Here's a video I've been thinking about today - one of the old Franklin County, OH Whelen 3016s in voice operation for an actual tornado warning in August of 2006. Post your best throwbacks below; criteria is five years old or older!
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Jacob Green - 25, Wichita, Kansas
You can buy any radio you want, just don't buy a Baofeng and call it a scanner.
That is 100% the greatest ambiance I've ever heard!
17 year old enthusiast from Columbus, Ohio
Proud owner of:
- Federal Enterprises Model 2
- Federal Electric Model 2 (damaged)
- Federal Electric Type A
- H.O.R. Si-Rex S1
- Federal Electric Model A-5
Proud owner of a Fedelcode Mach. 3 (dual rotor), Model 2, 3 A’s, 2 D’s, J, 76A, Interstate Machines F, Sparton 35, & Darley C987 >>> Track Forward >>> 25, engineer, and has an affinity for old sirens!
Here's the only siren recording I've made that's over 5 years old, and the first one I made ever. This is the 10V in my profile picture, recorded from the house where I grew up exactly 3.0 miles away as the crow flies from the siren. The siren doesn't have a testing schedule, but sounds as a fire siren, and in this case it was for rescue operations after a flash flood hit downtown.
Though it was so faint and distant, even from 3 miles away that 460hz wail penetrated the house and reverberated eerily. I could hear it in a windowless room in the middle of the house. Hearing it at night while in bed sent chills up my spine many times.
Sirens have been recorded and heard since the 1970s. Few exist from the 70s and 80s but the audio from them is very creepy and they sound like the end of the world.
In terms of my videos, this was one of my first (and very beginner quality) recordings of a 3T22 sounding for a fire call. Unfortunately, this siren was abandoned in place in 2015 due to complaints. Such a shame because it sounded very healthy!