[EAS] Handle SQW code

[Bennett Kobb]

Tests are not emergency alerts.

BK

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On Jan 30, 2026, at 1:17 PM, Gregory Muir engineering at mt.net> wrote:

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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