[grc] [Stubblefield] EAS Receiver options

[juice at whidbey.com]

I have seen many stations attempting to use used consumer grade FM-AM
receivers for EAS monitor inputs.
The problem I see is consumer receivers can get unnoticed knocked off
your monitor channel far to easily with someone inadvertently rubbing
up agents the wrong channel button or the channel selector knob. After
a power failure some receivers will not come back to the original set
monitor frequency. If discovered by a FCC inspection, its a potential
large fine.
Tom Voorhees

don't forget NOAA radio with headphone out too.

 
David Beaton 
525 Kumquat Ct
Fogartyville Community Media and Arts Center
WSLR LPFM
SARASOTA, FL 34236

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CC: Susan Raybuck <wimberleyvalleyradio at gmail.com>; GRC List
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I always just get the dasecs, without receivers.  saves $400.  Then
I buy two old stereos from thrift stores, and hook them to the inputs.
Usually cost maybe $25 each.   Make sure to plug everything into a
UPS, so that if the power goes down, the receivers will stay tuned to
their frequencies. Sometimes I need to run an external antenna, but
you'd have to do that with an internal receiver, too.   Never had a
problem with that set up. 

 I can't bear the idea of spending an extra $400 for what amounts to
an AM and an FM tuner--- I have literally 40 FM tuners lying around my
house, as i discovered when we did the "Million Radio March" on
Washington DC. 

http://imarad.io/ [1]million-radio-march
/

 Will Floyd wrote:  I've used both the SAGE and the DASDEC, and would
recommend both. As you say, the SAGE doesn't come with integrated
receivers. External receivers can run you a lot if you get the nice
ones, but you can use the cheaper ones like the Rolls HR78 or HS81. If
you use cheaper receivers you can run into problems with reception,
and with restarting on the wrong channel after power outages, and you
won't be able to receive NOAA channels. 

Best practice is to receive at least 3 channels for EAS, Local Primary
1, Local Primary 2, and the NOAA weather channel. You should check
your state (and county if applicable) EAS plans to see if they require
2 or 3 receivers. Just google "EAS plan" + your state.

I would recommend getting the DASDEC-II DASLC+R (3 receivers) if you
can swing it. If you need to save some money you could get the
DASDEC-II DASLCR (2 receivers) and then add an external Rolls HR78
receiver for your Local Primary 2 station. That way you have a solid
receiver following your LP1 station, a receiver following NOAA, and
you can upgrade to a better external receiver for your LP2 at a later
time.

Hope that helps!

On Tue, Jul 14, 2015 at 4:57 PM, Susan Raybuck
<wimberleyvalleyradio at gmail.com [2]>
 wrote:
Based on the list of LPFM equipment listed on several resources,
KWVH-LP has been looking at using a Sage Digital ENDEC for our EAS.
However in a discussion over a quote we received, I was asked about
the number of tuners we'd need. They recommend 2 receivers to monitor
to be fully compliant with the FCC. They said we may be better served
getting the DASLCR which comes with 2 integrated receivers.

 If we bought two receivers on top of the Sage, it's likely to be more
costly than the DASLCR - but I don't know about qualities of either
such as reliability and ease of use. I'd appreciate your help
evaluating our options.

 We haven't yet located the retired broadcast engineer here who might
want to donate his / her services so all the costs need to be weighed.

 Thank you!

 Susan

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