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[Gents']

I have to agree. I have no real affection for them, my fascination simply lies with the sheer size of them! Over here we are still living in the past, all our sirens are of the "Carter" design still. I am aware that Klaxon, along with their mechanical sirens, offer a range of electronic sirens:

http://www.klaxonsignals.com/downloads/es_sirens.pdf

This link will require Adobe Reader, looks pretty impressive but the Alert tone leaves much to be desired...

http://www.klaxonsignals.com/sound%20fi ... trophe.wav

Personally, they lack any character that would create an interest for me. Opinions vary though.

[SirenMadness]

Klaxon speaker sirens are basically the same as Hormann speaker sirens.

[Klauskinski]

Yes, they look quite similar.

[Robert Gift]

... The SID of the Commodore 64 is high end compared to that. I prefer other American sirens. ...

What does that mean?
Yes, I don't care for loud speaker sirens. Not the charm of chopped air.

[Gil]

A good chunk of Chicago' modulators are around where I live, Wrigley field is only a few blocks down and I can see the mod from my window...from 19 stories up. It is huge. The one at Lincoln Park Zoo actually sways in the breeze, and its on a wooden pole! The pole sways from about halfway up. They shouldnt be that bad to service, notice the access panels??

When I saw that siren last december, the pole was leaning A LOT and
buckling under the weight of the thing. They are MASSIVE.

[thunderbeam63]

Anybody know how big a 2800 and a 3016 are?

[Robert Gift]

The one at Lincoln Park Zoo actually sways in the breeze, and its on a wooden pole! The pole sways from about halfway up.

When I saw that siren last december, the pole was leaning A LOT and buckling under the weight of the thing. They are MASSIVE.

Has anyone reported this to the authorities?

[Klauskinski]

Hi Robert:

Here's some information about the SID: Click!

[Robert Gift]

Danka, Klaus.

[Brendan Ahern]

Has anyone reported this to the authorities?

Yes I have, along with the 2001 by work, and the 2001 by the Nabisco factory. Whether or not they do anything about it, we'll see. Itll probably fall first. Its been like that since I discovered it 2 years ago. The mod by my condo at wrigley doesnt sway like that one does.