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by Taterworks
Sun Aug 02, 2020 2:08 pm
Forum: Main Outdoor Warning Sirens Board
Topic: Everything I know about the Alertronic Controllers
Replies: 14
Views: 8985

Re: Everything I know about the Alertronic Controllers

Will the images be back, or is there some problem keeping me from seeing them? All I see is [img].
by Taterworks
Tue Jul 28, 2020 1:41 am
Forum: Main Outdoor Warning Sirens Board
Topic: ASC's New Electronic Siren, The Clarity Voice Array
Replies: 13
Views: 8883

Re: ASC's New Electronic Siren, The Clarity Voice Array

ASC recently posted a video to their Facebook page of them testing an I-Force 3200 next to a Clarity 832. It looks like they decided to switch from the 4 horn per module to 8 horns. This was a good move IMO considering that the angle of sound dispersion that these JBL horns have is pretty low. It's...
by Taterworks
Fri May 29, 2020 4:53 am
Forum: Main Outdoor Warning Sirens Board
Topic: Vortex repair photos.
Replies: 3
Views: 1843

Re: Vortex repair photos.

Are there any photos of the inside of a Whelen rotator? I'm interested to see what the internals look like, and how the limit switches are implemented.
by Taterworks
Fri Mar 27, 2020 4:28 am
Forum: Videos and Media
Topic: Tones for DIY Electronic Sirens
Replies: 0
Views: 1622

Tones for DIY Electronic Sirens

I've synthesized some tones for DIY electronic sirens, which are as simple as lashing up some horn speakers to an amplifier and a computer's sound card. If you're in an area where you can make some noise, like out in the country, you can blast these out with impunity, but if you're in a city you nee...
by Taterworks
Sat Mar 07, 2020 4:22 am
Forum: Main Outdoor Warning Sirens Board
Topic: ASC's New Electronic Siren, The Clarity Voice Array
Replies: 13
Views: 8883

Re: ASC's New Electronic Siren, The Clarity Voice Array

I honestly think the idea would be great, but for very small areas. It reminds me of the homemade siren (cue joke here) I built a decade ago. I just don’t see that functioning well unless the sales pitch is one every couple hundred feet. Perhaps that is how it’s being marketed? Idk it just seems li...
by Taterworks
Tue Mar 03, 2020 1:28 am
Forum: Main Outdoor Warning Sirens Board
Topic: ASC's New Electronic Siren, The Clarity Voice Array
Replies: 13
Views: 8883

Re: ASC's New Electronic Siren, The Clarity Voice Array

Follow-up: So I purchased a couple of the PRV WGP275Ph horns, and they are okay, but the driver itself is not very robustly made - the plastic housing on one arrived damaged - causing the motor and diaphragm to fall out. I kept looking, and on eBay I found the PRV WGP270Ph (not sold at Parts Express...
by Taterworks
Sat Feb 29, 2020 2:23 am
Forum: Main Outdoor Warning Sirens Board
Topic: Homemade siren pole setting question
Replies: 1
Views: 1930

Re: Homemade siren pole setting question

I found these recommendations from PG&E for temporary service poles: 20 ft above ground, 4 feet below ground. This means whatever the exposed length of the pole will be above ground, you need to have 1/5 of that length below ground. You need to dig a narrow hole with a cone shaped bottom to keep...
by Taterworks
Sat Feb 22, 2020 1:16 pm
Forum: Main Outdoor Warning Sirens Board
Topic: ASC's New Electronic Siren, The Clarity Voice Array
Replies: 13
Views: 8883

Re: ASC's New Electronic Siren, The Clarity Voice Array

Also, a clone of the square Selenium horn, with the low cost plastic body driver. (PRV was started by former Selenium employees after Selenium was acquired by Harman) https://www.parts-express.com/prv-audio-wg275ph-1-horn-loaded-midrange-8-ohm--294-2797 Edit: And because I've really latched onto thi...
by Taterworks
Sat Feb 22, 2020 1:22 am
Forum: Main Outdoor Warning Sirens Board
Topic: ASC's New Electronic Siren, The Clarity Voice Array
Replies: 13
Views: 8883

Re: ASC's New Electronic Siren, The Clarity Voice Array

And if you want, you too can also play with siren drivers. Here's one you can buy that is a phenolic-diaphragm horn midrange driver on a short horn (instead of a long one), much like the one used by ASC, although more cheaply made out of plastic instead of cast aluminum (ASC's horns - the JBL Seleni...
by Taterworks
Wed Feb 19, 2020 1:00 am
Forum: Main Outdoor Warning Sirens Board
Topic: ASC's New Electronic Siren, The Clarity Voice Array
Replies: 13
Views: 8883

Re: ASC's New Electronic Siren, The Clarity Voice Array

We really need a video at distance. But the meaningful take-away is that even for horn-loaded systems, there are differences between types of systems that are well suited to siren warning and systems that are well suited to voice announcements. Horns that are most efficient for siren warning are les...

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