[BC] EAS box placement

[Chuck Lakaytis]

I will explain what we do in Alaska for a television network and this is 
absolutely ok with the FCC and our state EAS folks

We have a rural television service with about 220 low power rural tv 
stations fed by our uplink in Fairbanks.  The EAS box sits in Fairbanks 
connected to our codecs.
Audio inputs to the EAS system comes from several sources in Fairbanks 
and one Barix box which has audio that comes from our office in 
Anchorage.  This is acceptable to the FCC as we could not install an EAS 
box at each village, nor maintain them.

By the way, programming is fed to the station from many sources and 
controlled by a Leightronix IP enabled  scheduling controller out of our 
office.  Last week, during a basketball game our operator watched the 
game from home then switched at the end of the game to another program 
using her Iphone. Pretty slick.

Dana Puopolo wrote:
> The Pennsylvania Assoc. of Broadcasters' self inspection guy REFUSED to
> certify a client station of mine unless their EAS equipment was physically
> located at their main studio. We had put it in Boston which is manned 24/7 and
> used Barix Boxes to send the LP1, LP2 and NOAA audio to it from tuners located
> at the main studio. We were able to send and recieve EAS tests fine-including
> monthlys-and had a year's proof of this. Nonetheless, he said NO and as a
> result the licensee spent THOUSANDS of dollars coming up with an alternate
> plan.
>
> I argued that the FCC was asked and answered this exact question by the
> National Supervisory Network back in the late 80's, to no avail.
>
> So, even though the FCC says one thing, the MORONS can say yet another-and
> have it stick!
> In simpler terms, YMMV!
>
> -D
>
> F
>
>   

-- 
Chuck Lakaytis
Director of Engineering
Alaska Public Broadcasting, Inc.
135 Cordova Street
Anchorage, Ak 99501