I have a Sage EAS Endec 1822 and I'm just wanting to hold off tests or weather messages until after the song Everything else like EAN, etc. could be aired first
On 3/8/16, Cowboy <c...@cwf1.com> wrote: > On 03/08/2016 11:02 AM, Rob Landry wrote: >> No; the rules don't allow pre-recording an EAS test; it has to run live >> from the encoder. > > And there is ample precedent. ( 5 figure fines, initially, then it gets bad > ) > > The way the rules read one could mis-interpret an allowed delay, but > that's > not right. ( unless you're congress, or a judge ) > What they mean, is the maximum delay due to equipment function. ( > store-forward > within the EAS box ) > > The intent of the rule, is that the EAS box goes as the last point in the > STL before the transmitter, so that it auto-interrupts anything and > everything, no matter what. > The actual rule is just badly written. > At the time, the effort was to write the rule in such a way that it didn't > require things that were physically impossible at the time, such as > automatic > instantaneous retransmission of everything EAS. ( and thank God it doesn't > ) > Or things that were unnecessary, such as automatically immediately > repeating > emergency info on the air, when there was a live operator who could do a > better job of it anyway. > That's been (mis)interpreted in various ways. > > -- > Cowboy > _______________________________________________ > Rivendell-dev mailing list > Rivendell-dev@lists.rivendellaudio.org > http://caspian.paravelsystems.com/mailman/listinfo/rivendell-dev > _______________________________________________ Rivendell-dev mailing list Rivendell-dev@lists.rivendellaudio.org http://caspian.paravelsystems.com/mailman/listinfo/rivendell-dev
