[EAS] From the PNW Peanut Gallary

[Mike McCarthy]

ASTC 3.0 has a hardware and streaming protocol for EAS/emergency alerting
already integrated in the standard. The key is to see the regulators
catch-up to this new technology for dissemination. Just like we have RDS
on FM.

If AM's are concerned about background channels, let them adopt a
subaudible coding system where at 10 baud, a single class A can cover 1/2
the USA even in rough reception conditions and be under constant test.
This should be a FEMA mandate now that IBOC on AM is just about dead.

More over, a limited character string of header CAP string and EOM can be
repeated infinitely to further harden confirmed reception when there are
current messages in the system,

The technology exists....and has for 20 years.

MM

On Fri, July 8, 2016 12:21 am, Botterell, Arthur at CalOES wrote:
> Hi Clay,

>
> I've had this conversation with folks from the cable industry also.  If
> we're headed into an IP future, perhaps we should embrace the benefits.
> DTV and HD Radio can both carry data outside the audio program, and