[EAS] HD developer proposal for EAS

[Darryl Parker]

After all, QAM is really nothing more than Morse code.

Darryl E. Parker
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408-327-0800 (office)
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From: Bill Ruck

On 3/20/2019 8:36 AM, Sean Donelan wrote:
> On Mon, 18 Mar 2019, Adrienne Abbott wrote:
>> Unfortunately, warning systems will still have to cater to the lowest 
>> common
>> denominator to make sure everyone gets the information.
> 
> The technology curve has long tails on both the leading edge and lagging 
> edge.
> 
> Think of counties only using landline telephone emergency notification 
> systems during wildfires. They were spending more and more money to 
> reach fewer and fewer people with landlines. But failed to notify the 
> bulk of the population using other communication channels.
> 
> It turns out that "lowest common denominator" is often not as common 
> anymore. The same thing happened to pay telephones on the street, 
> multi-party phone lines in rural areas, morse code radio stations, 
> tickertape and teletype alerts, western union synchronized clocks. Even 
> AM radio stations don't reach the public like they did in the past.
> 

Hey!  I represent that.  160HA1A on the air from KPH.  We've discussed 
converting CAP to Morse.

Bill Ruck
Maritime Radio Historical Society

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