[EAS] The need for more frequent verification tests

[Adrienne Abbott]

On Aug 17, 2021, at 11:35 PM, Ted Langdell kxmjradio at gmail.com wrote:
Have to wonder if broadcast television stations might be--in a number of
cases--better suited for PEP or LP-1 use.

Ted--
Two words explain why TV stations aren't good candidates for LP and PEP
states: coverage and technology. TV coverage is very poor outside most
metropolitan areas and no amount of tweaking, whether by a expert engineer
or Mom-and-Pop rural radio station owners, on an ATSC box can make up for a
signal which doesn't exist. 

If it comes down to a National-level EAS activation, the "Doomsday Scenario"
of an EMP or nuclear missile attack, most radio and TV stations will be off
the air, along with all the other noise generators which currently pollute
the radio-sphere. The propagation of the PEP signals from their unstaffed,
hermetically-sealed, automated 10 KW AM transmitters will probably be pretty
clean. 

TTYL, 
Adrienne

Adrienne Abbott, W6BCY
Nevada EAS Chair