex294.txt
<ID 17 C5BB>{7BE4}W7ZAP SW/OR
<SIZE 14 4D96>{7BE4}468 6 80
<DATA 88 249D>{7BE4:1}NBEMS – FLDIGI/PC-Editor/FLAMP file-manipulation Exercise

Assume you’ve rec
<DATA 88 8604>{7BE4:2}eived a keyboard field-report for Incident Command. Scroll up in FLDIGI’s RX buf
<DATA 88 2BD2>{7BE4:3}fer to Announcements and copy the 1st SENTENCE of the 3nd PARAGRAPH. Create a ne
<DATA 88 EA05>{7BE4:4}w file in your PC Text Editor named, ‘URCALL_ex294.txt. Paste the copied text in
<DATA 88 067E>{7BE4:5}to the new file and Save.

In TRAFFIC Round, send ‘URCALL_ex294.txt’ to NCS in
<DATA 76 171B>{7BE4:6} FLAMP, or send QRU. Before sending, replace ‘QST’ with ‘K7KY’.    7
<CNTL 10 3EEA>{7BE4:EOF}
<CNTL 10 9EE6>{7BE4:EOT}

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Before RSID: <<2023-02-01T03:43Z OFDM-500F @ 3581+1502>>

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

We begin with … KI7VLV

tttenv” Btkf (otn

DE KI7VLV
File : ex294.txt
<MISSING 15 186E>{7BE4}CONFIRMED
DE KI7VLV K


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Before RSID: <<2023-02-01T03:44Z MFSK-32 @ 3581+1502>>

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WA7HHE

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RSID: <<2023-02-01T03:44Z MFSK-32 @ 3581+1493>>
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Before RSID: <<2023-02-01T03:44Z MFSK-32 @ 3581+1502>>

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DE WA7HHE
File : ex294.txt
<MISSING 18 B5C2>{7BE4}1 2 3 4 5 6
DE WA7HHE K


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RSID: <<2023-02-01T03:44Z MFSK-32 @ 3581+1499>>
%T z
Before RSID: <<2023-02-01T03:44Z MFSK-32 @ 3581+1502>>

aatn


KR7KR

:lWrf0rtn


DE KR7KR
File : ex294.txt
<MISSING 15 186E>{7BE4}CONFIRMED
DE KR7KR K


âoT]gÍcyu
RSID: <<2023-02-01T03:45Z MFSK-32 @ 3581+1493>>
%T z
Before RSID: <<2023-02-01T03:45Z MFSK-32 @ 3581+1502>>

ouei


KS6M

tâo1hepgeatn

DE KS6M
File : ex294.txt
<MISSING 8 820B>{7BE4}4
DE KS6M K


.tkihrOutt ïAh  dy
RSID: <<2023-02-01T03:45Z MFSK-32 @ 3581+1499>>
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Before RSID: <<2023-02-01T03:45Z MFSK-32 @ 3581+1502>>

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Before RSID: <<2023-02-01T03:45Z MFSK-32 @ 3581+1502>>

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DE KJ7VGV
File : ex294.txt
<MISSING 15 186E>{7BE4}CONFIRMED
DE KJ7VGV K


tnexRtPi1?eŒa t eet iR
Before RSID: <<2023-02-01T03:46Z MFSK-32 @ 3581+1502>>

Leuj tn


KE6SLS




NCS < KE6SLS NO COPY


t0L fa^ t o
Before RSID: <<2023-02-01T03:46Z MFSK-32 @ 3581+1502>>

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KJ7VVN

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DE KG7VVN
File : ex294.txt
<MISSING 15 186E>{7BE4}CONFIRMED
DE KG7VVN K


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Before RSID: <<2023-02-01T03:46Z MFSK-32 @ 3581+1502>>

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W6DLW

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RSID: <<2023-02-01T03:47Z MFSK-64 @ 3581+1499>>
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Before RSID: <<2023-02-01T03:47Z MFSK-32 @ 3581+1502>>


