[Scan-DC] June 22 Test of the Wireless Emergency Alert system in DC

[Samuel Dixon]

It may be both but at the least I read it as intended to be a test of alerts to cellular devices much like the Amber alerts we receive on our phones from time to time.

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> On Jun 1, 2019, at 12:52, Joel Kahn <jrkahn at att.net> wrote:
> 
> Is this test going to be broadcast on the NOAA radio system, like their regular monthly Wednesday tests?  
> or is it a test that uses the cellular providers to broadcast the signal to consumers cell phones? (&/or TV stations)
> Joel R Kahn 
> 
>    On Saturday, June 1, 2019, 2:24:21 AM EDT, Jeff Krauss <jeff at krauss.ws> wrote:  
> 
> 
> IMPROVING WIRELESS EMERGENCY ALERTS AND COMMUNITY-INITIATED ALERTING; 
> AMENDMENTS TO PART 11 OF THE COMMISSION'S RULES REGARDING THE 
> EMERGENCY ALERT SYSTEM. Grants a limited waiver of the FCC's Wireless 
> Emergency Alert rules to permit a test to be conducted by the DC 
> Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency. (Dkt No 15-91 
> 15-94). Action by: Deputy Chief, Public Safety and Homeland Security 
> Bureau. Adopted: 2019-05-29 by ORDER. (DA No. 19-483). PSHSB. 
> <https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DA-19-483A1.docx>DA-19-483A1.docx 
> <https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DA-19-483A1.pdf>DA-19-483A1.pdf 
> <https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DA-19-483A1.txt>DA-19-483A1.txt
> 
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