[EAS] The way is sounded

[Mike McCarthy]

I concur with Richard. While VHF-Low is two way with limited bandwidth,
it's a great band for regional comm's from a single lower elevation
location. As I prior noted, Illinois does the same thing state wide using
a checkerboard of TX's on two redundant IDOT networks for overlap.

I have no problem with two-way audio quality provided the recording or
source is clean going into the two-way exciter.

More over, the distinctive sound of the two-way radio audio, even
noticeable on present day AM receivers, will grab people's attention.
Natural sounding voice may or may not possess the urgency of the situation
being warned.  I think that is more important than who vocalizes the
message.  A public official who can't speak well (there are those with
simply bad voices) can be equally ineffective as plain-Jane pleasant
sounding and clear voice.

Find the voice which works best and then make that THE voice of the agency
regardless of who's the designated official.

MM

On Thu, September 29, 2016 6:14 pm, Richard_Rudman wrote:
>
> No one until today on this list has ever questioned that decision.
>
> Getting back to the issue of audio quality, the LA County Sheriffs local
> relay system that was set up well before EAS was and is accomplished
> using the only government licensed channel available, low band VHF on