ORCA DIGITAL NET DE W7ZAP

<PROG 18 65B9>{7BE4}FLAMP 2.2.07
<FILE 30 39D8>{7BE4}20230131045737:ex294.txt
<ID 17 C5BB>{7BE4}W7ZAP SW/OR
<SIZE 14 4D96>{7BE4}468 6 80
<FILE 30 39D8>{7BE4}20230131045737:ex294.txt
<ID 17 C5BB>{7BE4}W7ZAP SW/OR
<SIZE 14 4D96>{7BE4}468 6 80
<DATA 88 249D>{7BE4:1}NBEMS – FLDIGI/PC-Editor/FLAMP file-manipulation Exercise

Assume you’ve rec
<DATA 88 8604>{7BE4:2}eived a keyboard field-report for Incident Command. Scroll up in FLDIGI’s RX buf
<DATA 88 2BD2>{7BE4:3}fer to Announcements and copy the 1st SENTENCE of the 3nd PARAGRAPH. Create a ne
<DATA 88 EA05>{7BE4:4}w file in your PC Text Editor named, ‘URCALL_ex294.txt. Paste the copied text in
<DATA 88 067E>{7BE4:5}to the new file and Save.

In TRAFFIC Round, send ‘URCALL_ex294.txt’ to NCS in
<DATA 76 171B>{7BE4:6} FLAMP, or send QRU. Before sending, replace ‘QST’ with ‘K7KY’.    7
<CNTL 10 3EEA>{7BE4:EOF}
<CNTL 10 9EE6>{7BE4:EOT}

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Interesting to see how the modes did across the net. OFDM-500F did better than I’d guessed.

OFDM-500F: 4 stns
MFSK-64: 3 stn3
BTN < W7ZAP

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nba 6PFB Mindy     unusual Exercise     OFDM is doing very well almost like summer condx tonite      BK

ORCA DIGITAL NET
19:51:55p  03:51:55z
Late Ck-In?  < NCS

First station up 4 Traffic Round tonite is Dave KI7VLV < NCS

K7KY DE KI7VLV

<PROG 18 81DE>{332B}FLAMP 2.2.05
<FILE 37 664B>{332B}20230201034616:KI7VLV_ex294.txt
<ID 31 240C>{332B}KI7VLV DAVE – BOTHELL, WA
<SIZE 13 68A5>{332B}56 1 64
<FILE 37 664B>{332B}20230201034616:KI7VLV_ex294.txt
<ID 31 240C>{332B}KI7VLV DAVE – BOTHELL, WA
<SIZE 13 68A5>{332B}56 1 64
<DATA 64 2FF3>{332B:1}Please send the actual Test images, not screen captures.
<CNTL 10 4712>{332B:EOF}
<CNTL 10 E71E>{332B:EOT}

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¨f1j E besGood work Dave   not easy being at the top of Roster

DE K7KY
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Next 4 Traffic is Brad WA7HHE  < NCS

K7KY DE WA7HHE

<PROG 18 22ED>{43F6}FLAMP 2.2.07
<FILE 38 E2F6>{43F6}20230201035014:WA7HHE_ex294.txt)
<ID 38 D5E2>{43F6}WA7HHE CEDAR CITY, UTAH (DM37HP)
<SIZE 14 7511>{43F6}131 3 64
<FILE 38 E2F6>{43F6}20230201035014:WA7HHE_ex294.txt)
<ID 38 D5E2>{43F6}WA7HHE CEDAR CITY, UTAH (DM37HP)
<SIZE 14 7511>{43F6}131 3 64
<DATA 72 3513>{43F6:1}
Please send the actual Test images, not screen captures. Windo
<DATA 72 AAFA>{43F6:2}ws FLDIGI saves images in, ~/urname/FL_APPS/fldigi.files/
image
<DATA 11 062E>{43F6:3}s/.
<CNTL 10 C40A>{43F6:EOF}
<CNTL 10 6406>{43F6:EOT}

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DE K7KY
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Over 2 Ken KR7KR 4 Traffic < K7KY

