Rare duel tone ACA Alertronic in the UK

[ver tum]

Doing Fast Wail.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NjF3dyjz_Q&fmt=18

I didn't think they had any American sirens over there, but that sound is unmistakeable to me.

[Charlie Davidson]

Yep, that's it! Wow that's a rarity - a foreign country using our sirens.

Thanks for sharing!

[ver tum]

Duel tone Alertronics are also extremely rare these days. This is only the second video of one I've ever seen on YouTube.

[carexpertandy]

Quoted post from above removed.

Make this the third.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIjv6_CZyUU

[ver tum]

Hey Andy, actually, that was the first duel tone Alertronic video I had ever seen on YouTube.

We used to have nine or ten of these here in Louisville, Kentucky. As far as I know, they were all duel tone models, and at least one of them was an 8000R, so I'm very familiar with their sound. I used to have at least two recordings that my grandfather made for me of the 8000R, but unfortunately, I think they've been lost forever. The duel tone Alertronics are the only sirens I know of that can do a duel tone Hi-Lo, which sounds very nice BTW.

[carexpertandy]

Then why did you say that you've only seen 2 dual-tone Alertronic videos Josh, including this one in UK? I assumed you've seen KDK's, but it made things sound like you didn't see the video of the one on the ground.

[ver tum]

If I remember right, KDK's video was of a newer single tone Alertronic. The one on the ground is the only other duel tone one I've been able to find on YouTube besides this latest one.

I plan on taking a good look through my micro tapes to see if I can find that old recording of the 8000R doing all of it's tones. That was recorded all the way back in October of 1986, about a month or so after the siren was first installed, so the recording is probably long gone. If I ever find it though, I'll definitely post it!

[carexpertandy]

Actually, KDK's is dual tone.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6FY4ST3mwo

[ver tum]

Actually, KDK's is dual tone.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6FY4ST3mwo

Wow! I've never seen that video! I've also never heard one of these older Alertronics have a soft wind-up like that one does.

Now that I think about it, I think that the video I was thinking of was made by Archon.

[Archon]

There is a Dual Tone Allertronic 4000 In Rock Springs WI. They kept fixing it all the time.