[sbe-eas] National Test

[Aaron Read]

Oh FWIW: I got the WEA NPT on my T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy A50, but did NOT
get it on my iPhone 11 on Verizon Wireless.  I don't know why not; I've
gotten WEA alerts and tests on the iPhone many times before.

- Aaron

On Fri, Oct 20, 2023 at 1:20 PM Aaron Read <readaaron at friedbagels.com>
wrote:

> In Rhode Island it *worked* but as a test of CAP it was a dismal failure.
> The SP2 got it via CAP and immediately forwarded out on its airwaves, so
> the bulk of the stations in the state got it via that "legacy" method so
> quickly that it beat the 30 second polling window our EAS boxes use for the
> IPAWS servers.  So we all aired the NPT via the SP2 instead of CAP.
>
> There was also an issue with a state-specific two-way radio system...that
> is functional but has lousy audio quality...set up between the two SP's and
> RIEMA such that the SP2 pushed out the NPT over the two-way and it got into
> the SP1's EAS box *ahead* of the CAP pathway.   So the SP1 took the NPT
> from the SP2 and that's what they forwarded to the whole state.  Eek!
> Fortunately, the SP1 has HD Radio and the SP2 does not, adding just enough
> of a time delay (approx 9 seconds) so most likely everyone got the NPT
> either from the SP2 or from CAP.  Not from the audio-challenged SP1.   The
> SP2 has since added a push-to-talk relay to their input to the two-way, so
> both the SP1 and SP2 can *receive* audio from the EMA, but they can't
> transmit it unless a human pushes a button manually.  That'll prevent this
> from happening again.
>
> And the EAS update coming any day now should make it so every EAS box will
> always wait to check CAP whenever it gets an alert/test via legacy
> reception methods.   That'll ensure we always get CAP audio if there is CAP
> audio to be had.
>
> FWIW, I also noted that we at WNPN got the NPT via the SiriusXM free
> "barker" channel, but it was late enough that it was a "duplicate".  We did
> not get an NPT via NPR's Squawk channel but that was intentional; it didn't
> get send over Squawk this time.
>
> - Aaron
>
> On Fri, Oct 20, 2023 at 10:56 AM Brad Humphries <Brad.Humphries at bbgi.com>
> wrote:
>
>> I know this was a couple of weeks ago, but I’m curious on everyone’s
>> experience with the test this year.  Did you have any problems, notice
>> anything that could improve or just business as usual (I’m sure we all hope
>> for that)?  I’m gathering info for an SBE article so any input would be
>> greatly appreciated.
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>>
>>
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>>
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>>
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