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by Franz?
Sun Jul 26, 2009 3:10 am
Forum: Other Warning Systems - Indoor, Outdoor and Vehicular
Topic: Reverse 911 Los Angeles County with database of over 7 mil.
Replies: 5
Views: 5144

There was an article in one of the trade mags a couple months ago pointing out the sad situation with Reverse 911. Might have been i Urgent Communications or APCO. Many of the systems just flat fail to function when tested, of course the taxpayers still pay for them. The article also pointed out sev...
by Franz?
Thu Jun 25, 2009 2:27 am
Forum: Other Warning Systems - Indoor, Outdoor and Vehicular
Topic: Leased Line _ Leased Line hay buddy can you spare a dime?
Replies: 4
Views: 4724

Actually somebody is issing a business opportunity. There are companies who will offer a municipality or school district a utility audit in exchange for 50% of the first year of savings. Since noone at any government agency or school district has any incentive to save a tax dollar, you often make th...
by Franz?
Thu Jun 11, 2009 3:36 am
Forum: Main Outdoor Warning Sirens Board
Topic: Can we call the fire station and remotely sound the siren?
Replies: 33
Views: 15745

gee Bob you think maybe having done it a few hundred times going back to the days of vibrating reed decoders & encoders might have given me a plan?

Selectone should have whatever you need, DTMF, Burst or dualtone sequential.
http://www.com-spec.com/selectone/product.htm
by Franz?
Wed Jun 10, 2009 4:00 pm
Forum: Main Outdoor Warning Sirens Board
Topic: Can we call the fire station and remotely sound the siren?
Replies: 33
Views: 15745

WHY introduce the whole phone situation into this when a simple radio decoder and touchtone microphone or encoder will accomplish the task?
by Franz?
Mon Jun 01, 2009 12:36 am
Forum: Main Outdoor Warning Sirens Board
Topic: Chrysler siren locations
Replies: 28
Views: 13515

The Oakland City Council Preservation Board was quite upset. They launched an investigation and the school district stone walled them. We suspect it went to scrap. Yea that would be a real difficult investigation to conduct, wouldn't it. How many crane outfits in the city are capable of making the ...
by Franz?
Wed May 06, 2009 4:21 am
Forum: Main Outdoor Warning Sirens Board
Topic: St. Bernard Parish Warning Siren Trailer
Replies: 3
Views: 3126

Better keep it well away from Maya Nagent unless it has self activating floats. Seems like a lot of government property sinks and disappears when Maya Ray gets ahold of it.
by Franz?
Fri Mar 20, 2009 12:08 am
Forum: Main Outdoor Warning Sirens Board
Topic: Chrysler-Bell Victory Siren article in Jan 1943 PopSci
Replies: 33
Views: 12543

I checked with the AlGore Institute of Scientific Knowledge, and they replied: A) Send us money B) That was before we rewrote the Laws of Physics C) You need carbon credits to hear that D) Second hand smoke is bad for you E) We can sell you carbon credits F) Please buy cigaretts so we can spend the ...
by Franz?
Tue Mar 17, 2009 3:39 am
Forum: Main Outdoor Warning Sirens Board
Topic: Chrysler-Bell Victory Siren article in Jan 1943 PopSci
Replies: 33
Views: 12543

50 mile audible range, sounds like a slight overstatement to me. I read an article a few years ago that said the LA Chryslers could be heard on Catalina Island about 50 miles off the coast. This is best case scenario with no background noise or obstructions, and I'm sure, even at that point, it was...
by Franz?
Mon Mar 16, 2009 3:28 am
Forum: Main Outdoor Warning Sirens Board
Topic: Chrysler-Bell Victory Siren article in Jan 1943 PopSci
Replies: 33
Views: 12543

The problem here is the majority of posters in this thread have no concept of the time when these machines were built and rated. Ambient background noise levels were very much lower in 1950 than they are today. With that in mind it is entirely possible someone 50 miles from a Chrysler specificly lis...
by Franz?
Tue Feb 24, 2009 4:54 am
Forum: Main Outdoor Warning Sirens Board
Topic: City Tests Verbal Warning System
Replies: 11
Views: 5125

Lead me NOT into temptation. Once, in a time way back in history someone payed attention in class and learned speakers make excellent microphones, and schoop PA consoles had a talkback feature. That person brought the High School to chaos by employing a speaker, left in the teacher lovenest, a conso...

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