K7KY DE KR7KR

<PROG 18 748C>{615D}FLAMP 2.2.07
<FILE 36 CEE2>{615D}20230201035251:KR7KR_ex294.p2s
<ID 23 6C11>{615D}KR7KR Enoch, Utah
<SIZE 14 AFEC>{615D}277 5 64
<DATA 72 BDF8>{615D:1}[b64:start]AUxaTUEAAADLXQAAAAQAHhmJhvwzDh5XomGzS+NZdWypuVEunehKI
<DATA 72 5624>{615D:2}g5wH1riGUCGkNaArOqQR4/+xmY/M//PGjuES9FMeChrEzSrOJGH6bGZTZ9R9CxED
<DATA 72 BECA>{615D:3}fvOV8Iyb/rFPYJ8JW6N+Ccr1K7nN8yziG9M0ns5du8ihRTwWTFQs9G2Fz31Crc/b
<DATA 72 02E0>{615D:4}g5UCd/qANAM1SS6GeXZbHJQQ7XvcjaoZ/Z9+O514aodoHl785sUkPU1arzfR0vdB
<DATA 29 7E14>{615D:5}cApWv5gQA==
[b64:end] <CNTL 10 68DA>{615D:EOF}
<CNTL 10 C8D6>{615D:EOT}

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John KS6M, Go w/ur Traffic pse  < NCS haAuK7KY DE KS6M

<PROG 18 3707>{4A9F}FLAMP 2.2.07
<FILE 35 C1A7>{4A9F}20230201034638:KS6M_ex294.txt
<ID 30 2B18>{4A9F}KS6M CM87 Oakland CA USA
<SIZE 13 FFB2>{4A9F}56 1 64
<DATA 64 AAFA>{4A9F:1}Please send the actual Test images, not screen captures.
<CNTL 10 CE09>{4A9F:EOF}
<CNTL 10 6E05>{4A9F:EOT}

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DE K7KY
File : KS6M_ex294.txt
<MISSING 15 CE98>{4A9F}CONFIRMED
DE K7KY K

Next 4 Traffic is Don KJ7VGV  < NCS
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K7KY DE KJ7VGV

<PROG 18 8499>{2FFF}FLAMP 2.2.07
<FILE 37 ED9F>{2FFF}20230201034459:KJ7VGV_ex294.txt
<ID 19 2EF0>{2FFF}KJ7VGV DM09cm
<SIZE 13 6792>{2FFF}59 1 64
<DESC 38 8852>{2FFF}FLAMP file-manipulation Exercise
<FILE 37 ED9F>{2FFF}20230201034459:KJ7VGV_ex294.txt
<ID 19 2EF0>{2FFF}KJ7VGV DM09cm
<SIZE 13 6792>{2FFF}59 1 64
<DESC 38 8852>{2FFF}FLAMP file-manipulation Exercise
<DATA 67 9067>{2FFF:1}

Please send the actual Test images, not screen captures.
<CNTL 10 4FED>{2FFF:EOF}
<CNTL 10 EFE1>{2FFF:EOT}

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<PROG 18 5D50>{A98E}FLAMP 2.2.05
<FILE 37 C6A7>{A98E}20230201035101:ke6sls_ex294.txt
<ID 23 AB6D>{A98E}ke6sls Eureka! CA
<SIZE 14 60C4>{A98E}58 1 128
<DATA 66 FAA5>{A98E:1}
Please send the actual Test images, not screen captures.

<CNTL 10 2D45>{A98E:EOF}
<CNTL 10 8D49>{A98E:EOT}

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<PROG 18 644E>{9025}FLAMP 2.2.07
<FILE 37 3F61>{9025}20230201035127:KG7VVN_ex294.txt
<ID 29 CE60>{9025}KG7VVN BERYL, UTAH DM37
<SIZE 14 86F2>{9025}185 3 64
<DATA 72 23B6>{9025:1}Please send the actual Test images, not screen captures. Windows
<DATA 72 D24D>{9025:2} FLDIGI saves images in, ~/urname/FL_APPS/fldigi.files/images/.
<DATA 65 E972>{9025:3}Linux FLDIGI saves images in, ~/urname/.fldigi/images/.
<CNTL 10 7526>{9025:EOF}
<CNTL 10 D52A>{9025:EOT}

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Next 4 Traffic is Dennis W6DLW  < NCSdtrtnC-ZÐ DE W6DLW

<PROG 18 961A>{0624}FLAMP 2.2.03
<FILE 36 3BFF>{0624}20230201035422:W6DLW_ex394.txt
<ID 28 6F27>{0624}W6DLW Cedar City, Utah
<SIZE 14 AB26>{0624}395 7 64
<DATA 72 D79D>{0624:1}

