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FOS NOTICE NO. 974 10-15-96
TO FOS SUBSCRIBERS
SUBJECT MESSAGE SEGMENTATION
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TELECOMMUNICATION GATEWAY HAS
IMPLEMENTED MESSAGE SEGMENTATION FOR ALPHANUMERIC PRODUCTS
EXCEEDING 3 800 CHARACTERS ORIGINATED BY OR RELAYED THROUGH
OUR SYSTEM. THE MESSAGE SEGMENTATION BEGAIN 1600 UTC...
OCTOBER 10 1996. THIS
LENGTH INCLUDES ALL MESSAGE FUNCTIONS SUCH AS START-OF-
MESSAGE START-OF-TEXT END-OF-TEXT AND END-OF-MESSAGE
SIGNALS.
THIS IMPLEMENTATION WILL RESULT IN THE BBB FORM PXX OF THE
WMO ABBREVIATED HEADING BEING USED. THE FIRST PART OF A
MULTIPART MESSAGE WILL BE PAA PART TWO WILL BE PAB AND SO
ON. THE FINAL PART OF A MULTIPART MESSAGE WILL BE SIGNIFIED
AS PZB. /REFERENCE WMO NO. 386 MANUAL ON THE GLOBAL
TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEM/.
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