The Siren Board

If I read this right.. American Signal got 45,000. for one siren?

http://virginislandsdailynews.com/news/ ... -1.1619499


Is that a Whelen I see in back ground of that photo?

That is probably for the whole system poles installs and radio gear

Archon wrote:That is probably for the whole system poles installs and radio gear

Yeah. Don't forget you're shipping these things across an ocean, not just over land. That will quickly drive the cost up, too.

Though I'm really not sure where you got a $45,000 figure. I counted 17 units mentioned in the article, which gets me closer to $40,000.

Considering sea freight, poles, communications/radio equipment, labor, and god knows what else was a part of the project, that doesn't sound far off.

EWS Rules wrote:Is that a Whelen I see in back ground of that photo?

Yeah, it looks like a 2805, but I am not too sure by looking at the picture.

I may be counting wrong, but I see 24 sirens mentioned. That would be near $28,000 for each siren.

article wrote:...near completion of Phase Two of the Tsunami Siren Installation Project, adding 14 new sirens..., ...Phase 1 of the project began in June 2011, with four sirens installed on St. Thomas, four on St. Croix and two on St. John.