Duderocks5539 wrote: ↑

Fri Dec 14, 2018 12:50 am

Wait a minute ,are these for FPL St. Lucie NPP?

The one in the photo is at Turkey Point, but I wouldn't be surprised if the same replacements were underway at St. Lucie, as both systems are maintained by FPL.

I believe the first started 4004s started being installed was around 2012-2013. But man ,does it suck to see classic electronic sirens go. Replacements started up around that time, but then stopped after 2014, and there were no new replacements for a while. Not until just a few months ago when they...

Last week I went to record another quarterly siren test at Turkey Point. As I was driving down to my record location I noticed that all of the old ESC-864 siren locations had been replaced with brand new WPS-4004s. Finally, after visiting multiple locations I ran out of time and recorded one of the ...

Thanks for the info! A lot has happened to the siren since I got it. I completed a full restoration of the siren about a year ago. On arrival the motor was inoperable and locked shut, so I had the motor rewound and repaired. The rotor, stator and housing were stripped of pant and repainted with the ...

Nice photo! Where exactly was it located? I was told by the auction house that it was from Volusia County. I am in the Ft. Lauderdale area.

Thanks for the link! It gives me plenty of locations to visit and record.

Hello, I am currently on a vacation visiting Hawaii and California. My trip includes Los Angeles, San Francisco, Maui, and Oahu. I plan on recording the Hawaii monthly statewide siren test during the trip. During the statewide siren test on Wednesday, August 1st I will be staying in the Honolulu are...

uncommonsense wrote: ↑

Thu Jul 05, 2018 9:02 pm

Its most likely a poor mic set-up in their control room. Live voice = bad for this very reason.

That is also a likely cause of the distortion.

Yes, the siren's radio is receiving distorted voice messages. The fault is the distorted voice messages, not the siren’s radio receiver. The fault could either be in the encoder or in the journey from the transmitter to the siren.

I decided to record yet another Turkey Point siren last March. The siren broadcasted quiet and distorted voice messages like other sirens I have recorded. There definitely seems to be an issue with the voice massages received by the siren’s radio. The siren also sounds the usual two short alerts hal...