[EAS] : Fallout Over False Alert Continues

[Barry Mishkind]

At 09:04 AM 10/29/2014, Geary Morrill,CPBE-CBNT wrote:
>"The guidance from FEMA IPAWS Friday asked broadcasters to configure their EAS devices to "not forward" an EAS message with a header that does not match the current date and time. "

        That is exactly 180 degrees from the FCC's
        expressed position, enunciated after the
        2011 National EAS Test, when the FEMA
        botched the time-stamp by three minutes
        and one manufacturer's box delayed the
        EAN by three minutes. 
        
        Responding to that delay, in particular,
        the FCC emphasized the word 
        "immediately."

        Or is there going to be a requirement now that
        stations must "vet" each incoming alert?

        What happens if someone decides to do a
        report or a "bit" on November 9th to recall
        the test, and includes the tones?

        "Those who forget the past are condemned to
        repeat it." - Santayana