It’s so cool that you have a Vortex R4. I’m hoping to own a Whelen siren soon.

@WolfieMar

3 жыл бұрын

How can you actually get a siren?

@SteelCitySirensandTrains

3 жыл бұрын

@@WolfieMar eBay is a good place to buy a siren.

@WolfieMar

3 жыл бұрын

@@SteelCitySirensandTrains Yeah but i'm in The Netherlands. I don't use eBay. So how can i actually get a siren in real life and not online? Since NL Alert will be coming soon and NL will decomission all sirens. I want to know this if it happens so i may get my own siren.

@SteelCitySirensandTrains

3 жыл бұрын

@@WolfieMar My best answer is to pay attention to some EMS dispatches (I think that’s what it is) to see if they are going to remove a siren. If a siren is going to get removed, try asking to see if you could buy it.

@WolfieMar

3 жыл бұрын

@@SteelCitySirensandTrains Alright.

If we were to have pandemic sirens, I think this would be a good siren.

@jacksonoffical

4 жыл бұрын

coronavirus zombies appocylpse

@calumbrooknicolson

4 жыл бұрын

@@jacksonoffical Yeah.

@bithiperis3874

4 жыл бұрын

Tornado sirens can be coronavirus sirens

@bithiperis3874

4 жыл бұрын

What is the difference of tornadoes and coronaviruses

@manitoba-op4jx

3 жыл бұрын

@@bithiperis3874 a tornado kills real people

Cherry 1880: *its free real estate*

Fast wail is my favorite Whelen tone of all time

@dinkindane

2 жыл бұрын

My old town had it. Unfortunately the sirens don’t really sound the same as the older sirens with this controller are getting replaced

@dogs-and-destruction-channel

Жыл бұрын

My favourite is the fast wail of the old dual tone uv or siraTone controllers.

I love the Hi-Lo tone ngl . Its my favorite tone nowwwwwwwwwwwww

I like the wail tone.

0:48 "HIII LOOO HIII LOOO- BRRRRRRRRRPP." "Err.. excuse me!" 0:56 "HIII LOOO HIII LOOO"

@kianthetrainspotter7777

3 жыл бұрын

0:48 its the air horn tone

@stevewereley8233

3 жыл бұрын

Ha ha ha ha ha 😂😂🤣😂😂😂😂

@mile290productions3

3 жыл бұрын

@@kianthetrainspotter7777 yeah i know. Don't have to tell me.

@mile290productions3

3 жыл бұрын

@@stevewereley8233 comedy

Airhorn is amazing good vid!

If this siren does voice over, I want to hear it say "Tornado Warning."

@luigikoopa8771

2 жыл бұрын

Vortex does not do voice. Only 4004's can.

@wadessirenvideos6750

2 жыл бұрын

@@luigikoopa8771 Good to know. I'm not familiar with Whelen sirens, and only guessed at the features since both the Vortex and 4004 have speaker drivers. It must have been Whelen 4004 rotating sirens that Plano, Texas had before replacing them with 2910 sirens. I heard one say, "TORNADO WARNING" at night as frequent lightning lit up the scary looking lumpy clouds. There was a tornado 5 miles away along U.S. Highway 75, but not one in my immediately area.

I want one of those so bad! How did you get that anyway?

Is it allowed to make private sirens work from the radio?

0:48 Whelen Vortex: HIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII LOOOOWWWW HIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII LOOOOWWWW- BURRRRRRRRRRRRRRP Whelen 2810: Hey: What Do You Say? Whelen Vortex: Excuse Me. 0:54 HIIIIIIIIIIIIII LOWWWWWWW HIIIIIIIIIIIIIII LOWWWWW

How did you get? A Waylon vortex siren 🚨

How does one acquire a siren aside from buying from the manufacture? Do cities sell sirens that get replaced or decommissioned?

Do Whelens emit sound via speakers? I've always been interested, because the design seems compact in a way. Like the radio receiver on the back, with the speakers in the same place.

@CentralIllinoisSirens

3 жыл бұрын

Correct except radio receiver and amps are in a cabinet not the head

@dinkindane

2 жыл бұрын

They use a part of speakers called a Speaker Driver which is connected to an amplifier in the control box

@DJPenguino51

Жыл бұрын

Depending on the model, the "horn" can contain from 2 to 4 compression drivers. In essence, the drivers are just midrange drivers.

