[BC] TFT EAS 911D

[Edwin Bukont]

Had a call from an unstaffed LPFM with the usual sob story,,,,applied to CAP compliance
 
They have TFT 911D, which has only two inputs.  Nothing to connect CAP Rx output to, without a factory upgrade to the box, that makes it close to buying a whole new box anyway.  Of course, this has to now be d0ne by end of week,,,so not happening.
 
In going through the rules, I see nothing that would prohibit summing two radios to one input, and then using the second input of the 911D for the CAP service with a converter, which may be available.
 
Eventually they would need to buy the whole new box of course.
 
Anyone else have this issue and try using this stop gap.  While I know a device must have two inputs and two stations must be monitored, I dont see where each source must have a discreet input.
 
I also thought I understood that LPFM will eventually have to be able to retransmit alerts, even if they do not originate alerts.
 
Note again, this is using the 911D, which is a decoder only for LPFM and not fully applicable to the bigger TFT devices nor fully participating stations.
 
Thoughts?
 
Thank you

Edwin Bukont CTS, CSRE/DRB, CBNT 
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