[EAS] Out-of-band RMT

[Fletcher @ UWyo.Edu]

You could argue either it did, or did not have all the elements.
The audio passed was that which they send for their regular
RWT event was very generic in it's lack of specificity.

This was just a weekly NOAA message sent including an
incorrect mouse click.

This only became a question for me when the one of the other
engineers argued we shouldn't be forwarding RMTs since we
are the designated originator in the plan.  It then became
an argument about the programming in the en-dec.

I advocated for logging the details and forwarding the test.

NOAA is prominent in the statewide plan, all 5 offices.
Wyoming Public Radio, as a statewide broadcaster is also
prominent.  The only other major player, Wyoming Public
Television is even more widespread.  One of their engineers
is chair of the recently constituted committee to revise the
state plan to incorporate CAP as well as update many other
details.

Wyoming does not have a CAP server yet.   Adoption of CAP
is primarily what drew attention to the need to revise the
statewide EAS plan.

__Reid__

Reid Fletcher
Wyoming Public Radio Engineering

On 3/28/2013 10:04 AM, Adrienne Abbott wrote:
> 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
>