• With few enforceable rules for off-shore radio receiver manufacturing, how do we get radios to meet nation's evolving needs?

• Don't fight the manufacturers, join them -- partner for R&D on needs and demonstrations; then issue RFI's and RFP's on best audience-driven designs

CASE IN POINT:

• Radio Reading Services have suffered for over three decades with inferior "cottage industry" analog subcarrier receivers

• IAAIS issued an RFI in 2004 to find best coders, now plan to issue an RFI for accessible receivers after demos at their annual conference in 2006

• The concept: "Go to store and buy a radio with the IAAIS "globe" logo, call us with the serial number, and we'll activate your receiver."

• No transporting of a million receivers, no inferior analog technology

• Might a variable display emergency broadcast radio be in the nation's future?