Re: Oct. 3, 2018 EAS Presidential Alert test

[Jason Wilson <jason () remotelylocated com>]

VZW and Fi phones both had positive activation.  Local small town Radio Station also had positive EAS activation in 
California.  No Weather Radio Activation.
 
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> On Oct 3, 2018, at 11:52 AM, Andy Ringsmuth <andy () andyring com> wrote:
>
> Did anyone on AT&T or an iPhone receive the test today? I believe it was supposed to happen at 2:18 EDT, followed by 
> one on broadcast radio at 2:20 EDT.
>
> I’m in CDT, so 1:18 and 1:20 p.m. CDT.
>
> Message was heard on my desk radio at 1:21:35 p.m. CDT but as of the sending of this at 1:52 p.m. CDT, nothing on 
> phones. I have an office full of AT&T iPhones and not a single one of them alerted.
>
> FEMA says https://www.fema.gov/emergency-alert-test
>
> "Cell towers will broadcast the WEA test for approximately 30 minutes beginning at 2:18 p.m. EDT. During this time, 
> WEA compatible cell phones that are switched on, within range of an active cell tower, and whose wireless provider 
> participates in WEA should be capable of receiving the test message. Some cell phones will not receive the test 
> message, and cell phones should only receive the message once."
>
> My wife, with a Sprint iPhone, received the test.
>
>
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