EMERGENCY ALERT SYSTEM
December 12, 2009
2010 NH EAS Required Monthly Test Schedule (Word document format)
FCC EAS web page | AMBER - what it's all about | Event codes
The latest indication from FEMA is that new standards for Common Alerting Protocol (CAP), that will be the backbone of a new, improved EAS structure, will be issued in the third quarter of 2010. After that the FCC will give the broadcast industry 180 days to purchase and install new EAS equipment that is compatible with the CAP Protocols and the new IPAWS warning structure.
Read more about IPAWS here. To download the FCC-required EAS Handbooks, click here.
To be sure your broadcast station or cable TV franchise is monitoring the correct EAS assignments under the NH State Plan, contact one of us by e-mail (links below).
Manufacturer information: Sage Endec | TFT 911 | HollyAnne Corporation | Gorman-Redlich | MTS |
NOAA WEATHER RADIO
The NH State Plan relies on NOAA Weather Radio as one of three originating EAS message sources. Stations should monitor one of these frequencies:
- Concord (WXJ40, 162.400, 330 watts)
- Saddleback Mountain, Deerfield (KZZ40, 162.450, 300 watts)
- Mt. Washington (KZZ41, 162.50, 300 watts)
- Pack Monadnock (WNG575, 162.525, 300 watts)
- Holderness (WNG545, 162.55, 300 watts)
- Hanover (WNG546, 162.525, 300 watts)
- Clarksville (WNG544, 162.400, 300 watts)
For a chart showing other NOAA frequencies in Vermont, Maine and Massachusetts, click here. Weather warnings comprise about 95% of EAS traffic. Radio, TV and cable stations that monitor these frequencies can elevate themselves on the EAS daisy chain by monitoring a primary source directly instead of relying on another AM/FM/TV station to relay the information.
It is in every station's best interest to remove as many layers of relaying as possible. As always, feel free to get in touch with your EAS concerns.
contact: Ed Brouder, Chairman | Alan Marchioni, Vice Chairman