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National EAN/EAS Test unofficial questionnaire

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W1DAN

Folks:

I decided to create a quick unofficial survey of the results of November 9 Nationwide EAN/EAS test.

If you work for a station, you may fill out the survey (i.e. no listeners or people not affiliated with a station should enter information here).

One entry per station.

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/ZBZT82H

The results of this information may be disseminated to any magazine, official agency or on the Internet, free of charge (I am not looking to make money on this, just to gather a picture of what occurred).

Please pass this along.

Thank you!

Dan Brown
Natick, MA
 
Hmmm --actually have a second report since have two studios. (can't do the survey twice) The other two stations got tones but no audio, from WOVK, Wheeling. That test arrived 2 minutes earlier than from the closer primary relay WXIL, Parkersburg (which is monitored at my other station).

Appeared that this feed dropped out after only a few seconds. Not sure why--new Sage. May be because the delayed feed from WXIL caused it to mute. Harold Price says the second EAN may be interpreted by the box as an EOM.
 
Hi Tom. We had that issue here. The extra erronious header confused the box and made it mute (by design from Sage appearently). It was screwed up by FEMA's phone bridge that apperently got mixed audio from a PEP's EAS unit that sent it back down line. I question why anyone would think that a phone bridge would be the right way to distribute this in the first place. If we must put up with telco loops, at least put in seperate loops to all of the PEPs. Also, isolate the feeds with amps to make sure it doesn't backflow like a jammed master sewer system. Logic doesn't seem to ever be a goverment strong point, sadly. Excuse me. I have to now go fill out reems of online paperwork to partially expain (the best I can) how THEY screwed up the test.
 
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