Please send the actual Test images, not screen captures. Win
<DATA 72 BF58>{0624:2}dows FLDIGI saves images in, ~/urname/FL_APPS/fldigi.files/image
<DATA 72 DB63>{0624:3}s/. Linux FLDIGI saves images in, ~/urname/.fldigi/images/.  Ema
<DATA 72 ED68>{0624:4}il images
to: ncs@orcadigitalnet.com This gives realistic pract
<DATA 72 4AAB>{0624:5}ice locating files in the PC file system. It becomes important w
<DATA 72 0AFF>{0624:6}hen there’s no receiver available and you’re holding undeliverab
<DATA 19 C724>{0624:7}le traffic.
<CNTL 10 DECD>{0624:EOF}
<CNTL 10 7EC1>{0624:EOT}

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<MISSING 15 DF6D>{0624}CONFIRMED
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This will be an interesting Exercise to review    some Ops completed it in a single block, others needed as many as 7
blocks  I’ve not had time to read the replies yet   too busy  BK

ORCA DIGITAL NET
20:06:25p  04:06:25z
Late Ck-In?  < NCS

The COMMENT ROUND is next.
Dave KI7VLV is up first < NCS[

> ORCA NET OPS. TU FOR OP TO LEARN AND GROW. 73!

tk 3eeaTtxŸzRR Dave we’re happy 2 hv u aboard   u did well being @ top of Roster   not much time for the Exercise..
.  & u can check kout our Comment Macro on the website under Macros   I think (0:   it lets u write as the net unfolds
and send it with a single click   BK

Next 4 Comments is Brad WA7HHE  < NCS


ORCA < WA7HHE hope everyone is surviving the our deep freeze Wx from the North Pole. Zero degrees this
morning and currently +10 degs. Woodburning stove keeping the house warm and toasty.

One thing that’s really great about amateur radio is all the nice people you meet. Just want to send a shoutout to those
sharing their skills as I place my toe in NCS waters. Very much appreciate the tips. If anyone would like to take on
WDN NCS, great mentors, all it takes is some dedication and practice.

Supposed to start a slight warming trend, sending that positive thought to the net tongight. 73’s Brad

tcotw onyPvFB Brad   ur wx is really cold   we had 32deg a couple nights back and we also froze a pipe  unusual 4
us    tnx for the WDN plug too   and agn, nice work as WDN/NCS! BK

Ken KR7KR, Ur next 4 Comments < K7KY
wtn


ORCA Digital Net < KR7KR

I copied the following stations
W1EEP +12
KE7YX -6
W7ANC -6
KK6RJR -8
KI7VLV +2 – +7
KD0NBH -10
WA7HHE +10
W7WSV -6
KS6M -5 100%
KJ7VGV 0 100%
KM7H +4
K7MSS +2
KE6SLS good copy in waterfall
N7OOS +1 – +10
K7UK Good print
KJ7VVN 0 100%
K7HDX +7
N4KBT +5
KW6M +4
W6DLW +23
K0KEX -7
WA6CR Good copy
W7ZAP +12
K7KY +12
Ban is pretty good
I copied the exercise on the first pass
Thanks for the net
73

de KR7KR k

nczFB Ken tnx 4 the Reception Report        I mentioned this to you previously,   the Ops in KS/MO copy you better
than most net Ops     u’ll be a good relay station when they stand up an HF digital net    BK

John KS6M, Ur next 4 Comments < K7KYM


ORCA < KS6M

That WAS an interesting exercise. For the first time in a long time, I copied quite a few of other members’ flamp
transmissions.

This weekend I played in the Weekend Field Day a bit, using JS8Call and PSK31. Fun.

73!

< KS6M


tpc imW herRR John   yes, an unusual band tonite   u only missed one block of OFDM-500F    and Jaye KE6SLS
got none of them ???   band & path make a big difference to OFDM   but I’m beginning to like this mode  BK

Next 4 Comments is Don KJ7VGV  < NCSý¤H tnrÁweIt’s so cold here I had to take a walk at 15 degrees this morning.
Still lots of snow on the ground. I’m ready for spring. Got Direwolf to work and bpq32 no more errors but I can’t figure
out what to do next with BPQ32? More research I guess.

