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> I would assume it’s illegal on public airwaves when not an actual emergency where EAS was activated. Correct. CFR Title 17, Part 11 [1] specifies the technic
by throwanem 4y ago
> I would assume it’s illegal on public airwaves when not an actual emergency where EAS was activated.
Correct. CFR Title 17, Part 11 [1] specifies the technical and operational aspects of EAS. Section 45:
> No person may transmit or cause to transmit the EAS codes or Attention Signal, or a recording or simulation thereof, in any circumstance other than in an actual National, State or Local Area emergency or authorized test of the EAS. Broadcast station licensees should also refer to §73.1217 of this chapter.
[1] https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CFR-2010-title47-vol1/pdf/CFR-2010-title47-vol1-part11.pdf https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CFR-2010-title47-vol1/pd...
- brewdad 4y agoWould setting this as my ringtone count as a transmission if I’m out in public or does this only apply to licensed broadcasters utilizing assigned frequencies?
- throwanem 4y agoThe latter. I actually do use a ringtone composed of three SAME headers and the attention signal; specifically, I use that ringtone for PagerDuty. It reliably raises me from the dead in the correct state of mind to respond to an alert, and also reliably turns heads when it goes off while I'm out and about. But I don't need to worry that the FCC's gonna come after me about it, as long as I don't have my phone plugged into a radio station when it goes off. That said, if I were doing a radio interview or something, I'd be sure to turn off my phone or at least remove PagerDuty's ability to override the silent switch.