[EAS] NPT via NPR

Sean Donelan sean at donelan.com
Wed Aug 11 17:41:46 CDT 2021


On Wed, 11 Aug 2021, Dave Turnmire wrote:
> Just curious... one of our operational areas relies on a NPR affiliate to get 
> our PEP alerts.  On today's test, the audio was great at the beginning, and 
> then there was some interference for the last several seconds.  Just 
> wondering if it was on the satellite that way or if there is a something to 
> troubleshoot at this affiliate.  Anyone monitoring NPR have a similar issue?

It appears to be on the national NPR feed.  I saw the same fade-out on 
multiple NPR stations. It sounded almost like an old-fashion analog tape 
recorder tape slip or tape stretch.

The end of message fade-out did not occur on other PEP terrestrial 
stations.



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