I tried that but it looks like about the shortest escaped url I can get is something like:

%8C%0D%04%02%03%02%B2%9F%0B%A1%60%06%1C%E6%60%A4%23%C5%A7%BA%CE%F3%CC%C3%EA%96X%06~%EA%24z%2B!_H%B5%CCi%23B%A0y%8E%13d%A4%F8F%0A%BFP

Which is quite a bit longer than I was hoping for.

thanks, Keivn