[EAS] CAP Weekly Test on the 8th

[Dave Kline]

Thanks Sean,

Well that doesn't apply to anything I am doing.

It seems odd though that there would be any such rule.
The EAN and NPT happen "immediately" regardless of any delay settings.
The RMT has up to a one hour delay.
It doesn't affect sending an RWT.
And everything else is voluntary. 
If an alert is important enough to disrupt programming what would be the point of holding it for fifteen minutes?
It must be some deep down technical "what-if gotcha" that concerned the folks in D.C.

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

On Oct 17, 2018, at 1:06 PM, Sean Donelan wrote:

>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.

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