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Old July 8th 08, 09:11 PM posted to rec.radio.shortwave
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Default XM Satellite Radio 59 Minutes of Music an Hour . . .



Dave wrote:

On Tue, 08 Jul 2008 12:34:01 -0700, RHF wrote:

While listening to the XM Satellite Radio Channel 78
http://www.xmradio.com/onxm/channelpage.xmc?ch=78 "Escape" with 59
Minutes of Music an Hour then I suddenly heard the Emergency Alert
System Message [FCC/FEMA] http://www.xmradio.com/help/faqs/about.xmc

Emergency Alert System Message [FCC/FEMA]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergency_Alert_System


EAS is a joke. You're much better off with a NOAA Alert Receiver and a
scanner.


I prefer to scan the skys waiting to see the burst and the mushroom cloud!

If I'm gonna go, I want to see the fireworks.