Template: Contribute to QSP by 16-Line

DEPRECATED—PRESENTED ONLY FOR HISTORICAL INTEREST
See the QSP Letter Page for current procedure

The NTS radiogram was created as a means to send short messages to individuals, more or less a noncommercial version of the telegram services run by the Marconi Company, American Telephone & Telegraph, Western Union, and the like. Government agencies also use teleprint, though with some different requirements for their operations. Allied nations of Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, and United States have worked together through what is known as the Combined Communications-Electronics Board (CCEB) to create Allied Communications Publications (ACPs). These standards provide more features than the short message services, and are still in use today.

The Basic Message, also known as the 16-Line, provides options that may make it more appropriate, particularly for agency traffic, or in emergency operations. This is a transmission format, capable of carrying standard presentation formats such as the ICS-213, and even computer data formats such as comma-separated value (CSV), eXtensible Markup Language (XML), and application-specific formats such as Red Cross Custom Forms in FLMSG.

This format is suitable for transmission on BLACK SWAN (digitally, with FLAMP). The elements shown in bold are what you will want to change to suit your own message.

DE AA1AAA NR 1234
R 221316Z MAY 21
FM Joan the Ham
  Winlink AA1AAA
TO Editor, QSP
  KD8TTE
  US OH Franklin
GRNC
BT
Buckeye County ARS Virtual Meeting started the plan for Field Day. This week, I worked 80M NBEMS, 75M phone, and 40M Winlink!
BT

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The points of note for the template are:

The value of being able to include mixed-case text and punctuation can be seen by illustrating how the same template can be used to carry the K2S file produced by an FLMSG Custom Form, such as that for contributing content to QSP.

DE AA1AAA NR 1234
R 221316Z MAY 21
FM Joan the Ham
  Winlink AA1AAA
TO Editor, QSP
  KD8TTE
  US OH Franklin
GRNC
BT
<flmsg>4.0.17
:hdr_ed:22
KD8TTE 20212205155347
<customform>
:mg:489 CUSTOM_FORM,QSP-share.html
name,Joan
origin,aa1aaa
TEXT,We started planning for Field Day! Looking forward to trying out my new paddle for CW!
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BT
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