Federal Signal 2001-130 - Macon, GA

Second full test of the brand new 2001-130DC, located at Macon State College in Macon, GA. This siren recently replaced a Federal RSH-10A (Thunderbeam) in November 2011, which sat in the same spot this new 2001 now does. You can hear various other sirens in the background, such as a couple of 2001-SRNs to my west, and a Whelen Vortex R4 (560Hz alert) to my south. I was approximately 1/2 mile west of the siren, and it was far from loud. Definitely not my best video due to the wind and distance, but I just wanted to see how these 2001-130s perform from a distance.

The noise you hear in the background is a bunch of dirt bikes at the motocross track just behind Northern Tool (where I was set up at).

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[sirenfan97]

Should have installed an Equinox or a Vortex.

[murrfarms]

@sirenfan97 A Vortex would have been preferred by not only myself, but the EMA as well. If they had gone that route, there was a high chance they would've ended up in a lawsuit because the Federal dealer was bitching about them "not giving other bidders a fair chance at being awarded the project". I mean, there's a freakin reason behind that, called YOUR PRODUCT SUCKS! (as evidenced here) I'm just hoping the city/county sues for this siren not performing to the specs they were sold on, and wins.

[amtrak3501]

RIP RSH-10 :( nice vid, Ian.

[murrfarms]

@amtrak3501 Don't worry, it's in good hands now (no, not with Allstate LOL). Thanks man!

[LouisvilleTorn8o]

Would you say you were getting about 80 to 85 DB from that distance, or is that pushing it? Was the wind blowing from the same direction as the siren?

If I were to make a distance recording of a 2001, I'd record from either 1/4 or 1/5 mile away.

[murrfarms]

@LouisvilleTorn8o I think that may be a stretch lol. I'd probably say 70dB was more feasible than 80 or so at the distance I was from the siren. The wind was blowing to the north at times I believe, and I was west of the siren. I wish I could have gotten a little bit closer to it without being too close, but unfortunately there wasn't another spot to park between here and being roughly 250ft away from it. I'd have much rather been 1/4 mile out than the 1/2 mile distance I was at.

[Daylestoys]

i like the quads or dirt bikes in the back

[stlchevy95]

Shame on FS

[amtrak3501]

@murrfarms ha! thats funny. gonna post a vid from Monroe county MI tomorrow of a 3016.

[SSAirsoftowns]

NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOO­OOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!!

They removed the T-beam :[

[murrfarms]

@sirenfan97 They used the lame narrow-banding excuse to replace it with something new, since this area was hit by an EF2 tornado in 2008 and the Thunderbeam lost power. The other two remaining Thunderbeams will be replaced soon too, for the same reason. The T-beam was still very healthy when it was removed, and performed so much better than this thing does.