I have bought a few weather radios, and I am a bit bothered that I cannot find one manufacturer that follows S.A.M.E. protocol and mutes the receiver after the EOM is played.
EOM, or end of message is used to tell the receivers to mute their audio and go into standby mode. Every single radio I have had the displeasure of using will totally ignore the EOM and leave the audio on for 5 minutes after activation. Why is this? It is able to decode the initial header with duration, fips codes and event codes but it isn't able to mute when the message is over? Instead, they use a timer. This is completely unacceptable. They can't say that there is a possibility it doesn't hear it, because it is played 3 times.
EOM, or end of message is used to tell the receivers to mute their audio and go into standby mode. Every single radio I have had the displeasure of using will totally ignore the EOM and leave the audio on for 5 minutes after activation. Why is this? It is able to decode the initial header with duration, fips codes and event codes but it isn't able to mute when the message is over? Instead, they use a timer. This is completely unacceptable. They can't say that there is a possibility it doesn't hear it, because it is played 3 times.
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