So cool!!

That is rare for a Vortex like that. Was it originally finback?

@tux8664

Жыл бұрын

newer ones dont have fins from the factory

@dinkindane

Жыл бұрын

@@tux8664 This one has an original ESC-864 digital controller which only were only used with finback vortexes

@tux8664

Жыл бұрын

@@dinkindane Im not too educated, but i would assume this is a mismatch of parts

@CentralIllinoisSirens

Жыл бұрын

This one didn’t have an ESC

@Jisso_Fantastic2

7 ай бұрын

​@dinkindane really?

Sick

What was the purpose of the back "fin?" I once filmed a siren like this one with the fin on the back of it. Could it be helpful for even weight distribution?

@Godzilla20191

2 ай бұрын

Helps them rotate in high winds

How big is that thing

0:06 Alert 0:21 Fast Wail 0:29 Wail/Attack 0:42 Hi Lo 0:50 Airhorn 1:01 Whoop 1:16 Silent Test Hope these shortcuts help. :D

Hi lo and air horn are my favorites

I hate how this siren dosent have collector rings to make the siren spin 360 without snapping the wires

Was that a finback at some point?

0:20 (fast wail) is what the one out by my house sounds like during a tornado warning and 0:30 (attack/wail-idk they sound the same) is what it sounds like during the weekly test. Guess it’s a way to distinguish between the two so they don’t have to announce the test before it starts. Fast wail is definitely more eerie sounding during a storm. The thing is within walking distance of my house so if I’m not tracking the time for the test it will catch me off guard when it kicks up cuz it’s so dang loud haha. There are a few houses in my neighborhood that have it practically in their backyard. Probably rarely anyone home during the weekly tests since those happen around noon but when it goes off during a warning especially at night…yeesh.

is it ok to be switching the tones while a tone is playing?

@CentralIllinoisSirens

2 жыл бұрын

I don’t have an answer to that but I don’t think it hurts anything. I didn’t mean to switch tones in the middle of this, turned it past cancel on accident

Cool!

My 2 favorite signals hi lo and air horn

any Hi-lo wail sirens?

Nice.

How big is this siren? can you lift it manually or is it way too big for that?

@CentralIllinoisSirens

4 жыл бұрын

Pretty big you’d need a few people to lift it manually

@CentralIllinoisSirens

4 жыл бұрын

It weighs 234 pounds

@KJ7BZC

4 жыл бұрын

@@CentralIllinoisSirens Ah ok, idk why but it looked quite small to me in the video.

@rainyrec

4 жыл бұрын

@@CentralIllinoisSirens Thats light, but not for a electronic siren.

Nice

1st alert 2nd Fast wail 3rd wail 4th Hi-lo 5th airhorn 6th Whoop (rotates)

@CentralIllinoisSirens

4 жыл бұрын

Rotates is SI Test

"Hey whelen, how are your collector rings doing?"

@Asmith-1111

2 жыл бұрын

Also ill bet that was hella loud.

Neat.

I'm planning to get a whelen hornet and a thunderbolt 1003 When I'm older

🎉🎉

Your telling me each driver needs an amp?

@CentralIllinoisSirens

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah it wouldn’t be able work without one

@bithiperis3874

4 жыл бұрын

112

@jamesperis9040

3 жыл бұрын

These need milliamps

@Acoustic_Theory

3 жыл бұрын

In the Vortex and WPS series sirens, each siren speaker (at each narrow end of the four small horns that end in the large horn) gets its own amplifier. This allows the amplifier to test each speaker cell independently and sense a fault, such as a damaged or blown speaker.

I'm like whelens

listen in 2 speed it will sound like an ambulance

Can the Vortex R4 do voice announcements?

@CentralIllinoisSirens

2 жыл бұрын

No, vortex is tone only. Unless you pair a voice capable cabinet with it. The 4004 does the voice and tones

Collector rings

@Peponeshittycontent

3 жыл бұрын

Hey vortex, how are your C O L L E C T O R R I N G S doing?

@seanjuth

3 жыл бұрын

This is a professional environment here none of this

@jacobpham4220

3 жыл бұрын

TSM.

