Video: Elektror S3B low tone short test

[Duffydub]

Finally my firewire works. It took 2 years, but here?s the video:

Elektror S3B Test Video

14,6 Mb.

Here?s the same but WMV. Lower sound & picture quality, but only about 3 Mb

Elektror S3B Test Video kleiner

[SirenMadness]

Very good!
So the Elektor S3B is louder than conceived in the sound-clip!

[hobbeekid]

Very cool! That will shake your foundation for sure...... 8)

[Daniel]

There are many fire stations in Germany where this type of siren is still on the roof, usually alongside an E-57 or contained within a dual-rotor siren. Do any fire departments still use the low pitch signal for fires?

[SirenMadness]

Maybe, but I'm doubtful.
Ever since the war has ended, the threat of a raid is almost none. So now, probably to save money, the German government is using one specific siren in that area. Now, it is also more of a matter of signals than of the pitch. I think that a warning was urgent in the war, so education of a specific warning had to be quick. For most people, a difference in tone is much more recognizable than a difference in signal, sometimes.

[Duffydub]

As far as I know, no low tone sirens are used anymore. Usually the fire depts use the old E57 civil defense sirens. Sometimes low tone sirens are used by factories as shift signal.

[sirenduke]

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