Also the radio is pulsing every second some close interference. Had to watch it before checking in. It’s not showing
up on the WF.

KJ7VLV good work being in the hot seat!

<0414Z> KJ7VGV BTN

klnrZrhiFB on working Direwolf & BPQ32      we’ve been whining abt cold, but it seems everyone else is much colder
than us    o more whining hr   BK

Jaye KE6SLS, Ur next 4 Comments < K7KYŠ tn


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

k7ky, 10db, 100%, P4, FLM 100%,
ki7vlv, 6db, 100%, FLA 100%
wa7hhe, 3db, 100%, FLA 100%
kr7kr, 4db, 100%, FLA 100%
ks6m, 5db, 100%, FLA 100%
kj7vgv, 3db, 100%, FLA 100%
kg7vvn, 6db, 100%, FLA 100% <nice call on modes!>
w6dlw, 2, 100%, FLA 100%
w7zap, 15db, 100%, FLA 0% 100% ? (expected mfsk-32)

Should have ready ORCA DN not WDN 😄

100% copy on ALL FLAs tonight.

Rough week this week.  Started Saturday pm with a quick shower. Used
the toilet and realized things stopped going down hill!  Been using
*very little* water since.  Thought the navy shower days were over!
Today Carl km6liq came over and snaked main w/100′ snake and tonight
I had a wonderful, long shower AND flushed the toilet 😄

Got some good news from VA doc.  A small win for me and pharmaceuticals.

Sun all week.  Solar controller finally went into by-pass.  Nice to
have the big battery at full again.  I see rain coming this week, so
the sun break was perfect.  Hopefully we’ll keep the rain averages up
for February.

With the rain will come warmer temps and no frosty mornings.  This
year I really am looking forward to spring and sunnier & warmer temps.

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

73
de ke6sls k


FB Jaye    tnx 4 the Signal Report   we all enjoy learning about our signals.   I didn’t mind sea-showers as much as
salt-water sowers we got when we’d used too much potable water.  I think the O’s still had fresh water showeres )-:  BK

Over 2  KJ7VVN  4 Comments  < NCSö


ORCA <KG7VVN 04:19:11z
ORCA/NCS GE Doug/Mindy N ORCA Ops

Forecst was for – 8 F last nite, had rude awakening whn I chckd thermometer shwd lw of – 24F. Didn’t hv propane htr
on ended up w/ water rushing out frm under the walls of the pump hse ! Broken main to hse. Luckily, didn’t brk at or
blw slab. Spent day fixin the problem. Hv wtr bck!

What happened to global warming?!

Sig Report:

NCS +8, +14 db KB 100% FLM 100% FLA OFMD 100%

WA7HHE -1,+11 db KB 100% FLA 100%
KR7KR +7,+13 db KB 100% FLA 100%
W7WSV -7 db KB 100%
KS6M -8,-4 db KB 50-100% FLA 0%
KJ7VGV -3,+11 db KB 100% FLA 100%
K7HDX +5 db KB 100%
N4KBT +6 db KB 100%
K7MSS +9 db KB 100%
KW6M +4 db KB 100%
W6DLW +1 db KB 100% FLA
K0KEX -9 db KB 100%
WA6CR -6 db KB 100%
KI7VLV +4 db KB 100% FLA 100%
KE6SLS +1,+5 db KB 100% FLA 100%

Stay Healthy. Stay Sane! 😄 73  <KG7VVN


o hqYuck!  broken water lines     no one likes to fix water lines when it’s -24   or even zero   Tnx for the Reception
Report too  BK

Dennis W6DLW, Ur next 4 Comments < K7KYåf tn


ORCA NCS< W6DLW, Mindy/Doug, As always thank you for being here each week and providing opportunities for
us to expand our knowledge of FLdigi, Flamp and Flmsg. You are truly appreciated.

Woke up this morning to a minus 7 degrees. Sun came out and the high reach 17 degrees. Weather forecasters state
that will be in the high 50’s by Saturday. What a change.

