[EAS] Should the RWT EAS Code be abolished? II

[Ken Booth]

One thing I have not seen in these threads is a discussion about network reliability. I cannot consider my Internet connection to be 100% reliable. I consider it essential to maintain the legacy system and I want to know that it is working.

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Regards, Ken Booth
Chief Operator, KLOI-LP Lopez Island Washington 102.9FM

On Thu, Nov 24, 2011 at 3:02 PM, Tom Spencer <Radiofreetom at gmail.com> wrote:
>CAP, legacy EAS, legacy EBS, heck, even legacy CONELRAD...

>It needs to be tested end-to-end every so often just to make sure it
>*/does/* work, and /*will*/ work when needed.

>Does your station have a standby generator?  a backup transmitter?
>backup STL?

>Don't you test them every so often, "just in case"?

>Bill Ruck wrote:
>> The stations with the appropriate location codes get the message,
>> interrupt programming, and put the message on the air.  Elapsed time: seconds.
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>> At the same time every cell phone, every iPod/Android/etc, every
>> computer in that area gets the message.
>>
>> So where does the RMT fit into this scenario?

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>Tom Spencer

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