[EAS] EAS monitoring sources

[Tim Stoffel]

And yet, I remember when EAS was first rolled out, it was envisioned that amateur radio could and should be involved in relaying EAS messages. The language in part 97 notwithstanding, is there some other thing at play here that would make this sanctioned (or at least have the FCC look the other way), if amateur stations would transmit EAS messages from non-Federal originators. After all, this activity is not pecuniary in nature, it facilitates emergency communication, it provides a redundant path for emergency communications that is independent of the government infrastructure, it is normally short in duration, and skirts the definition of 'broadcasting' in most cases.

The United States has more laws than any country on earth, and it is getting to the point where you can't do anything without breaking a law somewhere. For instance, I learned today that giving your Netflix password to a friend is a felony in the US.

Tim Stoffel

-----Original Message-----
From: eas-bounces at radiolists.net [mailto:eas-bounces at radiolists.net] On Behalf Of Mike McCarthy
And how many times do I need to repeat that while you can use Part 97 in the event scenarios you reference, it is ***not*** permissible to forward/send non-federal transmission originated advisory and test messages without translation.

That is the fatal element of using Part 97 in any organized automatic local relay system beyond NWR. It's use is limited to ad-hoc involvement which do not always lend themselves to a given circumstance. What good is a system which can not be tested lest it disrupt the originating sender message time stamp through re-orignating/transcribing the message?