Old Fedelcode 5.Apillow wrote:So a few weeks ago I went down to the Fort Snelling Golf Course in Minneapolis, Minnesota and I came across this siren near some old barracks(?) from fort snelling. IMO it looks like a Model 5, can anyone confirm that?
I may have already asked this before, but what's the difference between Federal Signal and Fedelcode? Are they the same? What makes them different?connerdstines wrote:Old Fedelcode 5.Apillow wrote:So a few weeks ago I went down to the Fort Snelling Golf Course in Minneapolis, Minnesota and I came across this siren near some old barracks(?) from fort snelling. IMO it looks like a Model 5, can anyone confirm that?
Model 5. Still active, was unlucky enough to be near it when it went off.Apillow wrote:So a few weeks ago I went down to the Fort Snelling Golf Course in Minneapolis, Minnesota and I came across this siren near some old barracks(?) from fort snelling. IMO it looks like a Model 5, can anyone confirm that?
A Fedelcode Model 5 (seen above) has skirts that do not go out as far as the newer 5's and are angled mainly downward. Also, they were strictly limited to 8 and 12 ports. The newer ones (shown below, credit to J. Marcoz) has wide skirts that really project the sound outward, and we're offered in 8, 12, and 9/12 configurations.Apillow wrote:I may have already asked this before, but what's the difference between Federal Signal and Fedelcode? Are they the same? What makes them different?connerdstines wrote:Old Fedelcode 5.Apillow wrote:So a few weeks ago I went down to the Fort Snelling Golf Course in Minneapolis, Minnesota and I came across this siren near some old barracks(?) from fort snelling. IMO it looks like a Model 5, can anyone confirm that?
Really? It's still active? Did it go off when Minneapolis normally tests it's sirens? (First Wednseday of the month at 1:00 PM.) When did you last hear it? I'll have to check this one out soon!Zarlog wrote:Model 5. Still active, was unlucky enough to be near it when it went off.Apillow wrote:So a few weeks ago I went down to the Fort Snelling Golf Course in Minneapolis, Minnesota and I came across this siren near some old barracks(?) from fort snelling. IMO it looks like a Model 5, can anyone confirm that?
Earlier this year (around April), it was on a weekend and it went off for about 2-3 seconds for some reason. It probably goes off with the city sirens though. I think it was single tone 12 port but I don't remember that well.Apillow wrote:Really? It's still active? Did it go off when Minneapolis normally tests it's sirens? (First Wednseday of the month at 1:00 PM.) When did you last hear it? I'll have to check this one out soon!Zarlog wrote:Model 5. Still active, was unlucky enough to be near it when it went off.Apillow wrote:So a few weeks ago I went down to the Fort Snelling Golf Course in Minneapolis, Minnesota and I came across this siren near some old barracks(?) from fort snelling. IMO it looks like a Model 5, can anyone confirm that?
Thanks! It might not be a city test then. That area is a national guard base, right? Maybe it is a noon whistle now. It's kinda far away from where anyone lives, although I'm not quite sure about the model 5's range and the distance between it and the populated area. Thanks for the info!Zarlog wrote:Earlier this year (around April), it was on a weekend and it went off for about 2-3 seconds for some reason. It probably goes off with the city sirens though. I think it was single tone 12 port but I don't remember that well.Apillow wrote:Really? It's still active? Did it go off when Minneapolis normally tests it's sirens? (First Wednseday of the month at 1:00 PM.) When did you last hear it? I'll have to check this one out soon!Zarlog wrote: Model 5. Still active, was unlucky enough to be near it when it went off.
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