Modular emergency or weather alert interface system

Claim 1

A weather or emergency alert interface system comprising: a. a first communication system; b. a signaling tone transmitted on said first communication system; c. a receiver, tuned to said first communication system, further comprising a detector to detect said signaling tone, wherein said detector generates a changed logic level output in response to detecting said signaling tone; d. an alert cycle timer, having a controlled logic level output, wherein said alert cycle timer is activated by said changed logic level output from said detector, and wherein said logic level output of said alert cycle timer changes for a set period after said alert cycle timer has been activated by said changed logic level output from said detector; e. an alert message timer, having a controlled logic level output, wherein said alert message timer is activated by said changed logic level output from said alert cycle timer, and wherein said logic level output of said alert message timer periodically pulses at preset intervals during the period when said alert cycle timer has been activated; f. an audible prerecorded alert message, having an adjustable outgoing audio level, wherein said audible prerecorded alert message plays a complete message cycle in response to each logic pulse from said alert message timer; g. a second communication system for transmitting an outgoing message, further comprising means for adjusting the audio level of said outgoing message; h. means for mixing said adjustable outgoing audio levels of said audible prerecorded alert message and said outgoing message on said second communication system in such a manner as to enable listeners to said second communication system to simultaneously hear both audio messages; i. means, electronically initiated by the activation of said alert message timer, for automatically keying the transmitter of said second communication system during the period when said audible prerecorded alert message is playing; and, j. means for transmission of said audible prerecorded alert message, mixed with said second communication system audio, on said second communication system, when said second communication system is keyed, for the duration of the activation of said alert cycle timer in time periods determined by said alert message timer.