[BC] Usefulness of EAS

[Mark Earle]

On 6/12/2012 9:50 PM, Kevin Raper wrote:
> Here, it seems like every little cloud that generates a Lightning Strike is a "Severe Thunderstorm" that sets off the Alarm every time it crosses the County Lines, and as it expires in one county and extends in another. Some afternoons it seems like we may as well pot up the Weather Radio and not even bother with the normal Programming.
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> 73,
> Kevin Raper
> KJ4HYD
> CE WCKI WQIZ WLTQ
The reason for this, is, they're narrow-casting with SAME, which can go 
by sub-parts of counties.

However, "we" broadcasters, don't decode SAME. So we get it over, and 
over, and over.

If a user has a SAME decoder set up for their area, they will only hear 
1 or 2 events on an afternoon like that.

I have an amateur HT which simply scans for the alert tone. It goes off 
almost constantly  during mild storms.

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