[EAS] EAS QUESTION

[Sean Donelan]

On Tue, 13 Sep 2016, George Chambers wrote:
> Regarding the mystery letter many received. What about stations that are
> dark? How do they deal with this mess?

As always, you should ask ETRS at fcc.gov or your communications attorney.

There is no explicit exemption in the ETRS registration or reporting 
rules because a station is off-the-air at the time of a national test.

Obviously you wouldn't be able to transmit the test. But as long as a 
station still holds a valid license, its probably still subject to FCC 
rules (or whatever your communications attorney advises).

A silent station with a valid license probably still needs to register. 
And on the day of the test, file an ETRS report that it didn't receive or 
transmit the national test because it was off the air at the time. Same
thing if your tranmitter lost power 30 seconds before the national test 
and shutdown.