500AT, I don't remember how old you are, but you didn't get the chance to find other favorite sirens because the Q has probably been the only choice among electric sirens since you got interested. My favorite will always be the Sterling 30, which the department I was with had a lot of. It's tone wa...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v649/electrosiren/Sirens/Siren.jpg Small Motor http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v649/electrosiren/Sirens/Model28mid.jpg Medium Motor http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v649/electrosiren/Sirens/Model28big.jpg Large Motor. This is the same thing that I restored. FYI,...

Installed new bearings, reassembled/torqued per Federal diagram/spec (screw-type clutch), & shaft turns 3-5 seconds before rotor begins turning. Suggestions? I realize this is an older post, but I'm just now seeing it. If you have a screw clutch on that Q, contact Kevin O'Connell at B&M Sir...

Robert, check your PM.

Well, as if it were almost a "See I told you so," there were a couple of churches in the middle of Dowtown that were totally flattened by the tornado. I wonder how those preachers explained THAT to their congregations!

... the station took a direct hit from the tornado, shattering all the glass in the dispatcher center. Flying glass hit the dispatcher in the face, costing him an eye and knocking him to the floor before he could ever sound the sirens. Since then the only warning Lubbock has is local police vehicle...

Where I live is waaay out in the county, so it wouldn't bother anyone if I had a siren out here. I've been wanting (and looking for) a siren to put up out here. We're in the middle of "tornado alley" and there's no warning system. The city has a relatively new, but worthless, electronic sy...

Here in Midland County (TX) there is no warning system. The City of Midland instituted the most ridiculous "siren" system a few years ago. It is all electronic and only sound the hi-lo sound for tornadoes and has the Westminster chimes and a voice announce. There are NO sirens in the count...

Thanks, James. You seem to get around pretty well. Watch out for the 'naders!

Hmm....nothing was said on our local TV about bad weather on the South Plains yesterday. I got an email from a friend in Abilene, and they had some nasty stuff in their area. I've never heard any of the sirens around Lubbock except when they tested the TBolts prior to 1970, and the Tech siren a few ...