[EAS] NPT via PEP to the whole state?

[Barry Mishkind]

A question has come up.  How many states have checked to know if the NPT (or an RMT) actually percolated though the entire state? In other words, did the daisy chain - or what's left of it - work?

There are two observations that occur to me, as I talk to people about the test(s).

1. Does the more recent LP1/LP2 setup tend to "break" more easily than a plan that links stations with more useful signals?   (There have been - are - places where one or more of the assigned monitored stations are just not receivable, especially at night.)

2. Would the PEP be improved by having an immediate relay to at least one FM station? (The storms that disrupted the NPT due to reception issues might be mitigated with one or more FM's in the chain?)