[EAS] EAS test..Fail!

Tom Taggart tpt at literock93r.com
Wed Nov 9 16:13:44 CST 2011


Got feedback for two states:

In WV, saw the test run on the local TV (or at least a
crawl--didn't have the audio up) right around 2:00.  We
didn't get the test until about 2:03.  Alert tones, then
dead air for maybe as long as 20 seconds, then the message
began--bad audio, very distorted, --which cut off abruptly.
Not sure, but I think the EOM was generated either by our
local relay, or the feed from Charleston. Not by the PEP
feed.

Shortly thereafter got a call from an Ohio station I take
care of in Marietta. They didn't get an EOM at all. I talked
them through generating one locally to unlock their
Gorman-Redlich. At another Ohio station,(Defiance, NW Ohio)
they got the tones, but no audio. 

Believe we all eventually go back the same PEP station--WLW,
Cincinnati. Charleston's assignment is WLW; I am assuming
the same is true for both of the Ohio stations (Defiance
might be daisy-chained back to WTAM through Toledo).

BTW, the double audio some folks heard is probably from a
Sage somewhere along the way with the levels too high. We
cranked down the levels on our Sages a while back, had no
sign of "echoing" on our feed.



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