[EAS] From the PNW Peanut Gallary

[Clay Freinwald]

Art - 

Good to see your comments on my computer !

A couple of thoughts on this topic- 

For years we seemed to have been stuck with the notion that reverse/backward
compatibility was a requirement from the heavens - Think- 

> AM Stereo
> FM Stereo
> Mono vs Stereo phonograph records
> Color TV
> etc etc

Then, as those rigid regulators died or retired new thinking came along - 

> HD Radio
> HD TV
> CD's
> etc.

So is the struggle with electronic public warning systems.   Breaking these
bonds apparently is feared by some that feel a holy lightning strike might
result! 

Seems to me that the EAS 'Duck Farts'  (aka Header Code) is enough to
attract the attention of everyone that's alive.  In the case of many this is
enough to cause them to change channels long before they get to be inundated
by the legacy attention tone.

We should all be having conversations about not only the elimination of the
Attention Tone (a carry over from EBS) but should be in full swing migrating
the sources of text messages away from the header codes to the information
contained in the CAP data....and while we are at it....We should (Horrors)
be thinking in terms of sun-setting SAME.

Perhaps this is one of those damned if you do and damned if you don't issues
- You are condemned by those that are convinced if you start the weaning
process that it will cost them un-told amounts of money....at the same time
there are others that will feel the same way if you suggest something that
takes advantage of improvements in technology...While the third faction will
be critical of both.

Are we having run yet?

Clay Freinwald

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