[EAS] CAP Weekly Test on the 8th

[Sean Donelan]

On Wed, 17 Oct 2018, Dave Kline wrote:
> I must have missed that one.
> Where in Part 11 does it say that?
> I might have to rethink what I'm doing.

11.51 (n) EAS Participants may employ a minimum delay feature, not to 
exceed 15 minutes, for automatic interruption of EAS codes. However, this 
may not be used for the EAN Event code, or the NPT Event code in the case 
of a nationwide test of the EAS, which must be transmitted immediately. 
The delay time for an RMT message may not exceed 60 minutes.

For over 15 years, the grey Sage Endecs included a 30 second countdown 
timer for EANs to allow staff board operators to respond. The 30 second 
countdown timer for EANs didn't seem to bother the FCC or anyone else for 
decades. In 1994, and the Emergency Broadcast System before that, the term 
"immediate" was viewed in human reaction time, not computer reaction 
time.

One off-hand hallway comment, and the FCC and FEMA have tied themselves in 
knots.