[EAS] Comments on FCC 21-77 on FEMA requested changes to EAS

[Sean Donelan]

On Wed, 20 Oct 2021, Gary Timm wrote:
> Yes, I'm hoping my swing for the bleachers will hit its target.
> All of you the enthusiastic crowd can cheer me on with your Reply Comments applause.
> Its been almost 10 years, time for our FCC Franchise to resolve its Errors.

My favorite EAS typo which proves that no one reads or follows the FCC 
rules. If you actually followed the FCC rules exactly as written, every 
EAS encoder/decoder on the market is non-compliant with Part 11. Of 
course, that's ridiculous, but the FCC won't fix its typos.

In section 11.31(c), just after stating "The EAS protocol, including any 
codes, must not be amended, extended or abridged without FCC 
authorization."

Look for the lowercase letter "p" in the middle of the EAS protocol 
definition "TTTTpJJJ".

The EAS protocol won't work unless you amend, extend and abridge the rules 
full of typos.  And in practice, every EAS participant and EAS 
manufacturer has been amending, extending and abridging for decades to 
make EAS work.