Federal Signal Interceptor Siren with "In-between Tones"

[@stevenduering7155]

Unnecessary use of violence in the apprehension of the Blues Brothers has been approved

[@glennphillips3872]

My God, this brings back memories....good memories.

[@zulu0219]

Me too. Spent years running ambulances with the Federals and sometimes with a B&M SC. and a Q2. They were the best, often imitated but never equaled.

[@WuzFuzz46]

What a great walk down amnesia lane! I started with an '84 Chevy that had a Smith & Wesson siren. Only the yelp button worked and it was more of a sick Basset Hound sound. I only had the Interceptor in one car and absolutely loved it! We all went crazy with the in-between Yelp and Wail... we called it "the pinger". Good stuff!

[@RyanSchweitzer77]

0:46 to 0:49 sounds like the some of the sirens used by the Illinois State Police cars in "The Blues Brothers" during the ending chase scene....

[@contactacb]

Just what I was thinking!

[@spunbearing65]

It was the 1970s siren. Now all the squad cars have vibrators which are annoying.

[@theannihilator7989]

Yeah

[@literalantifaterrorist4673]

@@spunbearing65that’s the whole point of sirens, to be annoying

[@hounddog946]

Just half yelp/half wail

[@michaelkanako]

Oh my god this brings back memories. Our mechanic was in dispatch when he heard us over the radio. Was he MAD!. Something to do with burning them out. Never stopped us, thought.

[@j.jonesey4002]

what about the other two inbetween tones? I saw on another video that there are technically four, One close to the wail, one close to the yelp, one close to the yelp on the hi-lo side and one close to the Hi-Lo

[@DallasSniper]

I wish Federal would implement the piercer yelp tone at 46 seconds with their current models

[@jimfitz1432]

That’s the northern Illinois Nazi yelp....go check out blues brothers if you don’t believe me.

[@hansgearbox4251]

@@jimfitz1432 a what?

[@rmetcalf89]

@@jimfitz1432 Nope. The Nazis didn't have sirens. Chicago PD used that tone through most of the Pursuit that lead to the city county building.

[@signal12hvac]

you missed the one just off the right side of wail where its a steady tone then it goes down like a normal wail;

[@daveh9803]

We called that one the “bombs away”!

[@truckertae9725]

Reminds me of the 70's CHP sirens and mafia 3 cop car sirens

[@MarinePigVa]

Dear god this brings me back to my first day on the job. Still remember responding to a fight in progress at a movie theatre. As I am walking out with a guy in cuffs I am hearing the police radio in a loudspeaker. MY dumbass turned the siren all the way to radio when I went to turn it off. Doh.

[@shamrock1961]

Adam 12 displayed that control when they showed Malloy activating the siren. Never used the yelp however.

[@freightersonthegreatlakes995]

Used by lots of FDNY Mack’s super cool to hear them

[@Kabaniko-san]

What is the low tone at the beginning of wail on 0:14 is called?

[@avgeek_227]

Hi! How do i set this up like just in my bedroom? What do i need? I already have the lightbar and siren control panel, idk how to hook them up and make them work

[@capitolemiproducer]

Think about this. Get a toggle switch and connect to wail and Hi-low....What do you think it would sound like?

[@hamish4946]

I read somewhere that they used to call this in between tone "barking the dog"

[@crystallake6198]

magnificent.

[@mgg8605-]

Watching the movie “Live and Let Die” and saw this.

[@peterlongden243]

I have one of these plus others here in UK , but unsure where is the right place to sell them and approximate costs of them? Thanks

[@Officer620]

Your best bet is eBay, considering these sirens weren’t really utilised outside of the USA. Pricing depends on functionality and condition of course

[@sebastianfloyd372]

@@Officer620 Police Car Siren

[@GMan-yv8cb]

Oh, they're not worth anything! Send 'em to me- I'll get rid of 'em for ya! 😆 KIDDING !!!! Do some searches - Here (KZbin), EBay, etc. You WILL get some $$$ ! Good Luck !! -REALLY! I WAS KIDDING! 😆😂🤣

[@Sammydx1]

Very interesting !

[@nmtoc]

The PA15A series 1E, PA20A series 2E, PA70, PA100, PA150, PA170, PA200, and PA1000 all sound the same and should be able to make that 'chirping' sound in between wail and yelp.

[@Astral_olpral]

If you hear those the officers are aggressive

[@glenncauser9427]

I have one. wail works the dial turns but the tone doesn't change. any ideas

[@chernikov_vlad]

Nice

[@jd8230]

Do all interceptors have the in between tones?

[@Officer620]

Only the PA20A series 2E and PA200 as far as I know

[@DallasSniper]

I wish Federal would implement the piercer tone at 47 seconds with their current siren models.

[@sebastianfloyd372]

@@Officer620 sounds like a Police Car Siren right?

[@BC41B]

@@Officer620 PA15 would do it also. We had the original PA20’s with just wail and yelp. We tightened the set screw on the selector knob on the in-between wail and yelp for the high-pitched “Chicago Bang-Bang”….. then turned the gain/power off until needed. Couldn’t overuse it for long periods cause it would burn out the drivers quick if you left it “on” too long….. ahhh the days!!!!! Everybody knew who was comin….

[@FOHGeek]

0:47 Wail + Yelp = Powercall

[@3252fly]

code 4 southbound hwy. 400 when two lanes From Barrie to metro on Sun. bumper to bumper, driving on the shoulder == Hi / low with no roof insulation after an hr. became-- ME__ MA. No wonder after years of that I'm DUH!!!!

[@chim-3341]

Ahh memories

[@Ho11yw006]

How old? Imagine if the still used these.

[@Ho11yw006]

Sans Undertale I am an aspiring police explorer and I am going to be an explorer when I am 13-15. I see you a lot too!

[@Ho11yw006]

@Sans Undertale What dept do you want? Oh and im online on roblox lets play a LEO game! I want the NYSP or CHP

[@ltmongoose1594]

Sounds like CHP sirens

[@TheJakeman789]

I hope that thing is in the trash by now. Sounds awful.