Looking for the siren tones for the old cleveland police.. what type of sire made those it was a weird wail.. I believe it was made by whelen and had a white face plate
Cleveland police siren tones
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Are they by any chance only 58 watts? Because every CPD car I know of (until 2006 when I left that area) was hard to hear - they had to be almost directly on top of you before you heard the siren.
Not sure about output, but they weren't THAT old, so I can't imagine they were less than 100 watts. It could be speaker placement.
Whelen WS224 and WS227 both use the same amp. The only differncevwas in the control heads. They are both 100 watt.
Those were the best tones EVER! When I first started riding with my father in his cruiser they had those sirens. A few fire apparatus have them in town still. Wish I could get my hands on one for my work rig!
Funny surprise at the end too. (I only say it's funny because she's fine and she's able to laugh about it)
ALSO, I had a deal going for one on the old board, but then the board died, and I don't know if he joined this current one or not...kinda pissed, I want his siren, lol...
Cleveland PD also used a Whelen Project-a-flex siren speaker too that was typical from about 1984 on and from what I've seen and heard, those speakers made the siren sound like a Kazoo.
GSPI said:
I always heard they were one of the best for siren tones, because of the acoustic tubing...
I'm not sure but the sounds would normally be muted on the CPD cars though and I wonder if that had anything to do with it. CPD had 100 watt systems even in the 1970's.