Whelen Vortex All Tones

Here's my recently acquired Whelen Vortex R4 doing all its tones. Soon Ill be mounting it on a short pole and getting it solar powered and radio activated.

[@SteelCitySirensandTrains]

It’s so cool that you have a Vortex R4. I’m hoping to own a Whelen siren soon.

[@WolfieMar]

How can you actually get a siren?

[@SteelCitySirensandTrains]

@@WolfieMar eBay is a good place to buy a siren.

[@WolfieMar]

@@SteelCitySirensandTrains Yeah but i'm in The Netherlands. I don't use eBay. So how can i actually get a siren in real life and not online? Since NL Alert will be coming soon and NL will decomission all sirens. I want to know this if it happens so i may get my own siren.

[@SteelCitySirensandTrains]

@@WolfieMar My best answer is to pay attention to some EMS dispatches (I think that’s what it is) to see if they are going to remove a siren. If a siren is going to get removed, try asking to see if you could buy it.

[@WolfieMar]

@@SteelCitySirensandTrains Alright.

[@calumbrooknicolson]

If we were to have pandemic sirens, I think this would be a good siren.

[@jacksonoffical]

coronavirus zombies appocylpse

[@calumbrooknicolson]

@@jacksonoffical Yeah.

[@bithiperis3874]

Tornado sirens can be coronavirus sirens

[@bithiperis3874]

What is the difference of tornadoes and coronaviruses

[@manitoba-op4jx]

@@bithiperis3874 a tornado kills real people

[@GavinMFR]

Cherry 1880: *its free real estate*

[@IceBotYT]

Fast wail is my favorite Whelen tone of all time

[@dinkindane]

My old town had it. Unfortunately the sirens don’t really sound the same as the older sirens with this controller are getting replaced

[@dogs-and-destruction-channel]

My favourite is the fast wail of the old dual tone uv or siraTone controllers.

[@Yourworstnightmare331]

I love the Hi-Lo tone ngl . Its my favorite tone nowwwwwwwwwwwww

[@mile290productions3]

0:48 "HIII LOOO HIII LOOO- BRRRRRRRRRPP." "Err.. excuse me!" 0:56 "HIII LOOO HIII LOOO"

[@kianthetrainspotter7777]

0:48 its the air horn tone

[@stevewereley8233]

Ha ha ha ha ha 😂😂🤣😂😂😂😂

[@mile290productions3]

@@kianthetrainspotter7777 yeah i know. Don't have to tell me.

[@mile290productions3]

@@stevewereley8233 comedy

[@Anzac1]

I like the wail tone.

[@wadessirenvideos6750]

If this siren does voice over, I want to hear it say "Tornado Warning."

[@luigikoopa8771]

Vortex does not do voice. Only 4004's can.

[@wadessirenvideos6750]

@@luigikoopa8771 Good to know. I'm not familiar with Whelen sirens, and only guessed at the features since both the Vortex and 4004 have speaker drivers. It must have been Whelen 4004 rotating sirens that Plano, Texas had before replacing them with 2910 sirens. I heard one say, "TORNADO WARNING" at night as frequent lightning lit up the scary looking lumpy clouds. There was a tornado 5 miles away along U.S. Highway 75, but not one in my immediately area.

[@user-pk9vm1om2x]

0:28 wail sound like tsunami warning is scary

[@MarvinCaloocanCity]

0:48 Whelen Vortex: HIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII LOOOOWWWW HIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII LOOOOWWWW- BURRRRRRRRRRRRRRP Whelen 2810: Hey: What Do You Say? Whelen Vortex: Excuse Me. 0:54 HIIIIIIIIIIIIII LOWWWWWWW HIIIIIIIIIIIIIII LOWWWWW

[@dinkindane]

That is rare for a Vortex like that. Was it originally finback?

[@tux8664]

newer ones dont have fins from the factory

[@dinkindane]

@@tux8664 This one has an original ESC-864 digital controller which only were only used with finback vortexes

[@tux8664]

@@dinkindane Im not too educated, but i would assume this is a mismatch of parts

[@CentralIllinoisSirens]

This one didn’t have an ESC

[@Jisso_fantasticalt]

​@dinkindane really?

[@user-wc4lr6fk1i]

0:06 Alert 0:21 Fast Wail 0:29 Wail/Attack 0:42 Hi Lo 0:50 Airhorn 1:01 Whoop 1:16 Silent Test Hope these shortcuts help. :D

[@Theutmostgeek]

Is it allowed to make private sirens work from the radio?

[@videogamer2477]

I want one of those so bad! How did you get that anyway?

