ARCHIVED: Mystery Sirens (2008-3/2021)

[Daniel]

That looks like one of those mystery sirens in central California that most people thought were 9-port Decots. Could it be that the chopper is on the bottom?

[banshee 115lover]

Here's a something in Greenville, GA. A friend thinks it is a bell, but I think it may be a cut up small siren, like a Model A or something. Another friend who once lived in the area says it goes off for warnings, and is about as loud as an STH-10. Maybe it's a siren, who knows?

http://goo.gl/maps/sLejR

it looks like an ACA Banshee 115, except with the bottom 3/4 of it cut off

[bobcat418]

We'll I am not completely sure, but it looks like there is a wire going straight into the top of the chopper, motor, stator unit, which would mean that the motor was on top, and the chopper/stator unit would be on the bottom.

[EOWS1212man]

This siren has stumped me for years on end. It is tiny, smaller than a model 2. It looks like a tiny model 3/5/7, two louvers, but the top "hat" is translucent. When I looked into it through my camera, I thought I saw circular ports, but I could be wrong. I counted about 6-8 ports.


https://www.google.com/maps?ll=43.20666 ... 5,,2,-8.94


EDIT: This new Google maps sucks. you need to zoom in. it is on the side of the building, near the peak of the roof by those radio antennas.

[Daniel]

This siren has stumped me for years on end. It is tiny, smaller than a model 2. It looks like a tiny model 3/5/7, two louvers, but the top "hat" is translucent. When I looked into it through my camera, I thought I saw circular ports, but I could be wrong. I counted about 6-8 ports.


https://www.google.com/maps?ll=43.20666 ... 5,,2,-8.94


EDIT: This new Google maps sucks. you need to zoom in. it is on the side of the building, near the peak of the roof by those radio antennas.

Your link is incomplete.

[Allenorgan42099]

The siren on top of the volunteer fire department in Round Hill, Virginia is hidden inside a cupola. I hear there used to be an Allertor at this station, but I never saw it. Many of the fire stations in Loudoun County used to have Allertors, and a few still do, but I highly doubt that the cupola siren is an Allertor. An Allertor couldn't fit in there, unless they fixed its base in one direction. I think the most likely candidate is a Model 5, but I have never heard it and won't be able to go there anytime soon. Do you think that one of you who lives closeer to there could investigate it to get to the bottom of this? Here is the siren's location on a map:

https://maps.gstatic.com/m/streetview/? ... 45904,,0,0

[Daniel]

The siren on top of the volunteer fire department in Round Hill, Virginia is hidden inside a cupola. I hear there used to be an Allertor at this station, but I never saw it. Many of the fire stations in Loudoun County used to have Allertors, and a few still do, but I highly doubt that the cupola siren is an Allertor. An Allertor couldn't fit in there, unless they fixed its base in one direction. I think the most likely candidate is a Model 5, but I have never heard it and won't be able to go there anytime soon. Do you think that one of you who lives closeer to there could investigate it to get to the bottom of this? Here is the siren's location on a map:

https://maps.gstatic.com/m/streetview/? ... 45904,,0,0

The category of mystery siren is to help identify visible sirens of unknown manufacture, not to guess what might be hidden inside a cupola.

[Sirenguy02]

The siren on top of the volunteer fire department in Round Hill, Virginia is hidden inside a cupola. I hear there used to be an Allertor at this station, but I never saw it. Many of the fire stations in Loudoun County used to have Allertors, and a few still do, but I highly doubt that the cupola siren is an Allertor. An Allertor couldn't fit in there, unless they fixed its base in one direction. I think the most likely candidate is a Model 5, but I have never heard it and won't be able to go there anytime soon. Do you think that one of you who lives closeer to there could investigate it to get to the bottom of this? Here is the siren's location on a map:

https://maps.gstatic.com/m/streetview/? ... 45904,,0,0

The category of mystery siren is to help identify visible sirens of unknown manufacture, not to guess what might be hidden inside a cupola.

Tell that to Jason, who locked the original topic and redirected the OP here...

[freebrickproductions]

The siren on top of the volunteer fire department in Round Hill, Virginia is hidden inside a cupola. I hear there used to be an Allertor at this station, but I never saw it. Many of the fire stations in Loudoun County used to have Allertors, and a few still do, but I highly doubt that the cupola siren is an Allertor. An Allertor couldn't fit in there, unless they fixed its base in one direction. I think the most likely candidate is a Model 5, but I have never heard it and won't be able to go there anytime soon. Do you think that one of you who lives closeer to there could investigate it to get to the bottom of this? Here is the siren's location on a map:

https://maps.gstatic.com/m/streetview/? ... 45904,,0,0

The category of mystery siren is to help identify visible sirens of unknown manufacture, not to guess what might be hidden inside a cupola.

Tell that to Jason, who locked the original topic and redirected the OP here...

Wouldn't it count as "unknown manufacture" since no one knows what's underneath it?

[freebrickproductions]

Is this a HOR siren?
http://goo.gl/maps/0hNQI
It was found by VAsirens.