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8/12 port ACA Allertor in Prague, OK

Sun May 13, 2018 6:51 am

I was looking around on Google Maps, and found this short-horned (pre-1972) ACA Allertor in Prague, Oklahoma. Since the early ACA Allertors were offered in all port ratios ever offered in an Allertor, you can't be sure of port ratio just by seeing a short-horned allertor, and there aren't any videos out there of it being tested. However, I had a second chance with a different search.

Since (almost) everybody knows that Oklahoma is a place with lots of tornadoes, there was hope in figuring out the port ratio right here from my computer. More specifically, I went on YouTube and looked up something along the lines of "Prague Oklahoma Tornado", and there were quite a few videos of a tornado that hit Prague, OK. So I clicked on a video of a tornado chase that involved a drive through town, and at several points in the video, I heard the sound of an 8/12 port siren, presumably this Allertor. I could also hear an XT22 at a couple points in the video, but it was almost entirely overpowered by the Allertor, which makes sense, since those are a lot louder than an XT22.

Therefore, I have come to the conclusion that it is an 8/12 port Allertor 125.

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Re: 8/12 port ACA Allertor in Prague, OK

Sun May 13, 2018 2:04 pm

If you can get a good look at it, you can tell if it's 8/12 by looking into the bottom horn. It will have 4 long vanes instead of 3 like the 9/12 allertors have. Could you post a street view link?
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Re: 8/12 port ACA Allertor in Prague, OK

Sun May 13, 2018 4:07 pm

I found the video and it sounds just like one, nice find!

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Re: 8/12 port ACA Allertor in Prague, OK

Sun May 13, 2018 5:11 pm

Here are some street view shots of this Allertor. It is tower-mounted.

View 1: https://www.google.com/maps/@35.4868751 ... 312!8i6656

View 2 (There is apparently a Sterling below it on the tower): https://www.google.com/maps/@35.4866178 ... 312!8i6656
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