[EAS] Riddle me this...

[Dale Lamm]

I saw the 9-20-18 RWT from CAP-IPAWS at my location. It fell into our ENDEC 3644 filter named "OTHERS". It is set up with "All Originators", "All Events" and "All Locations", the action is "Log Only" and the priority is lower than any other filter to insure it is scanned last.

Here's what the message said:

CAP Text: THIS IS A TEST. The national test originally scheduled for today at this time has been postponed to the alternate date October 3, 2018. This is a log-only message, no further action or reporting is necessary today. FCC EAS Test Reporting System (ETRS) filing will be required on October 3. THIS HAS BEEN A TEST.

On Tue, Sep 25, 2018 at 12:01 PM Sean Donelan <sean at donelan.com> wrote:
>Last week's FEMA RWT announcing the rescheduled national test was sent to
>the All-USA FIPS code "000000".

>Its not a mistake, but most EAS boxes are not configured with 000000 for
>RWTs.  They only respond to EAN and NPT with 000000 (and maybe PEP).