[BC] FEMA/ EAS CAP Update Broadcast

[Ron Youvan]

   Kyle Magrill wrote:

> Does anyone know if non-participating stations will need
> CAP gear?  One of the LPFM stations here says that they
> spoke to someone at FEMA who advised them that
> non-participating facilities wouldn't need to install
> CAP equipment.   They are currently using a TFT-911D
> and they just go off the air if an actual emergency occurs.

   So, does that mean every time they receive a AMBER alert they will go off the air?

> Of course, CAP provides alternate methods of entry,
> but this LPFM station has no Internet at their transmitter
> site where the EAS gear is located and they are never
> going to rebroadcast a digital message, so I can
> see that there isn't much point in CAP for them.

   How are they going to know when to go off the air if they don't have EAS equipment?


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Ron KA4INM