[EAS] EAS equipment

[Richard_Rudman]

I am recommending to my clients that they seriously consider purchasing new CAP-EAS boxes for all stations. About half of them now use common EAS boxes for multiple stations. My reason for this is that the "classic EAS" boxes as I refer to them are coming up on 15 years of service and most of them are showing signs of their age. This is a chance for them to say "good-bye" to various problems associated with this aging equipment as well as running (and logging) several stations off the same EAS box.

Richard Rudman

 
On Mar 28, 2011, at 1:46 PM, Marlin Jackson wrote:

> 
> Something to consider:
> 
> I explored the cost of a couple different units.
> 
> On the Sage I priced the box with a relay panel and two remote controls as we have 6 stations that work in pairs. I showed the Director the quote. After looking it over he noticed that it would be cheaper to buy 6 boxes and use the internal switching than to use remote panels.  It will actually work out better to have independent programming on each station. The price per box drops a little too with that quantity.
> 
> Marlin Jackson, CSTE
> Assistant Chief Engineer
> RF Systems
> KXLY Broadcast Group
> 500 W Boone
> Spokane, WA 99201
> 
> marlinj at kxly.com
> 509-329-4908
> 
>>>> Tom Taggart <tpt at literock93r.com> 3/28/2011 1:14 PM >>>
> Better sit down Clay...
> 
> Have to agree with you on this.  My suspicion is that once
> NWS and other message centers go to CAP, very little will go
> out on the "old" channels, or...like this problem with the
> newer Gorman Redlich--the units will just refuse to
> recognize the message once "converted" by the add-on box.
> 
> But I can afford it.  For many stations this will be a big
> chunk of money.  Especially in the fall, just after sending
> in the regulatory tax.
> 
> Incidentally, at the WV Broadcasters meeting, the two
> "one-box" manufacturers --Sage and Monroe, had
> presentations.  They were insisting that their boxes were
> PART 11 accepted and CAP compliant--and were the only ones.
> True--if you watch how they parse it out:
> 
> A. Their boxes are accepted under the PRESENT Part 11 rules
> (which, of course, have no standards set for CAP yet); and
> 
> B. They meet whatever CAP standards FEMA has set forth
> (subject, of course, to whatever the FCC comes out with when
> the new rules are issued).
> 
> Sum and substance of their presentation was
> BUYNOW/BUYNOW/BUYNOW!!!
> 
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