[EAS] Activity at the FCC

Fri Jan 21 18:53:51 CST 2011

When the FCC issues their Notice of Proposed Rulemaking we will all have another bite at the Part 11 apple.

The BWWG is working on a set of recommendations for Part 11 that most certainly includes dropping RWT's as a meaningless waste of air time.

Richard

On Jan 21, 2011, at 3:54 PM, Adrienne Abbott wrote:

> Interesting…so much for the theory that we wouldn’t have to do on-air RWT’s once we all had CAP equipment. Doesn’t sound the proposals a lot of us submitted to the FCC are getting any traction.
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> Even though there’s some CAP equipment in the field, do you think there will be any problems bringing it into compliance with the FEMA standards? And do you think the manufacturers will be able to meet the demand in a 6-month period?
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> Adrienne
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> “Radio burps, it cries, it needs to be fed all the time, it requires constant attention, but we love it.” Jim Aaron WGLN
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> March was the the intention FEMA noted for having IPAWS-conformant vendors listed in an on-line "Responders Knowledge Base" or "RKB".
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> My guess at this point is that - beyond adding CAP monitoring and equipment requirements to Part 11 - there are not many other huge changes to Part 11  on the drawing board.
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> Changes to CAP standards (including the overall CAP standard, IPAWS profile and ECIG guidelines) are not necessarily a big deal - these are periodic software updates that should be expected anyway over the next months and years.  But that reiterates the point that many have raised that the vendor needs to be ready and capable of timely software support for the foreseeable future.
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> Edward Czarnecki, Ph.D.
> Senior Director - Strategy, Development and Regulatory Affairs
> Monroe Electronics, Inc.
> ed.czarnecki at monroe-electronics.com
> www.monroe-electronics.com
> www.digitalalertsystems.com
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Adrienne Abbott [mailto:nevadaeas at charter.net]
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> March? MARCH? That gives stations six-6-months to buy and install CAP-compliant equipment...or get what they've already got upgraded to meet FEMA's standards. And that's "assuming" there are no major changes in Part 11 procedures...which is a whole 'nother situation. And this entire process assumes CAP standards remain the same, which doesn't allow for improvements or upgrades...
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> Adrienne
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> "Radio burps, it cries, it needs to be fed all the time, it requires constant attention, but we love it." Jim Aaron WGLN
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>  -----Original Message----- From: eas-bounces at radiolists.net [mailto:eas-bounces at radiolists.net] On Behalf Of ed.czarnecki at monroe-electronics.com Sent: Friday, January 21, 2011 12:34 PM To: The EAS Forum - accurate, up-to-date information on the EAS and its implementation Subject: Re: [EAS] Activity at the FCC Following up on this topic: After talking to a few folks in officialdom: - FEMA's intent is to issue a list of "IPAWS conformed" devices in March 2011. - the conformance assessments will adhere strictly to both the IPAWS CAP profile and ECIG EAS-CAP Guidlelines, which may pose challenge for some types of devices/configurations - not getting the vibe from the FCC that they're inclined to extend the September 2011 deadline again (at least at this time). Edward Czarnecki, Ph.D. Senior Director - Strategy, Development and Regulatory Affairs Monroe Electronics, Inc. ed.czarnecki at monroe-electronics.com www.monroe-electronics.com www.digitalalertsystems.com -----Original Message----- From: Tom Taggart [mailto:tpt at literock93r.com] Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2011 10:44 AM To: 'The EAS Forum - accurate, up-to-date information on the EAS and its implementation' Subject: Re: [EAS] Activity at the FCC Doubtful that the September date will hold.Commission has yet to even issue an NPRM concerning changesto part 11. Given that there is usually at least a 45 to 60day cycle required AFTER an NPRM is issued before any rulechanges are effective, it seems unduly optimistic that therewill be any firm rules in time to start up a manufacturingcycle to get equipment out by September.On top of the apparent lack of action by FEMA to issue alist of CAP approved devices from their tests..._______________________________________________EAS mailing listEAS at radiolists.nethttp://lists.radiolists.net/mailman/listinfo/eas _______________________________________________ This is the EAS Forum Discussion List Please invite your friends to join our Forum!http://lists.radiolists.net/mailman/listinfo/eas And, remember the main page: http://eas.radiolists.net _______________________________________________ This is the EAS Forum Discussion List Please invite your friends to join our Forum! http://lists.radiolists.net/mailman/listinfo/eas And, remember the main page: http://eas.radiolists.net
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