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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-NZ link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Hi Chris,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Yes that is normal<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>02MAR11 =Date<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>NZWNNZAA = Route – NZWN (Wellington) to NZAA (Auckland)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Most of the messages consisting of strings of characters are generated by the aircraft computers and relate to aircraft technical data – Pressures, temperatures etc. which are downloaded for the maintenance engineers.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Your second message is a weather report uplinked fro a ground station:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Translated it means:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>RWY: 18L - Runway in use 18 Left<br>SFC COND: DRY – Surface Conditions Dry<br>WIND: 140/05 – Surface Wind 140 degrees at 5 knots<br>VIS: 30KM – Visibility 30 km<br>CLD: FEW012 – Cloud – few at 1200 feet<br>T: 20 - Temperature 20 degrees <br>DP: 15 - Dew point 15 degrees<br>QNH: 1020 - Air pressure 1020 millibars/hectopascals<br>2000FT: FVRB05 - Wind at 2000 feet, variable direction at 5 knots</span><br><br><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>You will get a range of message types – some are automated and some are to/from the crew.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>For example:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>VACARS mode: W Aircraft reg: .ZK-NGP<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Message label: 87 Block id: 6 Msg. no: M89A Flight id: NZ0560<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Message content:-<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>3A01 OPSCTL 0560/03 NZCH/NZAA .ZK-NGP<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>NZAA<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>HI. GATE 31 0948Z.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>NO REQ<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>CHEERS<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Andy<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Chris H [mailto:radiowiki@archnetnz.com] <br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, 3 March 2011 11:44 a.m.<br><b>To:</b> zl1cop@qsl.net<br><b>Subject:</b> RE: [TheList] Any ACARS followers out there :)<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Hello again.. finally have the acarsd software up and running again.<br><br>I get messages like the following:<br><br>#1DBCRZ1024185222802MAR11NZWNNZAAM278M523370077424737308817 NZ<br>08540896647102603093710431006F1200002390<br>08530898645103703064110431005F120000742<br><br><br>are these normal type messages?<br>but I also get messages like the following:<br><br>RWY: 18L<br>SFC COND: DRY<br>WIND: 140/05<br>VIS: 30KM<br>CLD: FEW012<br>T: 20<br>DP: 15<br>QNH: 1020<br>2000FT: FVRB05<br><br>PAGE 01 02MAR11<br>END BRIEFING<br><br><br><br>so I can assume the following:<br><br>The software is decoding the messages correctly.<br>The top message is not an error, but that is actually a messages.. <br>and if it is a message, how does one decode it?<br><br>Thanks in advance :)<br><br>On Wed, 2011-03-02 at 22:12 +1300, Andy wrote: <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Hi Chris.<br><br> <br><br>I’m not an expert but do copy ACARS from time to time.<br><br> <br><br>Andy<br><br> <o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b>From:</b> thelist-bounces@radiowiki.org.nz [mailto:thelist-bounces@radiowiki.org.nz] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Chris H<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, 2 March 2011 8:54 p.m.<br><b>To:</b> thelist@radiowiki.org.nz<br><b>Subject:</b> [TheList] Any ACARS followers out there :)<o:p></o:p></p></blockquote><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'> <br><br>Could you please contact me off list... <br><br><br><o:p></o:p></p></blockquote><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>