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FEMA, in coordination with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), will conduct the first nationwide Emergency Alert System (EAS) Test on Wednesday, November 9, at 1:00 p.m. Central. Participating analog and digital radio, television, cable, satellite, and wireline providers will broadcast a single, live-code alert, called the Emergency Action Notification, which will be relayed to the public and stations in their coverage area. The purpose of the test is to assess the reliability and effectiveness of the EAS as a public alert mechanism. For more information about the EAS test, see: http://www.fema.gov/emergency/ipaws/eas_info.shtm http://www.fcc.gov/encyclopedia/emer...ationwide-test The FCC and FEMA are recommending stations run Public Service Announcements reminding the public that the EAS announcement on Wednesday, November 9, at 1:00 PM Central is only a test. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ARRL Midwest Division Director: Cliff Ahrens, K0CA -------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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On Sat, 2011-11-05 at 09:48 -0400, ARRL Members Only Web site wrote:
FEMA, in coordination with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), will conduct the first nationwide Emergency Alert System (EAS) Test on Wednesday, November 9, at 1:00 p.m. Central. Participating analog and digital radio, television, cable, satellite, and wireline providers will broadcast a single, live-code alert, called the Emergency Action Notification, which will be relayed to the public and stations in their coverage area. The purpose of the test is to assess the reliability and effectiveness of the EAS as a public alert mechanism. For more information about the EAS test, see: http://www.fema.gov/emergency/ipaws/eas_info.shtm http://www.fcc.gov/encyclopedia/emer...ationwide-test The FCC and FEMA are recommending stations run Public Service Announcements reminding the public that the EAS announcement on Wednesday, November 9, at 1:00 PM Central is only a test. Do hams have any repeaters hooked up to this system, or is it limited to broadcast stations only? Bill, W1AC |
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On Tue, 8 Nov 2011, Bill Horne wrote:
On Sat, 2011-11-05 at 09:48 -0400, ARRL Members Only Web site wrote: FEMA, in coordination with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), will conduct the first nationwide Emergency Alert System (EAS) Test on Wednesday, November 9, at 1:00 p.m. Central. Participating analog and digital radio, television, cable, satellite, and wireline providers will broadcast a single, live-code alert, called the Emergency Action Notification, which will be relayed to the public and stations in their coverage area. The purpose of the test is to assess the reliability and effectiveness of the EAS as a public alert mechanism. For more information about the EAS test, see: http://www.fema.gov/emergency/ipaws/eas_info.shtm http://www.fcc.gov/encyclopedia/emer...ationwide-test The FCC and FEMA are recommending stations run Public Service Announcements reminding the public that the EAS announcement on Wednesday, November 9, at 1:00 PM Central is only a test. Do hams have any repeaters hooked up to this system, or is it limited to broadcast stations only? Bill, W1AC Bill, I suppose the only EAS broadcast tie-in most repeaters would have would be via NOAA Weather Radio, which (interestingly) is not able to participate in this test due to technical limitations. Per http://www.fema.gov/emergency/ipaws/eas_info.shtm: Will NOAA Weather Radio carry the Test? NOAA Weather Radio will not transmit the EAS Test. There is currently no mechanism to transport this type of message to NWR transmitters. Additionally, the Test will use the EAN code where the audio message exceeds the two minute audio time limit allowed by Specific Area Messaging Encoding (SAME) and the EAS. Sounds like a bit of a deficiency in the system to me. Steve, KG4PEQ -- Amateur Radio Coordinator NWS Wakefield SKYWARN http://www.wx4akq.org http://www.nws.noaa.gov/er/akq |
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On 11/8/2011 10:38 PM, Bill Horne wrote:
Do hams have any repeaters hooked up to this system, or is it limited to broadcast stations only? Guess I'll have to dig out my old Conelrad receiver and add a packet decoder to it and an LCD display ;-) Jeff-1.0 wa6fwi -- "Everything from Crackers to Coffins" |
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On Wed, 09 Nov 2011 16:36:42 -0500, D. Stussy wrote:
"Bill Horne" wrote in message news:1320808866.4285.1.camel@Thinkpad... On Sat, 2011-11-05 at 09:48 -0400, ARRL Members Only Web site wrote: FEMA, in coordination with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), will conduct the first nationwide Emergency Alert System (EAS) Test on Wednesday, November 9, at 1:00 p.m. Central. Participating analog and digital radio, television, cable, satellite, and wireline providers will broadcast a single, live-code alert, called the Emergency Action Notification, which will be relayed to the public and stations in their coverage area. The purpose of the test is to assess the reliability and effectiveness of the EAS as a public alert mechanism. For more information about the EAS test, see: http://www.fema.gov/emergency/ipaws/eas_info.shtm http://www.fcc.gov/encyclopedia/emer...ationwide-test The FCC and FEMA are recommending stations run Public Service Announcements reminding the public that the EAS announcement on Wednesday, November 9, at 1:00 PM Central is only a test. Do hams have any repeaters hooked up to this system, or is it limited to broadcast stations only? ========== Some do, but usually through weather radios which are not participating in the test even though they normally carry EAS messages. Although 47 CFR 97.111(a)(3) could govern legal retransmission of EAS messages [from broadcast stations], 97.113(a)(5)(c) strongly implies that a weather radio link is the preferred way to receive them. One repeater controller manufacturer has a weather radio device: http://www.catauto.com/wx200.html Another manufacturer of interface-able weather radios: http://www.thuneagle.com/ Here are examples of repeaters that have weather radios tied in: K0NR http://www.k0nr.com/rwitte/repeater.html K4JDR http://www.carolina440.net/ K6BDE http://k6bde.snarked.org/ WX5OKC http://www.radioreference.com/apps/audio/?feedId=3634 See also: http://www.repeater-builder.com/tech...er-radios.html "Weather Receiver Rebroadcasts and the Legal Questions" Riley Hollingsworth from the FCC (in 1999) comments, especially: "You can only use the official NOAA alerts, not alerts from other sources (i.e. the local TV or broadcast radio station)." Many NWR stations have no audio links. They are sent text and synthesize the announcements. What is a National level emergency? Giant asteroid? Alien invasion? Martial law? I was watching Aljazeera on the web and no test; I did hear KFI screw it up on the radio. |
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