Winter Field day was a success and all that participated seems to have a good time. Do not have the actual contact
stats available yet. Not much else to pass on. Nice to see everyone on the waterfall. Everyone stay safe.  73.
<W6DLW>


t0dfeqRR Dennis    when Ops thank us 4 the net, we always appreciate it and it makes u mindful of what the net is
really composed of    THE MEMBERS!     thanks to each of you for all the years and days of ongoing support and
participation.  Without each of you, there would be no ORCA DIGITAL NET and we’d be doing something else   BK

Next 4 Comments is Mindy W7ZAP  < NCSxeoetRf0 efaKttt i»o
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fe$

… start
[WRAP:beg][WRAP:lf][WRAP:fn W7ZAP_report.b2s]<flmsg>4.0.20
:hdr_fm:21
W7ZAP 20230102042342
:hdr_ed:21
W7ZAP 20170512224719
<blankform>
:mg:1395 35w 135ft doublet @ 145ft (E/W)
W7ZAP copied the following stns:
W1EEP 100% KBD (S9 +15)
WB7EUX 100% KBD (S8+)
KE7YX 100% KBD (S8+)
W7ANC 80% KBD (S9)
KK6RJR 80% KBD (S6)
KI7VLV 100% KBD, FLAMP (S9+) Nice work Dave
KD0NBH 100% KBD (S8)
WA7HHE 100% KBD, FLAMP (S9 +12)
KR7KR 100% KBD, FLAMP (S9 +17)
KB6NN 100% KBD (S7)
W7WSV 100% KBD (S8)
KS6M 100% KBD, FLAMP (S8+)
KJ7VGV 100% KBD, FLAMP (S9 +20)
KM7H 100% KBD (S9+)
K7MSS 100% KBD (S8+)
N7OOS 100% KBD (S9+)
KE6SLS 100% VidID, FLAMP, KBD (S9 +15)
K7UK 100% KBD (S8)
KG7VVN 100% VidID, FLAMP, KBD (S9 +10) Yikes!-24F
K7HDX 100% KBD (S9 +11)
N4KBT 100% KBD (S8+)
KW6M 100% KBD (S9 +23)
W6DLW 100% KBD, FLAMP (S9+)
K0KEX 100% KBD (S7)
WA6CR 100% KBD (S9)

ORCA welcomes Rick K7UK in Omak,WA. Bravo to Brad WA7HHE for jumping in to help with the NCS duties @
WDN.

The band is looking good tonight. NBEMS exercise was a good example of sending a file in a faster mode than you
think stns will copy, then filling missing blocks with a slightly slower mode… working your way down in speed. No
MFSK-32 when all active stns fill.

Thanks to all who take time to email Test images. Besides reinforcing your knowledge of where FLDIGI stores files, it
helps NCS understand the band during the net (for those who email 1st image right away), and adds interest to the net report for everyone else.

Great to see all on the WF!
Stay Safe & 73,
Mindy W7ZAP
[WRAP:chksum D675][WRAP:end] … end

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ônanewU eyc RR Mindy  this is an evening for Reception Reports thanks for another solid report.    BK  <
K7KYOops!

Any follow-up Questions or Comments by Active stations? < K7KY/NCS dR otust³G0eê OS” oet p iiv; oNK!i #i oeoufa
gDtc £ue W µr # otw0r 0Sudw edoitxdwJd em ¯fu’ oˆ0ig tn udt
Hey I’m testing the comments MAC you suggested. TU < KI7VLV

tR  ec¢ôwvsgaxYmv7 uYes!  it seems to be working   tu Dave  BK anyone else?  < K7KY

KE6SLS Go…  h


Tnx Doug.  What a wonderful double.  As you were asking if anyone had additional
comments, a second signal in MFSK64 came on, however, I still held 100% copy on
your station.  That was very interesting as both signals were very strong, yet
the 64 did not distort copy on the 32 signal.    Cool 😄

TNX you guys.  GREAT band and group tonight.  73
ke6sls k


tË RR Jaye   I think the 64 signal was w/o txid     anyway, you story generates another    a few yrs ago, there was an
ORCA double  one station sending an image the other text     Mindy decoded the text and I decoded the image
really strange   our antennas are abt 90deg apart   that may explain it  but it doesn’t happen often  BK   any more
comments from Active stations?  < K7KY

Comments/Questions by Monitors/Lurkers?
Come now w/Pre-Tone pse…
In the after-net Monitor’s Session
we FILL or CONFIRM Exercise files.
< K7KY/NCS


