[EAS] EAS Logs with Multiple Stations

[Sid Schweiger]

And in turn I agree with Dave, for an additional reason:  The audio input amps on the Sage have very little overhead.  Overdriving the audio inputs on the Sage, even by a little, will wreak havoc with all the audio inputs and may affect required monitoring and relays.  An overdriven input will severely distort its audio and will spill that distorted audio over into the other inputs.  To check the audio, you must rely on the web interface.  Listening through the front-panel speaker uses an entirely different audio path and won't tell you if the inputs are overdriven.


On Monday, January 23, 2023, 1:29 PM, Dave Turnmire eassbelist at gmail.com> wrote:

I agree with that Sid generally, but I would suggest that if you have 
recordings of your actual off-air broadcasts, that you occasionally spot 
check how the aired EAS alerts sound.  I have heard way too many 
stations that have otherwise good sounding programming audio, but the 
EAS audio is poor or unintelligible.  And it goes on that way for 
months.  We also had an LP station that wasn't broadcasting alerts at 
all, even though their log reported all was well.  When I noticed and 
contacted them, they found a bad relay that was keeping the EAS audio 
from getting inserted into their programming stream.  Stuff happens... 
but not all of it will be faithfully reflected in the logs.  If you 
aren't recording your off-air signal, you could accomplish some of the 
same result by having someone actively listen when a scheduled RWT is 
broadcast.

Dave

On 1/19/2023 5:48 PM, Sid Schweiger wrote:
> "How is best for that group to compile their EAS logs so it doesn't become a fulltime staff position?"
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> As the person in my cluster who does the weekly station log review for ten stations, I would suggest adding a weekly EAS review to the required weekly review of station operations, and attaching a log printout from each Sage box to the station log.  It adds only a few extra minutes per station.  The EAS review should include a check that the RWT was done, the RMT was relayed, any programmed alerts were properly originated or relayed and that each box is receiving all stations that the regional EAS plan requires.  All of that will show up on the printed log from the Sage box, making the weekly review quick and easy.
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