Marcus Calls for Random Tests of Emergency Alerts
Marcus Spectrum Solutions called for random testing of wireless emergency alerts and other parts of the emergency alert system. “The Commission and its partners in other agencies must start planning in a careful and deliberate way to implement a small…
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fraction of EAS and WEA testing at times that happen throughout the day and are not precisely announced with the exact date and time,” Marcus said in comments posted Wednesday in docket 15-94: “At present all such tests have the time and date announced with typically 2 months advanced notice.” Marcus noted the EAS became operational Jan. 1, 1997, and 25 years “should have been enough time to allow some random testing at odd hours to verify that no industry changes have resulted in unanticipated issues that are hidden by having only preannounced tests during the prime shift.”