@jacobpham4220

3 жыл бұрын

Vortex: Shut up EOWS 612 EOWS: COLLECTOR Rings 1000000x times Vortex: SHUT THE *bleep* UP *Throws EOWS 612 at space through the universe* EOWS 612: *distorted*

@seanjuth

3 жыл бұрын

@@jacobpham4220 no please

Did not know that they are soooo big

whats with the hissing

I WANT ONE!!!

@GabesElectronics

4 жыл бұрын

no you don't, these sirens are hard as shit to maintain.

@_generaljaramillo_

4 жыл бұрын

FS2001SRNB it’s a sacrifice I am whelen to make. Lol see what I did there hahahah

@CentralIllinoisSirens

4 жыл бұрын

It’s not that hard

@jamesperis9040

3 жыл бұрын

It is a little hard to do so

@jamesperis9040

3 жыл бұрын

@@GabesElectronics Why did you swear!?

I am friends with my County's EMA Director and a person rammed Into a 3016 pole and broke the siren and the siren fell off the rotator somehow and smashed the car. I tried to acquire the siren to see if I could fix it. Sadly I was told he couldn't give it to me, and btw, I can't tell you why it's a no, because the reason why is classified. Don't ask why I got a no.

@CentralIllinoisSirens

4 жыл бұрын

EASsirenVids 01 It wouldn’t be worth trying to fix it. It’s made of fiberglass if it’s damaged a lot you might as well get rid of it.

@EASsirenVids01

4 жыл бұрын

Tornado Sirens oh lol.

@CentralIllinoisSirens

4 жыл бұрын

EASsirenVids 01 Yeah I bet that thing was to far to repair once it fell on the car

@EASsirenVids01

4 жыл бұрын

Tornado Sirens true

@EASsirenVids01

4 жыл бұрын

Tornado Sirens true

0:05 wail 0:18 Fast wail 0:32 Attack 0:40 Hi lo 1:04 Whoop

@GoldenPantsxx

Ай бұрын

What was the one right after the HiLow? Like before he played HiLow again?

0:04 BoNk mEme

Do you know how to get a Whelen siren?

@CentralIllinoisSirens

3 жыл бұрын

eBay is always a good place to look

@SteelCitySirensandTrains

3 жыл бұрын

@@CentralIllinoisSirens Ok. I’ll look some up.

@SteelCitySirensandTrains

3 жыл бұрын

@@CentralIllinoisSirens Can’t find any

@CentralIllinoisSirens

3 жыл бұрын

Ok

Bet your neighbours love you

They look so small but their so big

@hvadd

4 жыл бұрын

That’s what she said xD

@bithiperis3874

4 жыл бұрын

Cancel noise

@sirensofneillinois1404

3 жыл бұрын

Same with the 130s

@FA50PH

2 жыл бұрын

Its really big in person

How did you get it?

@CentralIllinoisSirens

3 жыл бұрын

magic

@Hh-xt1rz

3 жыл бұрын

What does that mean?

@CentralIllinoisSirens

Жыл бұрын

Nope

@Godzilla20191

2 ай бұрын

(2 years late) he probably got it from west shore services or a siren graveyard

How do you get a tornado siren

@jacobpham4220

3 жыл бұрын

Buy it from eBay or buy it from a shed

@jacobpham4220

3 жыл бұрын

Or you can buy it from a tornado siren scrap yard

@Filiazz.m4dness

10 ай бұрын

@@jacobpham4220I’m pretty sure it’s hard to get a tornado siren

Do you have a voice Activation🤔

@Filiazz.m4dness

11 ай бұрын

I’m pretty sure that vortex’s doesn’t do voice

Wow how loud is that?

@CentralIllinoisSirens

4 жыл бұрын

OWS Crazy1 Not that bad but it does shake the ground if your close enough plus it’s only one driver

@OWS_Crazy1

4 жыл бұрын

Tornado Sirens: that’s pretty good for just one driver. Have you tested it with all the drivers yet?

