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Illinois Impacted by Inadvertent EAS Trigger
6.26.2007
Several hundred stations in Illinois were affected by an EAS mistake this morning, sources told Radio World.
The Illinois Emergency Management Agency was testing new EAS equipment; what was supposed to be a closed-circuit test of the 10-minute presidential alert message from FEMA actually was broadcast to some 500 stations.
Starting at 7:30 this morning up to about 8 a.m., depending on when each station in the chain got the message, their programming was taken over for 10 minutes. All listeners in the Chicago area, for example, heard the alert tones and then WGN’s regular programming (with no explanation), according to sources. In other parts of the state, listeners would have heard dead air after the alert tones.
A monthly test would have lasted for two minutes, as opposed to the 10-minute presidential alert.
Chicago, Rockford, Quincy, and Springfield were among the affected areas.
Radio World will post further updates in tomorrow’s Leslie Report.
Messages to FEMA were not immediately returned.
Originally posted by undo
There's no evidence that half of illinois lost its radio stations nor Alaska, today or two days ago. This is pickin' up the Aussie Bloke tradition of pointing at images by mainstream astronomers, taking pics of a solar event, and trying to claim its planet X or an asteroid headed for Earth.
[edit on 26-6-2007 by undo]
Originally posted by Fowl Play
Thats how easy it is to take over all transmissions?????
does anyone know what the " emergency alert error" was??
*snip*what exactly can we look forward to in conformation next????
Originally posted by NGC2736
I could see this being used as an excuse to withdraw from the ME post haste. It would save face for a lot of people. And at least a 'fake' war is easy to win, or at least have a draw.
Could the PTB pull it off? Maybe.
If you trained a cadre of pilots to fly these things (supposed EBE craft, but really our own) and they were kept separate from the general Air Force, then they might have little or no reason not to engage regular units in simulated combat.
Also, a small group would be able to be selected, using profiling, that would be obedient to orders, even if those orders included killing US civilians. This would be on the same principle as taking out a jetliner about to crash into a populated area.
By having a separately trained and "brainwashed" (I hate that word, but it fits) group, you would get a natural reaction from the regular Air Force that required no planning at all, and that would be emotionally real.
Originally posted by Megadeth
I have noticed my cable going out 2 different times yesterday just going to a black screen with no audio. I know that is very mundane but I have never seen it go out before.
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Originally posted by promomag
Does anyone know if the EAS event in Illinois was recorded, I'm curious about the contents of the tones or anything in the signal that was in the broadcast during that period. Might be helpful.
Originally posted by Megadeth
I have noticed my cable going out 2 different times yesterday just going to a black screen with no audio. I know that is very mundane but I have never seen it go out before.
If you know the locations of these broadcast interruptions, which clearly you do,then please tell us where.
Originally posted by promomag
Does anyone know if the EAS event in Illinois was recorded, I'm curious about the contents of the tones or anything in the signal that was in the broadcast during that period. Might be helpful.
Originally posted by Sunalei
It went completely to a black screen but we did still have audio. It lasted for quite a few minutes.