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Sedgwick County KS scrapping current system.

Tue Jan 17, 2023 8:54 pm


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Re: Sedgwick County KS scrapping current system.

Tue Jan 17, 2023 10:03 pm

Well, at least they're upgrading/replacing them with good sirens and not doing away with sirens altogether.

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Re: Sedgwick County KS scrapping current system.

Wed Jan 18, 2023 12:58 am

I'm not that knowledgeable on sirens in Kanas, but what did Sedgwick County have before the 508's were installed?
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Re: Sedgwick County KS scrapping current system.

Wed Jan 18, 2023 1:32 am

traintraveler wrote:
Wed Jan 18, 2023 12:58 am
I'm not that knowledgeable on sirens in Kanas, but what did Sedgwick County have before the 508's were installed?
Kansas map shows ATI's

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Re: Sedgwick County KS scrapping current system.

Wed Jan 18, 2023 2:02 am

flatlandsparky wrote:
Wed Jan 18, 2023 1:32 am
traintraveler wrote:
Wed Jan 18, 2023 12:58 am
I'm not that knowledgeable on sirens in Kanas, but what did Sedgwick County have before the 508's were installed?
Kansas map shows ATI's
I remember this county now! It had that extremely high pitched bolt that got replaced. Good to know that those pieces of junk ATI's were laid to waste.
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Re: Sedgwick County KS scrapping current system.

Wed Jan 18, 2023 2:38 pm

What I don't understand is how the new sirens have "fewer parts". A simple speaker-bracket assembly contains far fewer parts than the complicated rotator, chopper, stator, etc. assembly of the 508s.
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Re: Sedgwick County KS scrapping current system.

Wed Jan 18, 2023 6:29 pm

At the end of the replacement project, there will 3 Thunderbolts left, a few 2T22s, and a Thunderbeam left from the old system. They will also no longer be relying on the ATI Radio system. As far as I know, the newer sirens such as the Whelens will be removed, and most 2001s relocated.
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Re: Sedgwick County KS scrapping current system.

Thu Jan 19, 2023 12:18 am

.....Interesting....check this link from 2012 out:
https://www.airraidsirens.net/forums/vi ... hp?t=12861

So, 10 years later and the system is already obsolete or am I missing something?
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Re: Sedgwick County KS scrapping current system.

Thu Jan 19, 2023 1:29 am

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Thu Jan 19, 2023 12:18 am
.....Interesting....check this link from 2012 out:
https://www.airraidsirens.net/forums/vi ... hp?t=12861

So, 10 years later and the system is already obsolete or am I missing something?
I mean, they're ATIs. They were probably defective from day one.
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Re: Sedgwick County KS scrapping current system.

Thu Jan 19, 2023 2:37 am

Snowpix wrote:
Thu Jan 19, 2023 1:29 am
Unit of Civil Defense wrote:
Thu Jan 19, 2023 12:18 am
.....Interesting....check this link from 2012 out:
https://www.airraidsirens.net/forums/vi ... hp?t=12861

So, 10 years later and the system is already obsolete or am I missing something?
I mean, they're ATIs. They were probably defective from day one.
Reminds me of how Nashville's ATI's went out.
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