There are areas that 1) have tests that go off more than once per week and/or 2) have abnormally loud alerts - that is not normal. The emergency warning was to notify everyone in Ontario of an Amber Alert for 8-year-old Gabriel McCallum, who was last seen in Gorham Township (near Thunder Bay). You don't like the weekly test or the siren was distorted? WOW THAT #AMBERALERT . It was OK, except for the fact that it happend around 3:30 AM in the morning. Scares the Bejesus out of our Golden Retriever. Because it was so loud it seemed like it blow the speakers. RMTs must be performed between 8:30 a.m. and local sunset during odd numbered months, and local sunset to 8:30 am for even months. By default, this is turned off. The level is way too high. i recently seen a weekly test of the emergency alert system it happend twice today the first time it happens around 12:20 and then later at 3:00 or 3:10 it scared me it popped up with a banner on the screen i guessed a Special Packet with the text ***REQUIRED WEEKLY TEST*** on the screen on the second Emergency alert system test the Siren sound was a little Distorted *I am not an AT&T employee, and the views and opinions expressed on this forum are purely my own. While only the four aforementioned events are required by federal law to be logged, most stations log all received activations. Logs may be kept by hand but are usually kept automatically by a small receipt printer in the encoder/decoder unit. Television stations are not required to transmit a video message for weekly tests. Stations are to retain the latest version of the EAS handbook. WEA Tips. I don't need my speakers blown out for something out of my control. Some television stations transmit only the visual message which is outside of the requirements. What is the reason for your post? The Emergency Alert System (EAS) is a national warning system in the United States put into place on January 1, 1997 (approved by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in November 1994), when it replaced the Emergency Broadcast System (EBS), which in turn replaced CONELRAD.It is jointly coordinated by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the Federal Communications … [9] Stations traditionally have been allowed to opt out of relaying other alerts such as severe weather, and child abduction emergencies (AMBER Alerts) if they so choose. Also, as somebody else has mentioned, my test alerts always include Alaska. A television station may be used for monitoring by another station and thus the audio is necessary. Isn't one of the problems that the EAS tests occur MORE often than weekly? I do not like it either, especially when we have our Surround Sound on. Instead they transmit a message instructing listeners/viewers to tune to another station for the information, and they must then suspend their operation. A text "crawl" is displayed at the top of the screen that contains all of the information encoded in the initial SAME header. I've had them occur 3x in the same day / same channel. Stations are required by federal law to keep logs of all received required monthly test, required weekly test, emergency action notification, and emergency action termination messages. I have the same issue that the EAB Emergency Alert Broadcast meesages are way too loud. When you receive this type of alert, you'll hear a sound that's similar to an alarm, and the alert will mention that it's a … the reason is that i don't like the weekly test. When I first subscribed in 2008, the "weekly" tests were painfully loud and popped up, darned near every day. All rights reserved. Additional Resources. These decoders continuously monitor the signals from other nearby broadcast stations for EAS messages. You can not like them all you want, they are required by law so don't expect them to go away. Received monthly tests must be re-transmitted within 60 minutes from receipt.Additionally, an RMT should not be scheduled or conducted during an event of great importance such as a pre-announced Presidential speech, coverage of a national/local election, major local or national news coverage outside regularly scheduled newscast hours or a major national sporting event such as the Super Bowl or World Series, with other events such as the Daytona 500 and Olympic Games mentioned in individual EAS state plans. They are now at a "normal" level and I never notice more than 1x/week. Non-participating stations do not relay National messages. Logs may also be kept electronically inside the unit as long as there is access to an external printer or method to transfer them to a personal computer. It … Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEAs) are short emergency messages from authorized federal, state, local, tribal and territorial public alerting authorities that can be broadcast from cell towers to any WEA‐enabled mobile device in a locally targeted area. In addition to the audio messages transmitted by radio stations, television stations must also transmit a visual message. Please understand that a station, network or municipality might insert their own EBS test, outside AT&T's and those would be above AT&T's once per week and some of their tones are outrageous. Cute & Funny! You are entitled to your opinion, as we all are. ©2020 AT&T Intellectual Property. .css-dixatk{color:#000000 !important;background-color:!important;}.css-dixatk:hover{color:#141414 !important;background-color:#f0f0f3 !important;}.css-dixatk:focus{color:#141414 !important;background-color:#f0f0f3 !important;}.css-1ay6ky1{line-height:50px !important;}Forums, i recently seen a weekly test of the emergency alert system it happend twice today  the first time it happens around 12:20 and then later at 3:00 or 3:10 it scared me it popped up with a banner on the screen i guessed a Special Packet with the text ***REQUIRED WEEKLY TEST*** on the screen on the second Emergency alert system test the Siren sound was a little Distorted.