[grc] [Stubblefield] EAS Receiver options

[pete tridish]

pete tridish wrote:
> Well, your EAS equipment should not be where people are monkeying 
> around with it anyway. it should be in a closet or a rack that is out 
> of the way.  As i described, a UPS is generally sufficient to make 
> sure that the power on the receivers does not go off and you don't 
> have that problem.
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> As I said, to spend $400 more for these little things that only really 
> save a bit of time to  the engineer doing the installation seems 
> foolish considering the start up budget of many of these LPFMs. the 
> days of federally subsidized equipment for radio  are over, and the 
> overpriced products ( $400 radio receivers)  that emerged to cater to 
> that market of " not really my money, so who cares how much it costs" 
> are numbered.  there can be good reasons for a fancy receiver, like 
> monitoring for a translator.  but old stereo receivers have no moving 
> parts, and are generally ridiculously  reliable for their current 
> thrift store price. I'd say,  spend your money where it matters every 
> day, like on the console.
>
> petri
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> juice at whidbey.com wrote:
>> 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
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