Harvesting the February crop: Pendergrass, Auburn and Decatur
Posted: Thu Mar 09, 2017 10:33 pm
I feel like being contrary - instead of all these dull March videos, how about something from the infinitely superior February? The fun has been doubled!
Sorry - you don't have to beat me with your keyboard. Actually, it took me over a month to actually get these done...my shiny new video editor had horrible stereo downmixing issues with them because of my own incompetence. Now that it's been mostly fixed, here comes a parade of Vortexes...
11:00 AM: Pendergrass finback goodness
This was technically the second test of the day - the first one was a failed attempt at Hall County (they seem to have changed their test schedule without updating their website...). Unlike my September attempt, this Vortex stayed on for the full three and a half minute test. And it was glorious.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCCVXnEK15A
12:00 PM: Auburn fails to clip
After Pendergrass, it was off to Auburn. I was hoping to catch the mythical 517 Hz siren supposedly located here, but unfortunately this one has a 560 Hz 2020 box on it...but to make up for it, I walked into the police station in search of a bathroom just in time to watch them set it - and the 4 others in the system - off. I shall return here...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwDGP0Nb6JM
5:00 PM: Decatur scares the park
This final test wasn't even on the agenda - we just happened to be around Decatur at the right time. The park was noisy, but the siren was noisier.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sz-ej-0pAhE
You can, as usual, find more details on each siren and system in the video descriptions.
Enjoy! And watch for more...I'm going back to Virginia and Maryland for a week or so soon, and I'm determined to film something. What will it be? Even I don't know...
Sorry - you don't have to beat me with your keyboard. Actually, it took me over a month to actually get these done...my shiny new video editor had horrible stereo downmixing issues with them because of my own incompetence. Now that it's been mostly fixed, here comes a parade of Vortexes...
11:00 AM: Pendergrass finback goodness
This was technically the second test of the day - the first one was a failed attempt at Hall County (they seem to have changed their test schedule without updating their website...). Unlike my September attempt, this Vortex stayed on for the full three and a half minute test. And it was glorious.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCCVXnEK15A
12:00 PM: Auburn fails to clip
After Pendergrass, it was off to Auburn. I was hoping to catch the mythical 517 Hz siren supposedly located here, but unfortunately this one has a 560 Hz 2020 box on it...but to make up for it, I walked into the police station in search of a bathroom just in time to watch them set it - and the 4 others in the system - off. I shall return here...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwDGP0Nb6JM
5:00 PM: Decatur scares the park
This final test wasn't even on the agenda - we just happened to be around Decatur at the right time. The park was noisy, but the siren was noisier.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sz-ej-0pAhE
You can, as usual, find more details on each siren and system in the video descriptions.
Enjoy! And watch for more...I'm going back to Virginia and Maryland for a week or so soon, and I'm determined to film something. What will it be? Even I don't know...