[EAS] Activity at the FCC

[Richard Rudman]

One of the ideas I have been kicking around is that there should be incentives to get EAS 100% into the CAP mode as soon as possible.

What kinds of incentives could be offered to licensees to get there?

I can think of a few, but I would really like to hear from others on the list first.

Richard


  


On Jan 22, 2011, at 9:20 PM, k7cr wrote:

> One needs to keep in mind a couple of factors here.    We are going to 
> assume that the creators of messages are going to use CAP (at least that is 
> the direction we are going here in Washington State)...  At some point the 
> CAP message is going to be 'reduced' to SAME and that message may undergo 
> additional distribution.    Again, using Washington State as an 
> example...When our State EOC issues a message they send it via two paths - 
> 1) CAP (via IP) and 2) SAME via our existing State Relay Network.    On the 
> receiving end you have some choices, based on the type of equipment you have 
> and how you have connected yourself to which distribution system.  Counties 
> are now up and running with them now all originating EAS messages using CAP 
> as well  and everyone understands that their messages are likely to be, at 
> some point, down-converted to SAME.   Some broadcasters will likely be OK 
> with staying with SAME, while others will want to upgrade sooner rather than 
> later.
> 
> This will all likely change when (and perhaps if) the FCC requires everyone 
> to have a CAP capable box.   At some point we will likely see SAME go away 
> in favor of the more feature rich capabilities of CAP
> 
> I hope this makes sense.  Questions are certainly welcome.
> 
> Clay Freinwald
> 
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