[SBE] EAS CAP

[Russ VanderHorst]

Hi All,

As a student, and basically right now an outside observer, it doesn't make
sense to me why these protocols have not been determined a long time ago and
tested so that they know that they work. Hopefully we will never need a real
test of the national system, but it just seems to me to be common sense to
get this matter resolved and tested just in case it ever really needs to be
used. Just my two cents worth. 

Russ

My web page 
Russvanderhorst.info



-----Original Message-----
From: sbe-bounces at sbe.org [mailto:sbe-bounces at sbe.org] On Behalf Of Cowboy
Sent: Monday, October 05, 2009 8:31 PM
To: sbe member discussion mail list
Subject: Re: [SBE] EAS CAP

On Sunday 04 October 2009 08:59 pm, k7cr wrote:


>  When the chips are down and everything 'craps-out' (Technical term) what

is 

>  our ultimate fall-back (Proven over and over again)?

>  

>  HAM RADIO

>  

>  They do it with  - WIRELESS.

>  

>  Duh !


 This was a biggie in my original comments that created EAS in it's very
first incantation.

 At that time, the feeling at the FCC was that the prohibition on material
for "broadcast"
 precluded any use of the Amateur service as part of EAS.

 As then, I still stand squarely on the side of using any and all resources
available
 when life is at stake.
 Then, the lawyers in the FCC disagreed.

 Then, I proposed Amateur as an alternative source. Backup, secondary,
thirdary,
 ( is that a word ? ) whatever.
 I'd proposed allowing the use of converted amateur gear FOR broadcast
during a
 declared emergency. That too, was rejected, on basis that it hadn't been
type approved
 for broadcast.
 Even back then, the LAWYERS were part of the problem.

 That my original comments were taken pretty much verbatim, as THE original
EAS
 I still consider to be a feather in my cap, in spite of what many
broadcasters have
 stated subsequently.
 Remember, that original incantation allowed TWO YEARS for revisions of
almost
 any kind at all, by broadcasters.
 How many submitted revisions ?
 I know exactly how many. It's a round number.
 No pity from this corner.

 Still, it's another day.
 Maybe in this day, common sense can prevail ?

-- 
Cowboy

http://cowboys.homeip.net

What is irritating about love is that it is a crime that requires an
accomplice.
		-- Charles Baudelaire

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