David Lindenauer wrote:
With the disappointing performance of FSS briefings lately, this
weekend I tried filing an IFR flight plan through DUATS for the first
time. I couldn't seem to find the correct syntax for what I know is
ALWAYS the first thing leaving my home airport:

"Farmingdale 3 Departure, radar vectors Bridgeport",

but it wouldn't accept "FRG.FRG3 BDR" or any variant I tried. I ended
up just filing "BDR" then the rest of the route, but does anyone know
the official syntax for what I know is what I'll get?

Maybe this will help:

http://www.duats.com/duats_planner_doc.html

Section 4. Flight Planner Inputs -- Detailed Information

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If you wish to include SIDs (Standard Instrument Departures) and/or
STARs (Standard Terminal Arrival Routes) in your flight plan, you may do
so using the User Selected Routing choice. If you enter "%" at the
"Enter route" prompt, the flight planner will automatically determine
the names of SIDs, STARs, and nearby VORs for the selected departure and
destination airports:

Departure Point: SFO
Airport KSFO: San Francisco CA
Destination: ORD
Airport KORD: Chicago IL (Chicago O'Hare Intl)
...
Enter route: %
Standard Instrument Departures (SIDs) from SJC:
ALTAM6.ALTAM ALTAM6.LIN* ALTAM6.SAC*
DANV1.DYBLO* DANV1.LIN* DANV1.RBL* DANV1.SAC*
LOUPE8.DYBLO* LOUPE8.LIN* LOUPE8.RBL* LOUPE8.SAC*
MOONY1.AVE* MOONY1.MOONY MOONY1.PXN
SJC7.AVE* SJC7.MOONY SJC7.PXN
SUNOL3.ECA* SUNOL3.SAC* SUNOL3.SUNOL
VORs near SJC: SJC ECA* MOD SFO OSI OAK* PYE* SAC* LIN* SNS*
Standard Terminal Arrival Routes (STARs) to ORD:
BAYLI.BDF1* BDF.BDF1* IRK.BDF1*
DBQ.JVL2* JVL.JVL2 MCW.JVL2*
BSV.OXI2 DJB.OXI2* FWA.OXI2* OKK.OXI2 OXI.OXI2 VWV.OXI2
FNT.PMM2* PMM.PMM2* SVM.PMM2* TVC.PMM2*
VORs near ORD: ORD CGT GSH* GIJ* JOT* DPA PMM* OBK* BVT*
BDF* BAE*
"*" indicates a transition which may be used to enter or
leave the Jet Route system. (Do not enter the "*" as part
of the procedure name)

In this case, one might select the route:

Enter route: LOUPE8.LIN *J DBQ.JVL2

which would depart San Jose using the Loupe Eight departure, Linden
transition, then automatically routed via jet airways to Dubuque, then
via the Janesville Two arrival into O'Hare. The route produced by the
planner would be:

KSJC LOUPE8 LIN J84 DBQ JVL2 KORD

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