[BC] That EAS Handbook

[Chuck Lakaytis]

Barry:

During our recent EAN test I asked the FEMA guy in charge that was in 
Alaska why NOAA was not involved in the test.  He said that they were 
working closely with NOAA on improving the EAS system but that the NOAA 
system was almost entirely a text routing and translation system, hence 
not useful (yet) for live announcemants.

But more folks are not aware of the fact that NOAA has almost no money 
for new transmission sites.  In Alaska they are almost all funded by 
local comunities, or some sort of local government financing.

And Alaska Public Broadcasting is involved as well.  We have several 
sites where they use our towers and transmitter building.  At KBRW, 
Barrow they have the transmitter at the studio colocated with the FM 
facility.  They make a  lump sum payment every year of the estimated 
power bill.  Barrow has Crowns in dual hot switch mode.  Audio feed for 
the transmitter comes in via a dedicated line from Fairbanks.  That 
makes for a pretty reliable feed for the EAS box there!

Kevin Raper wrote:
> patrick roberts wrote:
>   
>> if we are required to log stuff and check stuff, how about a standard
>> logging form in the book?  Wouldn't it be easier if we were all using
>> the same way of documenting things?
>>     
>
> Agreed! Not even WCKI and WQIZ, Co-Owned stations had the same Log form 
> until I took over Engineering.
>
>   
>>  The best way for EAS to work and
>> work right at a local level is with no staff intervention other than
>> the engineering staff making sure its functional.
>>   
>>     
>
> While EAS had a useful purpose, it is grossly out-dated and should be 
> put to pasture.
>
>   

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Chuck Lakaytis
Director of Engineering, Alaska Public Broadcasting
135 Cordova Street, Anchorage, AK 99501
office   907-277-6300