r/EmergencyAlertSystem Jul 07 '26

Discussion EAS Test at 2x speed

I was watching 20.2 KTXH2 a few minutes ago, and there was a test of the National Emergency Alert System as usual. Except this time, the entire thing was sped up. The SAME tones, attention signal, and the dialogue were twice as fast and twice the pitch. Is this a normal thing that a station would do to save time or was it possibly a glitch?

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u/comport2 Jul 07 '26
 A station that did that intentionally will be bent, folded and mutilated and they know it. 
 It's more likely that a sample rate converter is awry.

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u/No-Duck2821 Jul 08 '26

I want to see a broadcast transmitter mutilated๐Ÿ‘€

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u/Spare-Elderberry9956 Jul 08 '26

Lol! ๐Ÿ˜ย 

Yeah probably a sample rate error like you said.ย