ORCA  K7HUHMissed the boat.  Unavoidable.  Sorry.  Any way somebody could send me the exercise? Comments
Macro Rocks! K7HUH K7HUH

tIFAt    tpat

K7HUH < K7KY FB Randall TU
K7HUH Randall ROSEBURG,OR
better late than not at all…  ur @ top of roster for Monitor’s Session  where u can get the Exercise resent  BK anyone
else 4 comments?  < K7KY

2023-01-31  20:33:30p  04:33:30z
This concludes ORCA DIGITAL NET
Thanks for working with us tonight.
We hope to see you again next
Tuesday evening.
Sending Pic:140×140; 73 Doug K7KY

ORCA DIGITAL NET  –  Monitor’s Session
Please Pre-Tone and Ck-In w/your CALLSIGN.
Taking stations in order, we’ll FILL/CONFIRM
the NBEMS Exercise file. When called, send
FLAMP Report or Exercise file.

I already have K7HUH    next?  < K7KY

K7HUH < K7KY Looks like ur my only customer   here come the Exercise file
ORCA DIGITAL NET DE K7KY

<PROG 18 5865>{CB82}FLAMP 2.2.07
<FILE 30 C3BF>{CB82}20230130233914:ex294.txt
<ID 16 9871>{CB82}K7KY SW/OR
<SIZE 14 8B56>{CB82}468 6 80
<FILE 30 C3BF>{CB82}20230130233914:ex294.txt
<ID 16 9871>{CB82}K7KY SW/OR
<SIZE 14 8B56>{CB82}468 6 80
<DATA 88 82DA>{CB82:1}NBEMS – FLDIGI/PC-Editor/FLAMP file-manipulation Exercise

Assume you’ve rec
<DATA 88 2043>{CB82:2}eived a keyboard field-report for Incident Command. Scroll up in FLDIGI’s RX buf
<DATA 88 8D95>{CB82:3}fer to Announcements and copy the 1st SENTENCE of the 3nd PARAGRAPH. Create a ne
<DATA 88 4C42>{CB82:4}w file in your PC Text Editor named, ‘URCALL_ex294.txt. Paste the copied text in
<DATA 88 A039>{CB82:5}to the new file and Save.

In TRAFFIC Round, send ‘URCALL_ex294.txt’ to NCS in
<DATA 76 5452>{CB82:6} FLAMP, or send QRU. Before sending, replace ‘QST’ with ‘K7KY’.    7
<CNTL 10 5D10>{CB82:EOF}
<CNTL 10 FD1C>{CB82:EOT}

DE K7KY K

K7HUH ur Report pse  < K7KY

DE K7HUH
File : ex294.txt
<MISSING 15 48A8>{CB82}CONFIRMED
DE K7HUH K


<df0i’tFB Randy     I’ll be arund 4 a few minutes if u want to run the exercise and send the results, or u can send it
any Monitorj’s session as u like  < K7KY ÈfÑ7oa

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NCS always above the water line.   And 100% copy on the exercise, with fills making all blocks good.  73, < KB6NN


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KB6NN < K7KY RR Howard  tu 4 the report   BK

K7MSS < K7KY   Mike stand by a moment  BK  K7HUH   Randy anything further?  < K7KY

K7MSS  OK Mike go w/ur traffic  < K7KYu

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Good work, Mike   anything further?  < K7KYttn

I was ready with the 1st active.. see you next week and thank you.. 73 < K7MSS k

Dnsxtaí7e  ?VUcwdRR thanks 4 working w/us   cu next week  73 Doug K7KY   BK      < K7KYAr

Thanks, will send next next week during monitor session if that is ok?

tcr]>w × ‘bndt1RR that’s fine    u can work Active when u feel ready     the major difference when Active is tracking
NCS as you work the exercise so you’re ready to reply when called..   it take a bit of mind change   at least 4 me it
did.   I’m not a natural dual focus guy   73 Doug K7KY  BK < K7KYeRv ±Éoa{o tn

Thanks Doug,  FB.  73′

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K7HUH < K7KY Randy   u still w/me?  < K7KYrquIuy neH

