[EAS] Out-of-band RMT

[Adrienne Abbott]

Reid--
The first and most important question is...did the test contain all the
elements of a Required Monthly Test? The RMT code and some duck farts do not
an RMT make...

An RMT needs the three digital tones (duck farts) that comprise the Header,
the 8 second dual tone, an audio message and the three short digital tones
(duck farts) of the EOM. Anything less and you've got a failed test, which
is how it should have been logged. And as an "all hazards" warning agency
NOAA is, or should be in your Wyoming Plan, an approved government
monitoring source to originate both tests and activations. 

Does Wyoming have a CAP server yet? 

Adrienne Abbott
Nevada EAS Chair
Nevada Broadcasters Association

-----Original Message-----
From: eas-bounces at radiolists.net [mailto:eas-bounces at radiolists.net] On
Behalf Of Fletcher @ UWyo.Edu

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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