[EAS] FCC Clarification on new EAS Handbook

[Gary Timm]

Dave, et al,
Regarding changes to the info in the EAS Handbook, and filling it out before posting it...
The closest comparison I can think of is the IRS Form 1040.
You fill in the portions that apply to you, you leave blank the portions that don't, but you are not allowed to alter the form, and you can't leave the form blank and consider your work done.
It seems to me, the FCC is saying the same for the EAS Handbook - at least for right now.
I would think they have their hands full with ETRS right now, so I wouldn't expect to see a new Handbook before the Nationwide EAS Test.  So I think they are saying, for now, go with our published Handbook, errors and all.  They acknowledge that the Handbook needs to have errors corrected and needs to be more customizable/user-friendly, and they will address that in due time.
So I think they mean, for now, use their published version, fill in the blanks, and post it.
That's my read on it anyway,
Gary Timm
WI SECC

From: Dave Kline <dkline at tvmail.unomaha.edu>

So form three not only ask about the test but also ask about the handbook?
And there may or may not be yet another version of this distributed prior to the big test?

I had made changes to the EAS handbook.
I fixed errors, added specific instructions for our station, deleted anything not related to our station's EAS operation. All so that an operator could find what they needed to bail out of a stuck test. Went from 14 pages to 7 including the index which of course had to be changed.

Then the fed said you can't change the book except to add specific operator instructions.
But if adding those instructions forced some of the text to another page, then the index would be wrong. So I printed out another copy from the link below.

I placed both in a binder called EAS handbook.
The unedited version is in the front.
The version that is actually helpful is in the back.
Operators are instructed to use the back version during tests and the front version during an inspection.
I assume that it is OK to NOT enter any information to the "Handbook that is the Handbook", or is not changing anything also trouble?

Dave

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Dave Kline  UNO-TV/Mav Radio/KVNO
University of Nebraska at Omaha
6001 Dodge St. Omaha, NE  68182  CPACS 200

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