A potential new siren from ASC

[Vey198885]

It apparently was on their site all the way up to December of 2010. During that time the omni version of it coexisted with the E-Class and I-Force. I believe the two rotating sirens with 4 and 8 horns, I would guess the smaller one was 800 watts, were also available for special order and showed in the catalog.
https://web.archive.org/web/20101201071 ... tronic.php

Were the omnis discontinued before the rotating ones?

[Stormsetter4]

Pennington County, SD and Rapid City have a lot of newer Omni-Directional Allertronic's, they didn't look very old in person.

[SuperBanshee]

The rotating ACA Alertronic AL-6000 (known as the RE-1600 under ASC) was discontinued by 2000. None of ASC's archived websites mention it at all. The later RE-1600s had a smaller horn with just four throats instead of eight.

There used to be several of these Alertronics in Wisconsin, usually popping up in suburbs that wanted a cheaper siren.
Most of them have been replaced by Tempests as of 2015.

I can't say much regarding ASC's "new" siren design, but it will be interesting to see how everything unfolds.

[p50needsablower]

I wonder if they will copy the vortex series next? XD

[Vey198885]

I wonder if they will copy the vortex series next? XD

From what I can remember, the Alertronic 6000R was a copy off the Whelen R4? (correct me if im wrong)

I also think there was a lawsuit, but im not sure.

[Chicagosiren-hunters]

There was enough difference between the rotating Allertronics and the Vortex, so there was no reason for a lawsuit(but I could be wrong); like the I-Force and Modulator, they look similar, but are not the same.

[4J25]

Not sure where you heard that there was a lawsuit. Unless it is an exact copy, or near exact copy with very minute changes, there would be no reason to file a lawsuit. They are both structured a bit differently, and the sound is delivered in a different way on both. (Vortex has 1 driver per throat, while Alertronics have 2 per throat)

[Chicagosiren-hunters]

I was not saying that there was ever a lawsuit, I was only stating that there needs to be an copy between companies to even consider making a lawsuit.
EDIT: I now know that 4J25 was talking to Vey198885

[4J25]

I was referring to Vey198885.

[Vey198885]

I was referring to Vey198885.

Yeah thanks, I wasn't sure if there was a lawsuit or not