@CentralIllinoisSirens

4 жыл бұрын

@@OWS_Crazy1 Well I tried today but somethings wrong with one amp and one driver

@legoivan44321

4 жыл бұрын

@@CentralIllinoisSirens Can we have a video showing those drivers? Also +1 good work

@CentralIllinoisSirens

4 жыл бұрын

Legoivan44321 Yeah I’m having a issue with one amp and one driver so I have to take it apart I’ll shoot the video tomorrow and maybe a test

Loud.

I thought it was doing like a 45 degree angle.

@emrilbennett8704

Жыл бұрын

It moves back and forth. It’s really neat.

Oof i want a whelen wps 2801 because ITS A FREAKING OREO

@blue9husky

4 жыл бұрын

Hey waht do your say

@Nirvoxide

4 жыл бұрын

Blue9husky Idk what does your say

@deq_syd

4 жыл бұрын

It’s a different type of whelen siren

@jacobpham4220

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah it’s weird, It has speakers and woofers in its huckey pucks

I am gonna go to WSS and see if I can get one. And yes, I know how to maintain one.

@CentralIllinoisSirens

4 жыл бұрын

Good luck

@rainyrec

4 жыл бұрын

@@CentralIllinoisSirens Thanks.

@ValenDRV

4 жыл бұрын

Oh hi Trap Star!

@nvaa1991

3 жыл бұрын

@@rainyrec You Know How To Maintain A 3016? I Might Be Getting One. It's Standing On A Pole By A New 2908. The 3016 Should Have Been taken down 4 years ago. I'll have to ask EM about it. I'm Hoping That I'll get it!

@nvaa1991

3 жыл бұрын

@@rainyrec will do!

0:05 Alert

i have one its so big so heavy to carry it sounds horrible when u play music through it

@deq_syd

4 жыл бұрын

I don’t know why but I would be scared to sleep

@SunsetfearOFFICIAL

4 жыл бұрын

Tornado Sirens i don’t have anywhere to put it

@SunsetfearOFFICIAL

3 жыл бұрын

@@deq_syd why ?

I have thunderbolt 1003b

How heavy it is

@CentralIllinoisSirens

3 жыл бұрын

Around 230lbs I believe

Now, where'd you get this from?

@CentralIllinoisSirens

4 жыл бұрын

NTXstorms Not saying/ I know people

@jm-vg4yn

4 жыл бұрын

Tornado Sirens You know you could’ve just said friends or something, not be all secretive when someone asks you a question.

@RMSLusitania

4 жыл бұрын

From whelen

@Sipex6484

3 жыл бұрын

@Menno Van der weide I don't think they're looking to buy his siren

@LilThomas2010

2 жыл бұрын

Probably from a scrap yard or whelen them selves

0:05

Hey I know him

Where is the voice???

@CentralIllinoisSirens

2 жыл бұрын

It’s a vortex

I think I saw a model L in the back round

@CentralIllinoisSirens

3 жыл бұрын

Model A

@glankford-blanks1138

3 жыл бұрын

Ok

Me to lol

Should get a finback one and a federal signal speakers so alternate wail

@CentralIllinoisSirens

4 жыл бұрын

What?

@Band__geek

4 жыл бұрын

#hoover Alabama whelen vortex

Ada seperti suaranya palang pintu kereta api

@dwiwahyudi2201

3 жыл бұрын

No

No collector rings

@Sir_Miles_Riley

3 жыл бұрын

It does not have because all WHELEN 3016s, 4004s, R3 & R4s, do not have collector rings because the wires are very fragile, if they rotate 360 degrees the wire will snap and cause serious damage to the siren. the collector rings can be a bad idea for WHELEN sirens because very easily the CRs (collector rings) will get dirty and are expensive to clean.

@CentralIllinoisSirens

3 жыл бұрын

Correct, not to be that guy but they do rotate 360 degrees but just oscillate.

@Sir_Miles_Riley

3 жыл бұрын

@@CentralIllinoisSirens True.

How did you get that tornado siren on the ground?

My favorite tone is air horn

I want one on my truck^^

Play the custim chiems

@CentralIllinoisSirens

3 жыл бұрын

There are none

@Sir_Miles_Riley

3 жыл бұрын

The R4s and R3s cant do chimes.

Hey vortex, EOWS 612 called. He’s wondering how you’re collector rings are doing. Hahahaahahahahahahahshahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!!!

Cool!

Collector rings