[EAS] ESPN Does it Again

[Bill Ruck]

Maybe

§11.32   EAS Encoder. (a)

(9) Attention Signal generator. The encoder must provide an attention 
signal that complies with the following:

(i) Tone Frequencies. The audio tones shall have fundamental frequencies 
of 853 and 960 Hz and not vary over ±0.5 Hz.

I am not a lawyer but if a station transmits 938 and 1,056 Hz then those 
two tones do not qualify for 11.31 (a) (9) (i) because they are 10% high 
and differ by more than 0.5 Hz.

I would suspect that this combination would be just as annoying to the 
public as the official tones.

Bill Ruck
Curmudgeon
San Francisco

On 8/18/2021 11:24 AM, Ira Wilner wrote:
 If they sound similar even though a frequency counter would say they are 
 not, I think
 the Foxy Candy Company will still fine you.
 
 --Ira
 
 On 2021-08-18 13:55, Bill Ruck wrote:
 If I were asked to add the tones to "entertainment" programming I'd
 pitch shift them enough so that they would not be the specified
 frequencies.  And carefully document that in case the Funny Candy
 Company asks.