Book details

  • Genre:technology & engineering
  • Sub-genre:Reference
  • Language:English
  • Pages:220
  • Paperback ISBN:9798952298040

The Emergency Alert System

A Technical Reference for Broadcast, Cable, and Emergency Management Teams

By Greg Phillips

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Overview

Nearly every radio, television, cable and satellite household in the United States can be reached within minutes by a system that almost no one outside the industry understands and about which almost nothing has been written. This book closes that gap. It follows the Emergency Alert System from CONELRAD's Cold War frequency-hopping, through the Emergency Broadcast System, to today's hybrid of legacy broadcast relay and internet-delivered CAP messaging then explains, in working detail, how the whole of it actually operates.
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Description

W H A T I S I N S I D E The SAME protocol bit by bit timing, code tables modulation, header grammar, IPAWS, the Common Alerting Protocol, and Wireless Emergency Alerts Cable alerting and SCTE 18 in the depth no other book attempts Part 11 compliance, the testing regime, ETRS, and enforcement The 2013 hijackings, the 2018 Hawaii false alert, and every nationwide test What the research actually says about whether warnings change behavior Commissioning, maintenance and troubleshooting procedures for the rac
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About The Author

Beginning his career in 1984, Greg gained early expertise in Electrical, Fire Alarm, Motor Control, and Complex Industrial PLC Control Systems before joining the US Navy's Advanced Electronics Program in 1990. He then specialized in HF/VHF/UHF/SHF/EHF Communications, Miniature PCB repair, Radar and Fleet Broadcast and Tactical Satellite Communications. Upon an honorable discharge he worked in the Satellite Communications field for Comsat World Systems and Intelsat and later moved on to IT consulting for the federal government and commercial entities providing Software Engineering, Systems Performance Testing, and Systems Infrastructure with the last 12yrs (2014 – 2026) spent as a consultant in the Cable MSO space providing services for IP & Linear Video delivery and EAS SME with specialties in RF Terrestrial & Satellite Communications, Systems Integration/Migration, Systems Architecture, Network Infrastructure, and Data Center Operations. When not in a datacenter you can find him on-air via HAM radio call-sign W4GAP or off-road motorcycle riding in North GA.
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