Mt. Sterling, OH | FS RSH-10 Thunderbeam | 1.5 Min. Alert | Madison Co. Siren Test | 12/21/2022

Описание: UPDATE May 2024: This siren has been unfortunately replaced by a Whelen Vortex.

Location: Mt Sterling Village Administration
System: Madison County
Testing schedule: Wednesdays at noon
Testing time: 12:02:17 PM (2 minutes late)
Cycle when tested: Varies it seems
Camera used: Canon PowerShot SX540HS
Recording distance from siren: 235 feet
Loudness: Very loud - 127.4 dBC, 124.7 dBA
Temperature: 37°F
Other enthusiasts present: Connor (‪@Thunderbolt1000Tfan‬ )

Other notes: For our last siren test of 2022, we went to this Thunderbeam in Mount Sterling since it hadn't been filmed in over eight years. Based on the previous recordings of this and what the county's Whelens seem to do for tests, we were expecting this to only do a couple of cycles of attack. Instead, it went off in alert for about a minute and a half. It's not attack, but it at least went for more than 10 seconds, so we'll take it. It went off about 2 minutes late; we heard a set of tones come through the scanner at noon and this siren hadn't gone off yet, so we were beginning to get worried that this was a fail. We then heard another set of tones come through, and fortunately it activated with no issues. This was pretty loud from underneath, although it somehow felt a little louder from around 50 feet or so from the pole, at least to me. I got a max reading of 127.4 dBC from close to/right underneath it. I could also feel it vibrating my chest a bit from underneath. My wide shot footage of this siren corrupted unfortunately, and I didn't really feel like trying to fix the SD card. This past year may have started quite rough for us with a bunch of failures and cancelled tests, but the summer and fall well made up for that in my book. 2022 was overall an awesome year for all of the sirens I've gone to, probably the best one yet. Here's to 2023, hoping it'll be at least just as good, if not even better. Enjoy!

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