[EAS] Out-of-band RMT

[Richard Rudman]

A lot depends on what your local LECC Plan says, or does not say about your local RMT's. Most of the ones I am familiar with set out the dates and times for the scheduled RMT that must be forwarded-- alternating daytime and nighttime originations each month, and specifying who originates.

I would think that a EAS log entry consisting of emails or other correspondence on this mistake would cover you, but, to be safe, always check with your licensee's communications counsel.

Richard Rudman

On Mar 28, 2013, at 7:25 AM, Fletcher @ UWyo.Edu wrote:

> 
> Yesterday, our local NOAA office sent their weekly test.  This is
> normal except that it is usually tagged RWT.  Yesterday it was
> sent with the event code  RMT.  We made them aware and I
> assume they will do whatever they find necessary, if anything.
> 
> The problem is this.  Since it is an RMT, you would think that
> 47CFR11.61(a)(1)(i) would dictate the test must be forwarded
> within the 60 minute window.  The same rule also states that
> LP or SP stations will originate RMT events.  It is silent about
> RMTs coming from other sources.
> 
> We are an LP-1.  We originate RMTs for our EAS area once
> a month following the stipulations in the rule, so are more
> alert to a rogue RMT entering the pipeline.
> 
> Here's the quandary:  The test was an RMT, but did not come
> from one of the sources indicated by the rules, but is otherwise
> a legitimate source.  Are we still required to forward the RMT?
> 
> We did so to play it safe.
> 
> Thoughts?  Opinions?
> 
> __Reid__
> 
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