[EAS] [NOAA WX RADIO] Next Generation

[Mike McCarthy]

I think that will not go over with the handset makers.  They already have
FM receivers in the handsets for overseas markets. So far, US carriers are
reluctant to enable them. But they're widely used overseas. NOAA NWR is a
USA only system and would require a significant modification to the
handset design to include such a band.  And the carriers are all ramping
up their WEA messaging which in some ways is better than the NWR.  It will
cover locations where there are no NWR TX's.

MM

On Fri, November 14, 2014 10:18 am, Tom Zachman wrote:
> Placing the EAS burdens onto NOAA's nation-wide broadcast network would
> quickly foster VHF reception in smart phones and other future devices....
>
> Radio/TV/Cable services should relay what's being sent by NOAA
>
> Tom Zachman