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From:Wednesday, March 25, 2009 11:35 AM -0800
Subject:Re: March 25, 2009 **Special** Required Monthly Test 
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I received a message from our office in King Salmon reporting the
following...

KAKN in King Salmon did not receive the test message at all.
KDLG did get the message at 0951 AKDT, no audio with the ARCS feed and
no end of message prompt so they had to manually stop it.

Sam

Fisher, Bryan J (MVA) wrote:
> The Special Test of Emergency Alert System was successfully
> transmitted at 0946 Alaska time.  The test was observed on the
> following stations in Anchorage:
>  
> 162.550 VHF - KEC-43 NOAA Weather Radio
> 750 AM - KFQD
> Channel 5 (GCI Cable Anchorage) KYES
> Channel 7 (GCI Cable Anchorage) KAKM
> Channel 11 (GCI Cable Anchorage) KTVA
> Channel 13 (GCI Cable Anchorage) KIMO
>  
> Bryan J. Fisher
> Chief of Operations
> Alaska Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> *From:* Fisher, Bryan J (MVA)
> *Sent:* Wednesday, March 25, 2009 9:30 AM
> *Subject:* March 25, 2009 **Special** Required Monthly Test
> *Importance:* High
>
> The Required Monthly Test for March will be conducted this morning,
> March 25, at approximately 9:45 AM.  The test will be conducted
> utilizing the TSW (Tsunami Warning) event code instead of the RMT
> code.  The test will be initiated by the National Weather Service.
>  
> All subject broadcasters and cable system operators are encouraged to
> send a status message to rmt_status@ak-prepared.com 
> <mailto:rmt_status@ak-prepared.com> upon completion of the test.  
> Please include your station call sign and whether or not the test was
> successful or not in the subject line of your email.  In the body,
> please include the time received and rebroadcast, and on what
> monitoring source you receive the test.  If you do not receive the
> test please visit http://fc.ak-prepared.com/rmt_status.  This site may
> help you determine any upstream problems with transmission of the test.
>  
> Additionally, participants are encouraged to visit
> http://www.tsunami.gov/test to report receipt.
>  
>