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sTILL HERE.  JUST TRYING OUT TYPING WHILE SENDING.  Thanks for all that you do.  Sorry I missed the net.
Looks like it was another great one.  Stay safe, you and yours. K7HUH

irpwevthl yRR Randy     I’m glad u made the net   no worries when u arrive    it’s a pick-up net anyway.     good idea
typing while trnsmitting     otherwise, it’s like talking w/someone on Mars     Most of us don’t like to send our our errors, but we’re Amateurs and we’re pretty good at figuring out what’s said    when we don’t copy, we ask     and we can usually read around typos and other errors      yes, nice net tonite   it went very smooth and quickly   tnx 4 working w/us  73 4 now  Doug K7KY  BK  anyone else b4 we close the ORCA Monitor’s Session??  < K7KYouP®YN+n


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Evening Doug, I had 100% copy on all stations and traffic tonight, we have great band conditions.  have a great
evening! 73
K7KY de W7WXV


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W7WXV < K7KY FB Carroll    yes, an excellent net tonight  band was more like summer, but still has the light areas
and path to some Ops no better than usual.    when 5 of 8 Ops copied the file in OFDM-500f  it’s a great band  btu  <
K7KYe


K7KY de W7WXV
Thank you for you and Mindy do a great job on the net as always. take care.
73, until next time, 2023-02-01 04:56Z  K7KY de W7WXV sk


SõeS htRR Carroll  we certainly appreciate ur kind words and we enjoy working with all of you excellent digital Ops
too    good all around !  73 cu next time   Doug K7KY BK    last call for the ORCA Monitor’s Session  < K7KYe tn

OOPS, MISSED ANNOUNCEMENTS.  Didn’t get in until end of Traffic round.  Anyway to get copy of Announcement s so I can work Exercise? If not, I can pick it up when I copy the transcripts for this week.

t  nezi tRR I can send Announcements   Who is this?  < K7KYtn

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K7HUH < K7KY RR Randy   hr they come:

K7HUH < K7KY
ANNOUNCEMENTS  10th Anniversary, 31/Jan/23

Digital Net News:  If you worked Western Digital Net last Thursday, you already know that Brad WA7HHE was the Net Control Station. Hats-Off to Brad! He did an excellent job. Turns out, he’s been working with Don KJ7VGV for awhile now. Brad lives in Cedar City,UT; elevation 6000’. His signal is widely heard. Obviously, Brad has been practicing in the shadows. His net was organized and brisk, and his Macros worked well. It’s a big plus for Western Digital Net and welcome assistance for Don & Jaye KE6SlS.

We value QNX Ck-Ins the same as Active. If you’re Monitoring to learn net operations before participating, Thank
You. Your first Active participation will be smoother for you and the net. Time permitting, we call for Monitoring station Comments after the Active-station Comment Round. Now, we’re asking you for a little additional support. We’d like monitoring stations to also email the opening/closing Test image for the Net Report.  These images give a graphic indication of band condx during the net and pathways between stations. They add valuable content to Net Reports, and give practice locating and manipulating files in your PC file system.

Please send the actual Test images, not screen captures. Windows FLDIGI saves images in, ~/urname/FL_APPS/fldi
gi.files/images/. Linux FLDIGI saves images in, ~/urname/.fldigi/images/.  Email images to: ncs@orcadigitalnet.com
This gives realistic practice locating files in the PC file system. It becomes important when there’s no receiver
available and you’re holding undeliverable traffic.

In February, we’ll revisit Daisy-Chaining Macros for the benefit of incoming stations. For next week’s(07/Feb/23)
NBEMS Exercise, we’ll again make a Macro on-the-fly instead of our usual file-manipulation Exercise. The Exercise
will contain the Macro TEXT; you’ll choose the necessary Tags. You need at minimum 3 Tags to ID & Start/Stop
transmission. Questions b4 the Exercise? Comment Round or Email: ncs@orcadigitalnet.com < K7KY die tn

ABOVE AND BEYOND.  THANKS.  AGAIN.  K7HUH

tnoâtLlU-Wagbh´fB  Randy   cu next time.   email or phone if u hv questions   73 Doug K7KY gqalqq < l nt 7)t
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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.

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
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SHORTWAVE RADIOGRAM

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
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5850 kHz
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