Emergency Alert

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mike
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Emergency Alert

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I was wondering if anyone knew if you could listen to EAS broadcasts like on the television on your scanner and if so does anyone know the frequency?
w6pix
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Post by w6pix »

Well, about the best I know of it the SAME feature on some scanners.

http://www.weather.gov/nwr/nwrsame.htm

When an EAS goes out, it puts out a tone that wakes up the receiver..

I think you have to leave it on the correct NOAA channel all the time however.

You can get similar information thru EDIS. It can be sent to your email or your wireless device.

Sign up here. From the State of CA, Office of Emergency Services

http://www.edis.ca.gov/

FREE as well.
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Tks
N6ATF
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Re: Emergency Alert

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EAS just went nuts on all Cox Cable analog channels. The NWS broadcast had different digital tones than the usual, it finished, then it switched to KOGO, with a bumper promo, and back into Dr. Laura's show.
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Re: Emergency Alert

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N6ATF wrote:EAS just went nuts on all Cox Cable analog channels. The NWS broadcast had different digital tones than the usual, it finished, then it switched to KOGO, with a bumper promo, and back into Dr. Laura's show.
You were watching Dr. Laura? :oops: Never mind. :mrgreen:
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Re: Emergency Alert

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Dr. Laura goes out on KOGO during drive-time.
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Re: Emergency Alert

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N6ATF wrote:Dr. Laura goes out on KOGO during drive-time.
Just yanking your chain. :lol:
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Re: Emergency Alert

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[quote="N6ATF"]EAS just went nuts on all Cox Cable analog channels. The NWS broadcast had different digital tones than the usual, it finished, then it switched to KOGO, with a bumper promo, and back into Dr. Laura's show.[/quote]


Yeah I heard that too it did the alert sound then the voice and then I heard the NOAA broadcast it was odd and no I wasn't watching dr. laura's show either lol :lol:
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Re: Emergency Alert

Post by seargentslaughter »

depending on what kind of scanner you have you can pick up tv frequencies that will get the EAS. I have an icom that picks up some channel between 2-9 that i know get the EAS. I cant think of the frequency though. wherever you are just scan around and listen up closely because i know you can still get tv audio and on an icom scanner with a tv screen you can watch tv. scan throughout the house cuz in different areas of my apartment i can get OLN or Vs whatever its called now
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Re: Emergency Alert

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Sorry, no more scanner listening to TV. The new digital over the air TV is, naturally, a new, different digital modulation, not receivable by scanners. For that matter, no more using the old Icom 'TV capable' scanners to watch TV, either, except for ham TV and maybe point to point video links.
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