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German World War II siren with seven minute wind-down!
Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2008 12:15 pm
by ver tum
I'm not joking. The final wind-down on this thing is actually seven minutes long! It sounds like a 9 port siren.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=Qi0Ka6NuRo4
Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2008 6:35 pm
by JasonC
Wow! Its a ground mounted siren on top of a hill. The cameraman walks right up to the siren within inches, that's why you can hear it for so long.
Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2008 7:12 pm
by ver tum
JasonC wrote:Wow! Its a ground mounted siren on top of a hill. The cameraman walks right up to the siren within inches, that's why you can hear it for so long.
I'm thinking that the siren probably also has a heavy rotor. Usually, on sirens I've heard in the past, when the pitch gets that low during the wind-down, it slows down quicker. Not this one! It sounded like there was another one just like it nearby.
Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 11:55 pm
by Daniel
That is one well-built siren. It would be interesting to hear the upper portion, which probably has three ports.
Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2008 2:08 am
by Cyrun
Not in bad shape if it's been sitting on the ground since WW II. Anyone know make/model?
Posted: Sat Jul 26, 2008 7:51 pm
by holler
Cyrun wrote:Not in bad shape if it's been sitting on the ground since WW II. Anyone know make/model?
I'm thinking maybe it's a Siemens, since this siren is a siemens and looks a lot like it.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=vp9umoNKRAU
Posted: Sat Jul 26, 2008 11:22 pm
by orestis
I'm not sure about the model (L1/F2?), but this is an Elektror siren.
Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2008 4:10 am
by invader1026765
ver tum wrote:JasonC wrote:Wow! Its a ground mounted siren on top of a hill. The cameraman walks right up to the siren within inches, that's why you can hear it for so long.
I'm thinking that the siren probably also has a heavy rotor. Usually, on sirens I've heard in the past, when the pitch gets that low during the wind-down, it slows down quicker. Not this one! It sounded like there was another one just like it nearby.
i think so to
Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2008 1:37 pm
by Niklas
orestis wrote:I'm not sure about the model (L1/F2?), but this is an Elektror siren.
You're right. It's an Elektror L1337, a combination of the L1 and F2.