[EAS] The end of DST/UTC settings

Harold Price hprice at sagealertingsystems.com
Fri Nov 4 16:07:00 CDT 2011


Larry,

Yes, they have their UTC set incorrectly, and may not carry the EAN.
Harold

At 04:44 PM 11/4/2011, Larry Wood wrote:
>OK, here is my question. One of the stations we monitor installed a 
>Sage 3644 a couple of months ago. Since then every test I get from 
>them is received as "Expired" by three hours. I have suggested to 
>them that their UTC may be set incorrectly, but so far they have not 
>corrected their unit. I just make a note in my EAS log that the 
>station sending the "Expired" tests has been contacted. What is 
>going to happen to them? Will their unit ignore the EAN, or pass it 
>anyway? I called them again today so they still have a chance to fix 
>it before the BIG test.
>
>Larry Wood, CPBE
>KQED-FM



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