EAS Test

[Bob Rice, KG4RRN]

Results of the National EAS Test
According to ABC News/CNN there were inconsistencies in the test results.
I grew up during the cold war so I know all about the EBS and the duck and cover drills
I did when I was growing up, and the sirens and all the rest of it.
The following is a test of the Emergency Alert System, there is no need to panic...
Some reported silence,with a graphic on TV, some report some strange audio after the first digital bursts, and some report Lady Gaga whoever that is, singing.
Too embarrassed to admit it was a failure, life goes on.
I have to admit I dont like the nausious noise bursts on the start of a NOAA weather radio alert, about an impending hurricane or tornado or flooding in the area.
The test was not even, not standardized, and not functional.
The test results are to be voluntarily reported by stations affected.
Comments by viewers and radio listeners ranged from "that was a test?" to "I heard nothing" followed by "Lady Gaga singing" I'm just glad it wasn't Janet Napolitano singing...
Oh well--- "back to the drawing board" as they say.....
73 all,
Bob Rice, KG4RRN
kg4rrn at arrl.net

President, Jefferson Co. WV.
Amateur Radio Club


--- On Fri, 11/11/11, Chip Fetrow <tacos at fetrow.org> wrote:


From: Chip Fetrow <tacos at fetrow.org>
Subject: Re: EAS Test today
To: tacos at amrad.org
Date: Friday, November 11, 2011, 10:29 PM


NOAA Weather Radio was never part of the plan for the EAN (Emergency Action Notification).  I believe there is a NOAA transmitter in Nevada which does relay EANs though.  My guess is that it is one of the privately owned transmitters.

Once upon a time, NOAA was the method the government would alert the public of a nuclear attack, but that was dropped several decades ago.

--chip

On Nov 9, 2011, at 9:05 PM, tacos-request at amrad.org wrote:

> Message: 1
> Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2011 18:05:17 -0800 (PST)
> From: "Bob Rice, KG4RRN" <kg4rrn at yahoo.com>
> Subject: EAS Test today
> To: tacos at amrad.org
> 
> Hello,
> I was able to gleen from recent info from the FCC site about the test, that it would not include NWS stations with the codes that were given.
> This presents a 'gap' if you will, in the alerting protocol.
> Would someone explain this as a not all?inclusive test, and why.
> There seems to be some confusion from members of the amateur community as
> to why the NOAA EAS was also not part of this national test, and I cannot see the relevency in explaining how the codes, or lack thereof,?have to do with a generic SAME alert. If in the case of no code for the national alert being used, why would just NOAA
> weather radios be affected,and all other mediums included ?
> [...]
> 73 all.
> 4RRN
> 
> President, Jefferson Co. WV.
> Amateur Radio Club

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