19. SMS Texting using Winlink

Thanks to N6KZB for creating the forms and AF4Y for bringing this to my attention and providing an explanation. on how to use them.

You can send SMS (text) messages to a cell phone from a Winlink station. This could be handy for sending messages when your location is off line. Recipients can also reply from their cell phones and you will receive it as a Winlink message.

N6KZB has developed Winlink forms to make this as easy as possible. AF4Y has added some regional cell phone carriers to the file.  The files are:

Send SMS message.html

Send SMS-text message.txt

To download these files, Right Click on the link and select “Save link as…”/”Save linked content as…” etc. depending on your browser.

Place these files into the  Winlink Global Templates directory. The default location for this folder is C:\RMS Express\Global Folders\Templates.

At that point you open a new Winlink message, and select the template from the Global folder, fill out the form, submit, post to your Outbox and then send via Winlink.

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