YRARC Winlink Wednesday #4 - IMS213-R

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Chris Sullivan

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Oct 1, 2024, 5:57:50 PM10/1/24

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IMS213-R is a form used for general communications in emergency management. A template for this form is available in Winlink Express. The message is sent as structured text rather than as a PDF or image file to the recipient.

As before, the exercise is in a PDF file so that it is easier to read.

One thing I just thought to mention was that if you send a templated message to an external email address, Winlink creates a PDF file, as your email program would not be able to recreate the template from the text. Transmission via radio can take a lot longer as the attachments are much bigger than the text.

Try it and see - preferably over Telnet so you don't tie up the radio channel for a long time, although if you have a VARA licence and a good connection it will only take a few minutes or so.

73,

Chris

P.S. Post any feedback here about the exercises if you have suggestions, or contact me at pres...@yrarc.org.