my $ref = DXMsg->alloc($stream, uc $f[3], $f[4], $t, $f[7], $f[8], $f[13], '0', $f[11]);
# fill in various forwarding state variables
my $ref = DXMsg->alloc($stream, uc $f[3], $f[4], $t, $f[7], $f[8], $f[13], '0', $f[11]);
# fill in various forwarding state variables