I've heard hundreds of tests throughout my life as have others I know. They always indicate that it is a test if it is a test so this is special/strange.
I was just thinking that, what would be the point of sending an alert tone with no message? So they send a message through the EBS, but then no description on why the alert was sent and no info on what to do? That doesnt make any sense whatsoever.
Why cannot it absolutely not be the case? What makes you think they HAVE to announce it being a test in order for it to be a test?
Many of us have heard the tone over the radio with no accompanying message before, we don't think its overly unusual.
The purpose of a test is to see whether a station is playing the tone or not, you don't need to announce it being a test in order to determine who is complying.
I'm a pretty old guy and as I recall from a long long time ago there were direct statements about this stating specifically you will ALWAYS hear an announcement of it being a test, otherwise it is the real deal. This was common knowledge just a couple decades ago. It was a very explicit requirement by the Emergency Broadcasting System.
And just for the sake of this discussion I just called a buddy up who's been in radio for a long time and he told me the same thing. They always have to announce it's a test.
Obviously one of us is wrong and neither of us is going to convince the other.
Let's just hope things are shaking around behind the scenes for all of our sakes.
I've heard hundreds of tests throughout my life as have others I know. They always indicate that it is a test if it is a test so this is special/strange.
Ok... well your experience is obviously limited because it happens.
Tell me why an alert tone would play with no message if it isn't a test.
I was just thinking that, what would be the point of sending an alert tone with no message? So they send a message through the EBS, but then no description on why the alert was sent and no info on what to do? That doesnt make any sense whatsoever.
See this person's message: https://greatawakening.win/p/12hRCFk0GJ/x/c/4Dx422Dw3n8
Exactly and this is why we need to talk about it and know about it. It's not a test, so what are they doing?
Maybe part of Mockingbird?
That's sheer delusion.
This is exactly why I'm posting this. Saying it is a test is insufficient because this cannot be the case. So it leaves us with "why"?
Why cannot it absolutely not be the case? What makes you think they HAVE to announce it being a test in order for it to be a test?
Many of us have heard the tone over the radio with no accompanying message before, we don't think its overly unusual.
The purpose of a test is to see whether a station is playing the tone or not, you don't need to announce it being a test in order to determine who is complying.
I'm a pretty old guy and as I recall from a long long time ago there were direct statements about this stating specifically you will ALWAYS hear an announcement of it being a test, otherwise it is the real deal. This was common knowledge just a couple decades ago. It was a very explicit requirement by the Emergency Broadcasting System.
And just for the sake of this discussion I just called a buddy up who's been in radio for a long time and he told me the same thing. They always have to announce it's a test.
Obviously one of us is wrong and neither of us is going to convince the other.
Let's just hope things are shaking around behind the scenes for all of our sakes.
Someone already explained it to you... some prepared people were expecting the signal and went into action without the public being really aware
Sure, that's a possibility based off of whim, but it doesn't remedy hearing test tones without any accompanying message multiple times before.
See: https://greatawakening.win/p/12hRCFk0GJ/x/c/4Dx422Dw3n8