Chicago Tornado Siren Test - Federal Signal Modulator 6024 - 7/2/2024
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- Опубліковано 1 лип 2024
- Yes, before you ask, this is one of the sirens that is responsible for making the creepy "alternate wail" signal associated with siren head. No, it's not broken, it's working perfectly fine.
Siren Information:
Type: Modulator, Model 6024
Manufactured: 1990s by Federal Signal Corporation
Installed: 1990
Control Type: MC
Date: July 2, 2024
Location: 3100 S Giles Ave, Chicago, IL
Testing: 1st Tuesday of every month at 10:00 AM
Cycle: 30-second alert
Sirens heard:
-Federal Signal Modulator (main unit), 505 feet
-Federal Signal Modulator, 0.9 mi
-Federal Signal 2001, 1.3 mi
Noteworthy details: This Modulator indirectly replaced a Thunderbolt 1000 mounted on top of an abandoned police station a block north of it. The Thunderbolt still remains, albeit leaning and soon to fall over.
Technical info:
Main camera: Canon Powershot SX280HS
Audio: Samsung Galaxy S23 Integrated Microphone
Bucket list item done! Today I finally decided to record one of Chicago's modulators for the first Tuesday test. It wasn't anything special but it was nice to film something out in the city. It was also cool to hear a modulator on the older "MC" controls, especially with that longer wind-up. Afterwards I went on a tour around the city to visit some of the old civil defense era sirens that are still up. Got some climbing exercise in as well, do what you wish with that information.
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Fun fact : The modulator at wrigley field has a customized fast wail tone added to it, and the modulator doesnt perform a windup when it plays the custom fast wail, it just starts playing fast wail without a windup and the fast wail on that modulator also doesnt have a winddown either.
Short but epic af! Awesome video! I did a PN-20 today btw and it was fun af. New favorite siren right there
Awesome vid Ray! Test might be short, but it's gold!
If you are still here by next first Tuesday you should get the lake shore DSA or the Clock Tower DSA. I also heard in one of the videos a DUAL-TONE MOD at the water treatment plant near navy pier.
Also fun little fact about the Modulators & DSA's --
They're not actually sirens. They're original purpose was to be PA speakers placed in averagely populated areas. Hence there being a 2001-SRN 1.5 blocks away from the 3012. This also means that the 2001's are the only real sirens in the city, but since they installed the Mod's and DSA's they just decided to use them as sirens since they never used them for their intended purpose.
I'm pretty sure they are also meant to serve as sirens. I don't see any other reason why they would need to make siren sounds if they were only for PA use, they would only need an attention chime.
@@J19_vlogger74 The SiraTone C/B was meant for the EOWS lineup -- the EOWS lineup were actual sirens made to sound like thunderbolts but they were also capable of doing voice and customized tones as well. The Modulator Controller (MC) was made for, of course the modulator -- a "better" version of the SiraTone controller.
YES, the MC's Chicago bought are used as sirens today and were always able to be used as sirens - BUT their original intended purpose was to be used as PA Speakers since they were capable of doing VOICE. That's why you see more of them on the areas closest to the near sides of the city all the way to downtown.
And that's why there is a 3012 just 1.5 blocks away from an SRN which is a mechanical siren.
If you were to manage a city's siren placement would you put a 2001 just 1 block away from an electric siren when the electric siren can echo off of the buildings near it? That would make no sense unless they had a different purpose for it. The reason they use them as sirens today is because they work and they have decent coverage already. The 3012 isn't as loud as the 6024 obviously but that one also has decent coverage.
@@v10-ACR-E good point. I guess there's no reason why they wouldn't use them for sirens too, if they're already able to work as a siren and they could improve coverage.
@@J19_vlogger74 They only improve coverage where they were meant to be used, Chicago has a lot they need to do to get coverage across the city anyways. Some areas have perfect coverage, some places dont have any coverage at all. As seen in the video below, you can barely hear the sirens. You can barely hear the UV 6024 or the 2001.
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That wind up echo was golden
That wind up was crazy
That's an MC controller for ya
THE ECHOS
Awesome!
on my life i know i wasnt just tweakin hearing that shi 😭😭😭😭😭😭
These still do Alternate Wail? I thought they stopped using it. Or are you just saying that these *used* to do Alternate Wail?
@@J19_vlogger74 they do not do alternate wail anymore.
I looked up the thunderbolt on google maps, man you weren’t kidding
I was there today after the test as well, it's not looking good at all
That thing is leaning like crazy, I saw it after the sky game. That thing was looking like it's on it's last legs.
@@v10-ACR-E I'm going to check on it again in August, I'm willing to bet it fell over in the storms recently
i keep trying to find More Chicago tornado siren videos But i cant find any
There are quite a few out there, maybe look a bit harder? Try searching for specific siren models
@@thespiritstingray9359 I did but it keeps saying Fucking siren head
@pacificpational2626 oh HELL no that's awful
@@thespiritstingray9359I even looked on twitter and all of them were Re uploaded to youtube By ChicagoSirenFanboy and im trying to find more Videos from diffrent websites
Is this Recorded On July? Or its old video
@@masterjarteo read the date in the title
@@thespiritstingray9359 thanks
Can you break it again just to bring back the origin of the iconic sound used in SirenHead games?
Edit: They were never broken. It is apparently called the "alternate wail".
@@MattIsTheCat Chicago's sirens were never broken. They were programmed to sound that way for some time.
@thespiritstingray9359 So it is a lie that they were labeled as failing in the incidents when they would cycle up and down?
@@MattIsTheCat a blatant lie. People assumed they were broken because they sounded strange. It's just a signal called "alternate wail"
@@thespiritstingray9359 thank you.
@@thespiritstingray9359 I have never heard it here in Kansas.
Im honestly wondering what the mc controllers look like inside
@@BlakeWasketa there's plenty of pictures online
@@thespiritstingray9359Oh. I forgot i can just search it up lmao.
@@thespiritstingray9359Also, great vid dude!
@@thespiritstingray9359 I can't say PLENTY. There's more SiraTone (C/B) stuff online than the MC, though the MC is newer - Chicago was the main place to have MC's all over, everywhere else was either upgraded to MC, kept the SiraTone, or waited for the MCP or UV.
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