I will establish a mailing list.
Don't use YAML for anything, it has some fundamental problems, for example
the "Norway" problem: "NO" is one of an unfortunate _list_ of words that
evaluate to false. I will set up a mailing list. Mooneer also told me about
https://github.com/la5nta/pat/ which is modern portable code interoperable
with Winlink.
Thanks
Bruce
On Wed, Mar 11, 2026 at 4:30 PM Stuart Longland via Freetel-codec2 <
[email protected]> wrote:
> On 12/3/26 02:57, Bruce Perens via Freetel-codec2 wrote:
> > With this said, I am going to finish the bigger project first, and the
> > capability to edit the ICS forms and transport them as JSON will be part
> of
> > it. The rest of this will be shelved until I am satisfied with the larger
> > project, unless someone else wants to take it up.
>
> How about YAML? The original message almost is YAML in its raw form. I
> could be misinterpreting the raw message format, but as a concept:
>
> Subject: GENERAL MESSAGE (ICS 213)
> Body: |
> ** THIS IS AN EXERCISE **
> 1. Incident Name: ODMT Winter FTX
> 2. To (Name and Position): Local Radio Operators
> 3. From (Name and Position): Don Reid - W7DMR : Wren Digital RADO
> 4. Subject: Winink test
> 5. Date: 2026-02-21
> 6. Time: 11:46
> 7. Message:
>
> We are not finding good HF RMS stations to talk to with the NVIS
> antennas we have setup. I found one, W7OWO on 40m.
> Telnet via a Starlink connection works well even at the low 500k
> baud "Standby" service.
>
> 8. Approved by: Don Reid
> 8a. Position/Title: RADO
>
> Sender:
> Callsign: W7DMR
> Lat: 45.562500
> Lon: -122.875000
> MGRS: null
> Location Source: Grid square
> Express Version: 1.7.23.0
> Template Version: ICS 213 v.43.8
> Changes Allowed: no
>
> Both human-and-machine readable. The same as JSON:
>
> {
> "Subject": "GENERAL MESSAGE (ICS 213)",
> "Body": "** THIS IS AN EXERCISE **\n1. Incident Name: ODMT Winter
> FTX\n2. To (Name and Position): Local Radio Operators\n3. From (Name and
> Position): Don Reid - W7DMR : Wren Digital RADO\n4. Subject: Winink
> test\n5. Date: 2026-02-21\n6. Time: 11:46\n7. Message:\n\nWe are not
> finding good HF RMS stations to talk to with the NVIS antennas we have
> setup. I found one, W7OWO on 40m.\nTelnet via a Starlink connection
> works well even at the low 500k baud \"Standby\" service.\n\n8. Approved
> by: Don Reid\n8a. Position/Title: RADO\n",
> "Sender": {
> "Callsign": "W7DMR",
> "Lat": 45.5625,
> "Lon": -122.875,
> "MGRS": null,
> "Location Source": "Grid square",
> "Express Version": "1.7.23.0"
> },
> "Template Version": "ICS 213 v.43.8",
> "Changes Allowed": false
> }
>
> Admittedly is more compact, but not as readable.
> --
> Stuart Longland (aka Redhatter, VK4MSL)
>
> I haven't lost my mind...
> ...it's backed up on a tape somewhere.
>
>
>
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