[EAS] Anaysis of IPAWS EAS Test Webinar

[Ira Wilner]

Hi Alex,

I think the PEP station success rate was quite variable.  In my case the PEP 
EAN beat the NPR feed by the satellite system time delay amount.  Both the 
PEP station and the NH NPR affiliate had 8 second HD radio diversity delays! 
And the PEP still won out.  Futhermore, my stations in VT that only 
monitored the NPR affiliate for EAN bailed out at the second set of headers 
while my NH LP-1 that grabbed the PEP station feed ran the entire damaged 
audio feed.  The New England PEP is WBZ Boston.

Somebody may have their information wrong.

--Ira

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Alex Hartman" <goober at goobe.net>
<eas at radiolists.net>

> See, this bothers me here:
>
>>Many states continued to note that the PEP stations don't provide 100% 
>>coverage and the current NPR Squawk Channel feed is essential, with 
>> >perhaps additional non-PEP sources needed.
>
> They *modified* the system! How can this test be anywhere near
> accurate when the PEP does NOT take audio from the FEMA feed, but
> instead takes  the audio from NPR squawk channel, which, ironically,
> beat the FEMA feed by like 5 seconds they said. (Maine particularly)
>