http://www.live365.com/stations/alanmccall
Streaming began July 9, 2001.. like the Energizer bunny..still going.
I wouldn't do it. You could be held
accountable for something. Then you
would be in over your head. And that
would be a bad deal all the way around.
I've mentioned this before, but:
2 years ago a storm hit and Connecticut
(where I live) had almost a million houses
without power. In my neighborhood, people
kept walking out in the middle of the street
to pass on info to each other. (There was
no traffic for days, and no power.)
If i had a battery powered Part 15 station,
I could have given out some good local info.
I have a lot of radios. (Mostly old but
working.) I could have handed them out
to my neighbors. It would have worked.
Bruce, DOGRADIO
P.S. There was no power, so the AM band
would not have tons of RFI from all kinds
of devices - including the power line
interference mess. That would have
made it even better. Not that I
would want a storm like that to
happen again. It was pretty awful.
i have an older pre CAP sage standard EAS box. it picks up records and relays alerts just fine. the new EAS units are the same as the old EAS units only they add a digital CAP/internet input to the system in addition to the standard over the air alert codes commonly heard. again during all the bad weather we had it received and relayed alerts just fine. it picks up the RWT and RMT alerts and relays them perfectly. we are not licensed stations have no logging or programming requirements. therer is nothing in the rules that say we can't use EAS systems on our microstations. it's nothing more than a glorified tone activated audio relay box. our microstations have a city grade signal of 200-300ft. my part 15 only covers the 2 buildings where i have transmitters located to give you an idea of the true range on these things. thats about 72 apartments on semi private property. the fcc is only concerned that we meet 15.219 and 15.239. they are not concerned if we do or don't use EAS because as far as they are concerned we are glorified mr microphones meant top cover a very limited area and nothing more.
It relays weather information just fine. So does a $25 weather radio with a relay. We have no need our requirement to receive and broadcast weekly and monthly tests. Your non CAP unit will not receive any alerts that are sent by local officials, or the vast number of actual alerts that are now sent via internet.
Personally, I see it as nothing more than pretending to be "big radio" with cheap outdated boxes. If you want to do it, buy the real thing and do it for real, don't pretend you're EAS capable.
If you just like the fun of hooking stuff up, go for it. I will agree that it's probably not illegal, or legal, and that the FCC doesn't really care. But wouldn't it be interesting to find out! You're right, the older units are tone activated relay boxes. The new units receive much more than that.
Tim in Bovey
Iron Range Country