[EAS] Fwd: CMAS test alert

[Gary Timm]

Richard,
Yes, FCC Rules Part 10 (CMAS rules) stipulates the same parameters for CMAS alert tone as EAS Attention Signal - it is supposed to sound like an EAS Attention Signal - pretty cool move on FCC's part - and one reason in my comments filed to the last EAS NPRM to not do away with the EAS on-air Attention Signal, as now both of these alerting method use the same Attention Signal.
 
As for the CMAS message Inbox, it is sometimes within the CMAS application, if you can locate that on your mobile device - same place as where you do the opt-in/out settings most likely.  Unfortunately, each CMAS app puts the CMAS Inbox where it wants - no standardization on that.
 
Gary Timm

--- On Wed, 10/17/12, Richard_Rudman <rar.bwwg at gmail.com> wrote:

>From: Richard_Rudman <rar.bwwg at gmail.com>

>I received two CMAS messages recently in Los Angeles on my Verizon iPhone.

>Two things I noted:

>1. The sounder that was used for this CMAS message that came out of my iPhone for the CMAS Flash Flood Warning messages was the two-tone EAS attention signal. As far as I know the EAS two-tone attention signal is supposed to be used for Part 11 authorized EAS transmissions only. If CMAS was authorized by the FCC to use the EAS two-tone attention signal, this somehow got by
>me.

>2. The message came up on my locked screen but when I tried to review it, the message was not saved in my phone in messages, email or anywhere else I could find.

>Richard