Here are the dates and times of the EAS Required Monthly Tests (RMT). As a reminder, the EAS State Plan states that the RMT must be transmitted during the third full week of the month. The FCC’s Part 11 Rules state that during odd-numbered months, the RMT will be scheduled between 8:30 a.m. and local sunset; during even-numbered months, the RMT will be scheduled between local sunset and 8:30 a.m.
Tests will occur 5 minutes before the hour or half-hour. Remember, you have 60 minutes* in which to rebroadcast the test. If you are off the air at the time of the test, you must transmit the RMT upon resuming operation. If the RMT has been erased from your encoder through the receipt of another alert, you must transmit a Required Weekly Test (RWT) instead.
The date of the 2019 EAS National Test has been set for Wednesday, August 7, at 2:20 p.m., with a backup date of Wednesday, August 21. Under FCC rules (47 CFR 11.61), “(ii) A national test shall replace the required weekly and monthly tests for all EAS Participants, as set forth in paragraphs (a)(1) and (a)(2) of this section, in the week and month in which it occurs.”
December 13, 2018 (Thursday)
15:55 pm
Source: MDPS
January 22, 2019 (Tuesday)
11:25 am
Source: MPBN
February 20, 2019 (Wednesday)
23:55 pm
Source: NWS Caribou
March 21, 2019 (Thursday)
13:55 pm
Source: MEMA
April 24, 2019 (Wednesday)
6:55 am
Source: MDPS
May 21, 2019 (Tuesday)
9:55 am
Source: MPBN
June 20, 2019 (Thursday)
10:55 am
Source: NWS Caribou
July 24, 2019 (Wednesday)
14:25 pm
Source: MEMA
August 20, 2019 (Tuesday)
23:55 pm
Source: MDPS
EAS National Test — August 7, 2019 (Wednesday)
2:20 p.m.
Source: FEMA
September 19, 2019 (Thursday)
9:25 am
Source: MPBN
October 23, 2019 (Wednesday)
4:55 am
Source: NWS Caribou
November 19, 2019 (Tuesday)
10:55 am
Source: MEMA
December 19, 2019 (Thursday)
16:55 pm
Source: MDPS
Source Key:
MEMA = Maine Emergency Management Agency
MDPS = Maine Dept. of Public Safety
NWS = National Weather Service
MPBN = Maine Public Broadcasting Network
*The FCC’s EAS Report & Order which took effect 5/16/02 extended the time for rebroadcasting an RMT from 15 minutes to 60 minutes.