[EAS] CAP IPAWS test today

[Mulford, David]

Looks like IPAWS OPEN will do RWT's as was announced yesterday per Radio
Magazine:
http://radiomagonline.com/studio_audio/EAS/ipaws_open_cap_eas_begin_weekly_
tests_1208/

"Washington - Dec 7, 2011 - The FEMA <http://www.fema.gov/> IPAWS
<http://www.fema.gov/emergency/ipaws> OPEN CAP EAS message feed weekly
exercise routine using RWT messages is scheduled to begin Dec. 12, 2011,
according to a post on the SBE <http://sbe.org/> Exchange
<http://www.sbe.org/sections/eas_exchange.php> from Al Kenyon, FEMA IPAWS
project manager. CAP RWT messages will be sent at 11 a.m. in each of nine
local time zones extending from Guam and CNMI (UTC +10) to American Samoa
(UTC -11).
There will be one CAP RWT issued per time zone on a whole-state basis
during the local 11 a.m. hour each Monday. For purposes of these exercises
states divided into two time zones are assigned to the time zone that
includes the largest area within the state.
To connect to the IPAWS OPEN system, enter the URL https://apps.fema.gov/
into a CAP-capable EAS encoder/decoder in the appropriate menu option."

On 12/8/11 1:53 PM, "Mulford, David" <mulford at roanoke.edu> wrote:

>Looks like IPAWS-OPEN is in testing mode again.  I got the following
>message that appears to be aimed at the Northeastern US on our DASDEC this
>afternoon:
>
>Thu Dec 8 12:01:00 2011 EST
>A CIVIL AUTHORITY HAS ISSUED A REQUIRED WEEKLY TEST FOR THE FOLLOWING
>COUNTIES/AREAS: Connecticut; District Of Columbia; Delaware; Florida;
>Georgia; Indiana; Kentucky; Massachusetts; Maryland; Maine; Michigan;
>North Carolina; New Hampshire; New Jersey; New York; Ohio; Pennsylvania;
>Rhode Island; South Carolina; Virginia; Vermont; West Virginia; AT 12:01
>PM ON DEC 8, 2011 EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1:01 PM. MESSAGE FROM IPAWSCAP. Test
>Message IPAWS OPEN CAP EAS Feed Configuration Test Message
>
>I guess I must have configured things correctly on my end.
>
>Did other parts of the USA get the test message as well or was it just us
>Northeasters?
>
>-David
> 
>
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