[sbe-eas] XMSR sending RWT's again?

[Ben Overbaugh]

How does an EAS message get sent without attention tones or audio?  Is it
just a digital encoding of a text-based message?

Ben Overbaugh, CBRE (He/Him)
Chief Engineer
KJZZ * KBAQ * Sun Sounds
Office: 480-774-8412 <(480)774-8412>


On Wed, Jun 8, 2022 at 10:58 AM Sean Donelan <sean at donelan.com> wrote:

>
> Yes.  SiriusXM is sending RWTs again (without attention tones or audio
> message).
>
> It was a private business decision by SiriusXM to start sending RWTs on
> its barker channels.
>
> FCC's 2019 rule change for SDARS exempting it from routine
> weekly testing remains unchanged (according to the FCC, the commission
> did not receive *ANY* objections).  SiriusXM can voluntarily send RWTs.
>
> As far as I know, Premiere Networks does not conduct any routine tests on
> its "FEMA channel."  Supposedly Premiere carries national tests, but no
> one I know has received any.
>
> NPR conducts routine weekly tests (but does not include audio) on its
> "squawk" channel, so actual national tests (NPT) audio levels are all
> over the place.
>
>
> On Wed, 8 Jun 2022, Aaron Read wrote:
> > Several months ago, I read that SiriusXM got permission to cease sending
> EAS
> > RWT's on their channels.  I have an unsubscribed radio tuned to the
> "barker"
> > channel and I was getting RWT's from "XMSR" every week, and RMT's every
> > month (and, once, a NPT) but that disappeared to just the RMT's after the
> > notice went out.
> > Recently...like two or three weeks ago, maybe?...I noticed I was seeing
> > RWT's from XMSR again.  I'm not complaining, but was there a specific
> reason
> > they started sending them
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