Possible Extension On New EAS Receivers?

[oldiesstation]

FCC considers extending deadline for installing new EAS receivers. The FCC’s revised Emergency Alert System (EAS) rules called for a September 30 deadline for all stations to have the new Common Alert Protocol (CAP) receivers in place. Now the Commission says it will solicit comments on whether it should extend or modify the deadline. That’s one of a raft of tentative conclusions reached in a Third Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking released yesterday. Other proposed revisions would integrate and process CAP-based alert messaging into the existing EAS while laying a foundation for transitioning to next generation alert mechanisms. The FCC is also seeking comments on whether its rules should be revised to require EAS participants to monitor FEMA RSS feeds for federal CAP-formatted messages and state alert systems for governor-originated CAP messages. Also on the table is whether EAS participants should be able to meet their CAP obligations by deploying intermediary devices, whether CAP compliance should be incorporated into the FCC’s existing certification scheme, and what requirements the Commission should adopt for modified EAS equipment.

 

[TomT]

The "intermediary device" is the CAP converter box--where the add on box monitors the internet, pulls down the CAP compliant traffic, and converts the text to audio--which is then sent into the older EAS decoder.
One item sent out for comment is whether all approved equipment must be capable of generating CAP traffic (not just decoding) which would be an added layer of expense for the converter boxes.

The NPRM is on the "old" home page at FCC.Gov--use the "previous FCC.Gov link to get off the propaganda page.

 

[oldiesstation]

http://transition.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Business/2011/db0526/FCC-11-82A1.pdf

How about changing the name from EAS to C.R.A.P.

 

[Kent T]

C.R.A.P.= Common Redundant Alerting Protocol. I'd really rather be CRAP compliant anyway. ;D

 

[OKCRadioGuy]

"C.R.A.P.= Common Redundant Alerting Protocol" That's a classic man! Thanks for coining it for us!! WHAT A PILE OF C.R.A.P. from our damn federal govermnent. When are we as industry going to stand up to these fools!?

 

[chriscollins]

I am just glad we are buying new boxes instead of add-on units.

 

[OKCRadioGuy]

Somehow I think the people that end up with the add-ons are going to get hosed somehow. It adds a layer of complication and issues that I certainly do not want to invite into my plant.

 

[chriscollins]

Somehow I think the people that end up with the add-ons are going to get hosed somehow. It adds a layer of complication and issues that I certainly do not want to invite into my plant.

Amen.

 

[Kent T]

Update, for those with old about to be obsolete gear. Now you too can be CRAP compliant and invest less money to be CRAP compliant. We now have the answer, the S.H.I.T. box. S.H.I.T.= Should Have Investigated That. (add on box, that is).

 

[ChiefEngineer]

Anyone know WHY we are getting new gear? The CAP compliant SAGE is the same CRAP in a different colored box. Surely this software can be updated to save us the hundreds of thousands of dollars of buying a new box.

 

[OKCRadioGuy]

Because the feds want to excuse themsleves from being impotent on their handling of the system up to this point. If they can BS the world about "oh, we need new equipment to do that" the heat is off them a bit longer. The new system won't of course work any better (probably worse), but they've added another layer of CRAP to the orignal mess so they can hide the REAL reason the system doesn't work, which is them. NO backbone to distribute from and no brains at home at the federal level is exactly why the system is ineffective and abserd. No amount of equipment WE buy will fix that.