[EAS] Handle SQW code

Randall Miller rmiller at kobi5.com
Fri Jan 30 17:07:55 CST 2026


Mr. Czarnecki (PhD) nailed it.

They weren't fined just for failing to send one message.
Even the link says "Several violations".

I've read enough NALs that the concept of "repeated" and "willful" are needed for fines, not to mention the cardinal sin of lying to the FCC!

Randall Miller
KOBI-TV
Medford, Oregon

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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



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