I happen to know that two of the sirens in the Fort Mac Arthur museum in San Pedro, CA, were "just taken down off the poles" at night. But that doesn't mean I'm advising it, as I'm sure it could be written up as a felony against you if caught. Charles Wow, I can't believe that a museum wo...

You sure are nice to donate all of that stuff! Siren looks really good, and it will save lives. I imagine you could get 50+ more years out of the unit. Wouldn't it have been cheaper to just have it powder coated? When I was restoring a lawn mower, the price I spent on paint I could have had a really...

After looking harder, yes; I do see rust.

Probably due to salty air.

I was spending the night at my uncles house/trailer at California's version of the French riviera (AKA the Salton Sea) and I saw this on top of the Bombay Beach fire station. There is another one at North Shore that I wasn't able to get a picture of. Notice how well preserved this siren is! http://i...

Cool video! I can't imagine that FS 2001 is very effective at that height, at least at far distances :lol: I noticed it rotates a lot longer than most 2001's after it cuts off...in fact most 2001's I've seen stop rotating as soon as the siren cuts off...interesting Soundoff says that he can hear it...

If I wasn't going back to school on Monday I would call. Maybe I'll call some time when I have off.

Calling them has always worked for me. Very few people think that stuff like this could be valuable to someone.

The is neither a light nor a siren, it's a UHF signal broadcaster.

Hmm...Seems to me that I've seen one of those sirens before whil I was in Michigan.

It almost sounds like an E-57 German siren. Nice siren and recording job!