The Siren Board

Finally my firewire works. It took 2 years, but here?s the video:

Elektror S3B Test Video

14,6 Mb.

Here?s the same but WMV. Lower sound & picture quality, but only about 3 Mb

Elektror S3B Test Video kleiner

Very good!
So the Elektor S3B is louder than conceived in the sound-clip!

Very cool! That will shake your foundation for sure...... 8)

There are many fire stations in Germany where this type of siren is still on the roof, usually alongside an E-57 or contained within a dual-rotor siren. Do any fire departments still use the low pitch signal for fires?

Maybe, but I'm doubtful.
Ever since the war has ended, the threat of a raid is almost none. So now, probably to save money, the German government is using one specific siren in that area. Now, it is also more of a matter of signals than of the pitch. I think that a warning was urgent in the war, so education of a specific warning had to be quick. For most people, a difference in tone is much more recognizable than a difference in signal, sometimes.

As far as I know, no low tone sirens are used anymore. Usually the fire depts use the old E57 civil defense sirens. Sometimes low tone sirens are used by factories as shift signal.

The links don't work anymore.


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