[EAS] Differences between EAS units

[Richard_Rudman]

I think Mike raised another good point. Would any of the vendors or anyone else care to supply some specifics?

Please contact me off list if you do not want your information made pubic. My intention is to see if we have enough to go for the BWWG to file specific Comments and recommendations on this with the Commission.

Regards,

Richard
rar01 at mac.com

On Dec 20, 2011, at 10:07 AM, Kluger, Michael wrote:

> I am referring to the fact that some manufacturers buffer incoming audio when an EAN is received, so that none of the audio message content is lost while the SOM tones and attention signal are generated, while others simply discard the audio which arrives during the generation of these tones and then join the audio message in progress. During the national test, this resulted in units which do not buffer upcutting part of the message (a rather critical part, given that there was concern about the national test possibly being mistaken for an actual emergency, and the very first part of the audio message was the part that clearly stated that it was only a test) and joining it in progress.