[sbe-eas] Question

Mark Garrett ma-garrett at wiu.edu
Thu Jan 11 13:05:09 EST 2024


I have reached out to our State EAS chair to get his input on it and how I
should log in comments.

On Thu, Jan 11, 2024 at 11:38 AM <mlangner at swcp.com> wrote:

> In the State of New Mexico, the State Plan as approved by the FCC in a
> letter to me dated January 17, 2017, the State Primary station (which is
> also the PEP station for our area) originates most, if not all Required
> Monthly Tests.  That station is also the LP-1 for Bernalillo County.
>
> So apparently in the case of New Mexico it is allowed.
>
> Beyond that, for your area I have no idea – what’s allowed and what’s not
> allowed in this area beyond 47CFR11 should be detailed in your State Plan.
>
> And yes, we’re still awaiting approval of the most recent required update
> to our State Plan, so the 2017 plan is the latest approved Plan.
>
> Hope you can find the answer!
>
> Please let us all know what you find out!
>
> Mike/
> ____________________________
>
>
>
> Mike Langner, Chair
> SECC-NM
> 929 Alameda Road NW
> Albuquerque, NM 87114-1901
>
> (505) 898-3212 home/home office
> (505) 238-8810 cell
> mlangner at swcp.com
>
>
>
> *From:* sbe-eas <sbe-eas-bounces at sbe.org> *On Behalf Of *Mark Garrett via
> sbe-eas
> *Sent:* Thursday, January 11, 2024 9:54 AM
> *To:* SBE EAS Exchange - a mail list for discussion about the Emergency
> Alert System and other emergency communication issues. <sbe-eas at sbe.org>
> *Cc:* Mark Garrett <ma-garrett at wiu.edu>
> *Subject:* [sbe-eas] Question
>
>
>
> I have never seen this before but I received an RMT from one of my LP's
> and upon questioning them as it was missing any agency information nor
> announcement, they said they generated it themselves.  I was under the
> impression that only state and federal agencies were the only ones to
> generate an RMT.
>
>
>
> Thoughts on how to note this and is this something that an LP is allowed
> to do?
>
> The station has had issues in the past of relaying RMT's.
>
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-- 
Mark Garrett
Tri States Public Radio
WIUM Macomb, IL
WIUW Warsaw, IL
WVKC Galesburg, IL
K292GR Burlington, IA
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