47 C.F.R. 47 CFR--PART 11


Title 47 - Telecommunication


Amendment from November 25, 2005

47 CFR--PART 11
View Printed Federal Register page 70 FR 71033 in PDF format.

Amendment(s) published November 25, 2005, in 70 FR 71033


Effective Date(s): Dec. 31, 2006 or May 31, 2007.

9. Amend §11.33 by revising paragraphs (a)(4) and (b) introductory text to read as follows:

§ 11.33   EAS Decoder.

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(4) Display and logging. A visual message shall be developed from any valid header codes for tests and national activations and any preselected header codes received. The message shall include the Originator, Event, Location, the valid time period of the message and the local time the message was transmitted. The message shall be in the primary language of the EAS Participant and be fully displayed on the decoder and readable in normal light and darkness. All existing and new models of EAS decoders manufactured after August 1, 2003 must provide a means to permit the selective display and logging of EAS messages containing header codes for state and local EAS events. Effective May 16, 2002, analog radio and television broadcast stations, analog cable systems and wireless cable systems may upgrade their decoders on an optional basis to include a selective display and logging capability for EAS messages containing header codes for state and local events. EAS Participants that install or replace their decoders after February 1, 2004 must install decoders that provide a means to permit the selective display and logging of EAS messages containing header codes for state and local EAS events.

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(b) Attention Signal. EAS Decoders shall have detection and activation circuitry that will demute a receiver upon detection of the two audio tones of 853 Hz and 960 Hz. To prevent false responses, decoders designed to use the two tones for receiver demuting shall comply with the following:

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