[EAS] Identifying the Test on air

[Alan Kline]

Another of the ambiguities in the rules... We've always considered once 
a week to mean once during our broadcast week--4:00AM Sunday through 
3:59AM the following Sunday--and schedule accordingly. One week might be 
Monday, the next Saturday, etc. If the rule was interpreted to mean that 
no more than 7 days could elapse between tests, it would contradict the 
"random days" requirement, because once someone does a test on a Monday, 
the next could be no later than the following Monday, and so on. It 
would remove the ability to schedule random days and times.

We've always considered the TFT 8-day printout to be a friendly 
reminder, and it's been useful. If it happens on a Friday, it's a nice 
reminder that I need to call traffic and make sure that there's 
something scheduled on Saturday. Invariably, they've been way ahead of 
me...

ak

On 6/15/2011 12:32 PM, Lotus Engineering wrote:
> Another way some of us do it is simple logic.
> FCC says "...at least once a week..."
> No place does the FCC define week i.e. Sunday through Saturday, Monday through Sunday, Wednesday through Tuesday.  I happen to use Monday through Sunday, but others differ completely legally.
> Since the week is not defined by specific days, we fall back on the definition of week, i.e. 7 days.
> Ergo, once a week means once every 7 days.