[EAS] Canada's New "EAS" Now Online

[Ed Czarnecki]

Ira - The 8 second Canadian attention tone is not an EAS header - these are tones originated by the broadcaster. The Canadian system is completely CAP.  In fact, the attention tone is generated in the EAS device.
There are some really interesting differences between the Canadian and US alerting systems from a technology and policy standpoint.
On Apr 8, 2015, at 4:52 PM, Ira Wilner <bdcst at vermontel.net> wrote:

>Interesting that they copied some of our alert types like Amber, but seem to
>have nothing for radiological emergencies, shelter in place, etc.  The tones
>sound like high speed data plus an alternating alert attention tone both
>sent simultaneously!  They last long enough to be able to transmit a large
>data file, maybe a few minutes worth of text to speech?  If so, that will be
>an interesting departure from our dependence upon audio rebroadcast for
>pre-CAP EAS.

>--Ira

>-----Original Message-----
>From: Dale Lamm

>[snip]

>Canada now has an "EAS", called the National Public Alerting System (NPAS),
>also known as "AlertReady".

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