[EAS] Monthly(s)

[ray at electronicstheory.com]

Two days ago, I notieced that I received and forwarded a montly CAP/IPAWS
Message (I have to check its source and find out who I got it from).

If I am understanding this dialogue up to now correctly then -

IF the state (and or fed) decides that they will be sending RMT's via CAP, my
stations will, from now on, be forwarding 2 monthly tests.  One will be decoded
via CAP, and one via the traditional radio network, because they come from
different sources.

This should then be true of everyone who has cap working.

So the minimum required tests I should expect to be generating/forwarding now
is:

4 generated weekly's (per month)
1 decoded/forwarded monthly via radio
1 decoded/forwarded monthly via CAP/IPAWS (internet)

Now if the fed should begin sending CAP monthly's (they need to test the
readiness of their systems too), and the state sends them out as well, that
would be 2 CAP montlys and 1 radio monthly. (I know historically the fed has
never generated a monthly radio test - but until recently they have also never
generated an EAN.  Perhaps they may realize that the monthly should not be
generated by the individual states, but by the fed - so that the entire system
can be checked on a monthly basis?

Too bad they can't figure out a way to simply consolidate it.

On October 8, 2012 at 10:04 PM Adrienne Abbott <nevadaeas at charter.net> wrote:

> Ray--
> If your state can originate CAP tests and messages they should originate the
> RMTs. Your equipment will see the over the air RMTs from your LP-1 and LP-2 as
> a duplicates of the RMT sent by the  state or local CAP server.
>
> If you monitor more than one state or EAS Operational Area you will receive an
> additional RMT but you should only receive one of those.
>
> Adrienne
>
> On Oct 8, 2012, at 8:52 AM, "ray at electronicstheory.com"
> <ray at electronicstheory.com> wrote:
>
> >Forgive me for getting old and forgetful
> >I recall that you must generate a weekly
> >I also recall that you must decode and forward a monthly.
>
> >What I do not recall - are you required to pass multiple monthly's if you
> >receive them?
>
> >In other words - if you get a monthly from the LP-1 and another monthly from
> >the
> >LP-2, do you have to forward both of them, or just the first one you get?
>
> >This question comes on the heals of something I've recently noticed.
>
> >Since we now receive Monthly tests from multiple sources (radios and
> >internet),
> >I am receiving and forwarding monthly tests from both sources.  I'm not sure
> >if
> >the myriad of tests we are now ABLE to generate are in the public's best
> >interest.
>
> >Being flooded with too many messages, the general public may tend to ignore
> >them, and miss the important
>
> *
>
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Ray Dall
Radio Frequency Engineer
Author: Electronics for Sound Engineers

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