[sbe-eas] sbe-eas Digest, Vol 244, Issue 4

[Steve Diggins]

We have a DASDEC II software version 5.2-2 and always had low audio and high static with weather radio even with external antennas.
I would miss an alert, but rarely however.
I finally bought a Sangean CL-100 and placed it in our furthest building and brought the audio over on a Barix.
I use an external antenna there too.
The audio is much cleaner and the noise floor is lower.
No problems since.

Steve Diggins
Broadcast Maintenance Engineer
5800 W. Sunset Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90028-6607
Ph. 323.460.3926
Steve.Diggins at ktla.com

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   1. Re: NWS EAS Question (Dave Turnmire)
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Message: 1
Date: Tue, 2 Apr 2024 10:09:50 -0600
From: Dave Turnmire <eassbelist at gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [sbe-eas] NWS EAS Question
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Our original DASDEC IIs worked fine. When we replaced them with the DASDEC IIIs, the tuner performance has been a significant disappointment.? Bare in mind, most of ours are in rural areas and may be receiving from farther away than some of you.? And the software indicated regarding proper signal levels used to be relatively accurate... now it is largely worthless.? As for NOAA Weather... we were initially able to receive them OK, but in recent months, even though it "sounds OK" when monitoring the audio, it hasn't been able to successfully decode alerts.? We still get them via our LPs (which use SAGE and monitor same NWR transmitter), so it hasn't been at the top of my Do List to figure out the problem.? I can't definitively say whether the problem is with my DASDEC or some subtle problem that has developed with the local NWR... all I know is that SAGE users seem to be able to decode it OK.

And yes... I have a vertically polarized outside Yagi pointed at the NWR transmitter.

Dave

On 4/1/2024 7:20 PM, Christopher Tarr wrote:
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> Hello!
>
> Has anyone received any reports of difficulties receiving NWS alert
> messages on DASDEC?s? Our local office has gotten a few complaints
> about missing tests, and the common theme seems to be that the
> stations are DASDEC users. One station reports software version 5.2-1.
>
> Thanks,
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> Chris Tarr
>
> SECC Broadcast Chair, WI
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Date: Tue, 2 Apr 2024 11:23:14 -0500
From: Mark Garrett <ma-garrett at wiu.edu>
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Being a Sage ENDEC user and not having this issue brings up a question.
Can you use a separate receiver to feed the DASDEC to determine if the issue is the receiver or the decoding portion of the DASDEC?
Assume you can monitor each receiver's quality from either the web or via the front speaker.

Mark

On Mon, Apr 1, 2024 at 8:21?PM Christopher Tarr <chris at tarr.cc> wrote:

> Hello!
>
>
>
> Has anyone received any reports of difficulties receiving NWS alert
> messages on DASDEC?s? Our local office has gotten a few complaints
> about missing tests, and the common theme seems to be that the
> stations are DASDEC users. One station reports software version 5.2-1.
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Chris Tarr
>
> SECC Broadcast Chair, WI
>
>

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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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