[EAS] EAS on Internet Streams

[Cross, Robin]

My NPR equipment that receives EAS is backed up by spares that I kept when NPR discontinued their use.  I have 8 spare 'demods' and 1 spare downconverter.  It is as robust as the day it was used for primary NPR programming delivery.

It would be wonderful if FEMA discovered that national program networks including NPR are a good national delivery system.  They have been overlooked.

Robin Cross w0fen
KCUR Kansas City
Mirrors are always closer than objects that appear in them. R Cross

>-----Original Message-----
>From: eas-bounces at radiolists.net [mailto:eas-
>bounces at radiolists.net] On Behalf Of Lowell Kiesow
>
>By the way, this is not meant to be a criticism of NPR.  They have
>done the best they can to bolster EAS with the limited resources
>available to them.  They did this voluntarily and I salute them for
>doing it.  Even with the limitations, their system of distribution is
>probably more robust than what delivers EANs to the rest of the
>country.
>
>At 08:02 AM 8/3/2011, you wrote:
>>True, NPR has been feeding EAS to affiliates since since 1997.
>>Washington, and some other states, have integrated into the EAS
>web.
>>However, it is not sent over the equipment used for program
>>distribution.  It is sent over a back channel that uses un-repairable,
>>un-replaceable satellite receivers.  If my receiver were to die, the
>>only recourse I have is to try and buy a functional one on ebay.  It
>>would be nice if there was funding for NPR to do this over a system
>>that has modern, reliable equipment.  It is a valuable service and
>>should be treated as such.
>>
>>Not only that, but NPR does not have a direct connection to FEMA.
>They
>>rely on receiving the PEP station for the DC area.  If that one station
>>goes down, no EAS via NPR.
>>
>>At 06:39 AM 8/3/2011, you wrote:
>> >NPR feeds EAS to connected Stations.
>> >
>> >Robin Cross
>> >Chief Engineer KCUR
>> >816-235-2880 W
>> >816-235-2865 Fax
>> >816-235-1551 Receptionist
>> >
>> >Barry Mishkind wrote:
>> >
>> >At 03:34 PM 8/2/2011, Clay Freinwald wrote:
>> >
>> > >Another item - Many people on this list are whining about
>stations
>> > >not having Internet connections at some stations...No problem
>solved there.
>> >
>> >         Perhaps this is hopeless hoping.... but if FEMA
>> >         could be enticed to feed a transponder on
>> >         one or more of the programming satellites,
>> >         this problem would be gone....
>> >
>>
>>          Lowell Kiesow, Chief Engineer
>>          KPLU 88.5, KVIX 89.3, KPLI 90.1
>>          www.kplu.org  www.jazz24.org
>>