[EAS] Handle SQW code

[Edward Czarnecki, PhD]

Greg - looking at the FCC findings in that NAL ... wow, the station in question allegedly didn't actually participate in any of the national EAS tests from 2018 onwards, didn't have an operational EAS capacity, didn't bother to file an ETRS report in 2018, and then misrepresented (a nice way of saying lied) on their later ETRS filings about participating in the next two national tests.  I mean ... wow. 

From: EAS eas-bounces at radiolists.net> on behalf of Gregory Muir engineering at mt.net>
 
With regards to your recent comment  below I hate to get too technical legal-wise I'm far from being a "armchair lawyer" but the following link garnered my interest.  In it mention is made of one participant failing to forward the test subsequently resulting in a fine.  Granted it was only a test but may set some form of precedence should the legal beagles decide to twist the matter into something substantial in the future.

 

https://www.wiley.law/alert-FCC-Proposes-Significant-Fine-Against-Broadcaster-for-Several-Emergency-Alert-System-Violations

 

Greg

 

On Thu, 29 Jan 2026 13:35:54 Bennett Kobb wrote:

 

" The FCC knows what the rules require. No station has been fined for not forwarding an EAS alert."

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