02-13-2019, 11:36 AM
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Originally posted by seekir
an alert for Kauai interrupted at a crucial moment
Yeah, in 2019 that should never happen. When you receive an EAS alert that is not local, it's done as a cost-cutting measure to meet the absolute minimum of the law. A complete EAS system for TV/radio is about $3000 +/-. A drop in the bucket for a huge corporate broadcaster.
You can sometimes hear EAS alerts and tests from Kentucky, Oregon and Idaho in Hilo on some of the mega-church low power stations.
I've set up EAS boxes in Hawaii and Seattle-- it's amazing how much more advanced and localized the system is in Seattle (with great sound quality).