[EAS] Yesterday's CAP RWT

[Mike McCarthy]

This is where the ADR (Administrative message) comes into play. If 
they're going to be sending to specific lists of states, let's know 
about them in advance as much as practical using that background 
message. That's what it's there for....  Send that heads up message 
outlining the day's or week's tests to all US (00000) zone and then 
we'll all know at the same time who will get a RWT and who won't.

There is no chance a ADR will be forwarded and it also serves to test 
the same system with a single message.

What concerns me about what Adrienne has stated is we don't know when 
the tests come for any given state and more importantly not received 
them. It is especially maddening given the randomness of the multiple 
RWT's during this rollout.

The challenge is they are sending messages to a varying list of states 
defined by randomized parameters. Some by time zone, some by FMEA 
region, others..who knows but the folks generating the list for a given 
message. So there are going to be holes and inconsistent rotations of 
tests where not every station will receive every RWT sent.  USe of the 
ADR will eliminate that confusion.

Top down doesn't always work. This is one instance where a heads-up will 
save all of us a bunch of Maalox and gives stations in those states the 
chance to confirm they're not only receiving a background message, 
they're also properly receiving a required message type.

Also of note...this is not intended to be a slam of the current 
process.  Merely a suggestion to enhance communications and permit all 
the stakeholders to get on and then remain on the same page using a tool 
already in the tool box.

Cheers...

MM

On 10/11/2012 9:19 AM, Adrienne Abbott wrote:
> The issue is not the test itself but documentation. If a test is sent and doesn't show up on your equipment you have to document that you didn't get the test and why as well as what you are doing to fix the problem. A report from FEMA every week on what tests were sent would be most helpful.
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> If FEMA sends an RWT to just the states in the Eastern Time zone it would not show up in other time zones and probably would not need to be logged. However, thats just my feeling. FEMA is a national organization. It would be nice to hear from the FCC on this.
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> Adrienne
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> On Oct 11, 2012, at 3:53 AM, Rod Simon<rod.simon at moody.edu>  wrote:
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>> My thoughts exactly! If they were RMT and being forwarded then that's a different issue. For all the clock watchers, that worry that the world is coming to an end because FEMA is sending 3 RWT's instead of one or at times different than announced or even if the server is down  , get a life.
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>> Rod Simon, CRO, CBNT
>> Studio