[EAS] On closed-circuit links..

[Gary Timm]

Tom,
Sorry to burst your bubble of skepticism, but NWS in fact has a program called the Weather Radio Improvement Program (WRIP), and one of its missions is:
 
Replacing the leased telecommunication circuits connecting Weather Forecast Offices (WFOs) to the NWR stations to significantly increase network reliability, performance and versatility.
 
Read all about it: http://www.nws.noaa.gov/ops2/ops24/wrip.htm
 
Gary

--- On Thu, 8/25/11, Tom Taggart <tpt at literock93r.com> wrote:

>I contend the simplest, best improvement that could be made
>to emergency alert system would be to:

>B. Improve the audio quality (so that it sounds as good as
>the Marine Band & not like something recorded underwater);

>Will never happen.