They do Alert and Hi-lo because (and this is just something I've heard) originally, Dubuque's Whelens did the standard 3-minute Alert until the internal timer ran out. supposedly someone complained to the Dubuque EOC that they couldn't hear the Alert tone so Dubuque's own Racom, Inc, who is the local Whelen dealer, revised the encoder hot key setup to sound both Alert and Hi-lo.
Interesting! Can I ask where you got that information from? I wasn't aware of this Racom either. I know ComElec, a local internet service provider with a Motorola radio division, services/installs whelens just across the border in Wisconsin, so I've never heard of Racom.
@@JMANWiSS In late summer/early fall, I inquired about the system through an email to the Dubuque Fire Protection District. They informed me they themselves do not control the system, it's the EOC's responsibility, but the FD can activate them as a backup if necessary if the primary point at the EOC fails.
@@Dogappel its a WPS-4004. The older 4004s with the embossed sides were discontinued in 1996. There are also no Vortexes in Dubuque, in 1998 the city purchased all WPS-4004 sirens from Fesler's Inc.
Dubuques whelens do voice. Vortexes cannot do voice. The side panels are relative to the time manufactured, the Vortex equivalent of that era 4004 head was the 404R.
Ps are you coming back to Wisconsin for another tornado awareness week in April 12 if so please do Potosi wi I wanna here the one down town in 3 minutes
I like how it immediately transitions from alert to hi-lo.
They do Alert and Hi-lo because (and this is just something I've heard) originally, Dubuque's Whelens did the standard 3-minute Alert until the internal timer ran out. supposedly someone complained to the Dubuque EOC that they couldn't hear the Alert tone so Dubuque's own Racom, Inc, who is the local Whelen dealer, revised the encoder hot key setup to sound both Alert and Hi-lo.
Interesting! Can I ask where you got that information from? I wasn't aware of this Racom either. I know ComElec, a local internet service provider with a Motorola radio division, services/installs whelens just across the border in Wisconsin, so I've never heard of Racom.
@@JMANWiSS In late summer/early fall, I inquired about the system through an email to the Dubuque Fire Protection District. They informed me they themselves do not control the system, it's the EOC's responsibility, but the FD can activate them as a backup if necessary if the primary point at the EOC fails.
I love that Hi Lo
Nice looking 4004!
Nice! The HI-LO sounds great!
That's a 465 Hz Digital ESC-864 right there.
That's the loudest whelen I have ever heard
Doesn't even wind down it just goes straight to Hi-Lo
Nice works
Sounded like a 2nd one started up not long after this one did.
Yep, you can hear a couple starting up after this.
My favorit siren
It is gonna happen to my state Dubuque Iowa!
I was at work i got of at 1000 am when i heard them go off
Man I was there once and the sirens went off
Lucky I wish ours moved
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Looks more like a Whelen Vortex
Yep, it is because the channel owner is so dumb
THIS IS A VORTEX IT DOES NOT HAVE SIDE PANELS
@@Dogappel its a WPS-4004. The older 4004s with the embossed sides were discontinued in 1996. There are also no Vortexes in Dubuque, in 1998 the city purchased all WPS-4004 sirens from Fesler's Inc.
Dubuques whelens do voice. Vortexes cannot do voice. The side panels are relative to the time manufactured, the Vortex equivalent of that era 4004 head was the 404R.
Ps are you coming back to Wisconsin for another tornado awareness week in April 12 if so please do Potosi wi I wanna here the one down town in 3 minutes
I always hear the one in Tennyson WI
The wisconsin Drill is April 11th this year. I already have plans elsewhere in the county.
Wisconsin Sirens & Signals oh ok then
Next year?
Why don't you go record it? If you live there, go out and record the 6:45pm drill
It sounds like a 435hz in the backroud
It is a 435hz in the back round I recognize the hi low sound
Check out my statewide drill i recorded a 2001 SRN
Sounds like Indonesian railroad crossings.
It's not similar