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Offline ThaDood

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Ye Poor Man's EAS. Cheap, very cheap. The catch? You have to build it.
« on: April 04, 2020, 0627 UTC »
Boomer brought to my attention that someone on www.part15.org bitched that Part #15 ops are not required to have an Emergency Alert System (EAS). And no wonder... When I worked in TV broadcasting, that station owner picked up a used EAS for $3,000.00. Hmmmmmmmmmmm, that more than most Part #15 complete stations out there. Someone did come up with an idea there to use a Kenwood car stereo with an EAS feature for $100.00. Yeah, way better. Well, for years I've pondered on using a SAME Weather Alert Radio and came up with the following put-together project for around $50.00!   https://archive.org/details/yepoormanseasrev2.1/mode/2up    Works great! And the price is certainly right. And, you really don't need that much in electronics experience to build and put it all together. Might not be a bad idea to have something like this on our stations with the conditions that we are experiencing today.
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Re: Ye Poor Man's EAS. Cheap, very cheap.
« Reply #1 on: April 04, 2020, 2143 UTC »
You know eas is intended to let fedz take over pretty much all means of bcast comms right?
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Re: Ye Poor Man's EAS. Cheap, very cheap.
« Reply #2 on: April 05, 2020, 1751 UTC »
Hmmmm, yeah... But, at least with the preceding circuit and method above the Part #15 user has more flexibility. And, no mysterious envelope to open for a nation emergency. Uh-huh...
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Over the years I have to admit coming up with some no-so good ideas for products. The Skipping Cassette Decks, (In case you missed record skipping.), never took. Water Resistant Lollipops never caught on either, even though you could enjoy those in the rain and in the shower. Then, there's the Anatomically Correct Mrs. Butterworth Syrup Dispenser. (Just guess where the syrup came out of.) Nope, no takers.
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