[@Boundwithflame23]

0:20 (fast wail) is what the one out by my house sounds like during a tornado warning and 0:30 (attack/wail-idk they sound the same) is what it sounds like during the weekly test. Guess it’s a way to distinguish between the two so they don’t have to announce the test before it starts. Fast wail is definitely more eerie sounding during a storm. The thing is within walking distance of my house so if I’m not tracking the time for the test it will catch me off guard when it kicks up cuz it’s so dang loud haha. There are a few houses in my neighborhood that have it practically in their backyard. Probably rarely anyone home during the weekly tests since those happen around noon but when it goes off during a warning especially at night…yeesh.

[@Diego53075]

0:49 the sound of air horn make me laugh so hard😂😂😂😂

[@MykasVehicles]

Airhorn is amazing good vid!

[@f5jaxon152]

How did you get? A Waylon vortex siren 🚨

[@Mopsspoof]

Do Whelens emit sound via speakers? I've always been interested, because the design seems compact in a way. Like the radio receiver on the back, with the speakers in the same place.

[@CentralIllinoisSirens]

Correct except radio receiver and amps are in a cabinet not the head

[@dinkindane]

They use a part of speakers called a Speaker Driver which is connected to an amplifier in the control box

[@DJPenguino51]

Depending on the model, the "horn" can contain from 2 to 4 compression drivers. In essence, the drivers are just midrange drivers.

[@_generaljaramillo_]

I WANT ONE!!!

[@GabesElectronics]

no you don't, these sirens are hard as shit to maintain.

[@_generaljaramillo_]

FS2001SRNB it’s a sacrifice I am whelen to make. Lol see what I did there hahahah

[@CentralIllinoisSirens]

It’s not that hard

[@jamesperis9040]

It is a little hard to do so

[@jamesperis9040]

@@GabesElectronics Why did you swear!?

[@davidahumada9355]

1st alert 2nd Fast wail 3rd wail 4th Hi-lo 5th airhorn 6th Whoop (rotates)

[@CentralIllinoisSirens]

Rotates is SI Test

[@VOLTRONDEFENDER4440]

I hate how this siren dosent have collector rings to make the siren spin 360 without snapping the wires

[@dankmaster6419]

Your telling me each driver needs an amp?

[@CentralIllinoisSirens]

Yeah it wouldn’t be able work without one

[@bithiperis3874]

112

[@jamesperis9040]

These need milliamps

[@Acoustic_Theory]

In the Vortex and WPS series sirens, each siren speaker (at each narrow end of the four small horns that end in the large horn) gets its own amplifier. This allows the amplifier to test each speaker cell independently and sense a fault, such as a damaged or blown speaker.

[@Asmith-1111]

"Hey whelen, how are your collector rings doing?"

[@Asmith-1111]

Also ill bet that was hella loud.

[@vertoisful]

Sick

[@dillip1234]

It's like siren head sounds bro

[@EASsirenVids01]

I am friends with my County's EMA Director and a person rammed Into a 3016 pole and broke the siren and the siren fell off the rotator somehow and smashed the car. I tried to acquire the siren to see if I could fix it. Sadly I was told he couldn't give it to me, and btw, I can't tell you why it's a no, because the reason why is classified. Don't ask why I got a no.

[@CentralIllinoisSirens]

EASsirenVids 01 It wouldn’t be worth trying to fix it. It’s made of fiberglass if it’s damaged a lot you might as well get rid of it.

[@EASsirenVids01]

Tornado Sirens oh lol.

[@CentralIllinoisSirens]

EASsirenVids 01 Yeah I bet that thing was to far to repair once it fell on the car

[@EASsirenVids01]

Tornado Sirens true

[@EASsirenVids01]

Tornado Sirens true

[@itsemoreno2608]

0:05 wail 0:18 Fast wail 0:32 Attack 0:40 Hi lo 1:04 Whoop

[@GoldenPantsxx]

What was the one right after the HiLow? Like before he played HiLow again?

[@deq_syd]

They look so small but their so big

[@hvadd]

That’s what she said xD

[@bithiperis3874]

Cancel noise

[@mspdl_160]

Same with the 130s

[@FA50PH]

Its really big in person

[@northdakotasirens1520]

is it ok to be switching the tones while a tone is playing?

[@CentralIllinoisSirens]

I don’t have an answer to that but I don’t think it hurts anything. I didn’t mean to switch tones in the middle of this, turned it past cancel on accident

[@theresachiles7103]

Collector rings

[@Peponeshittycontent]

Hey vortex, how are your C O L L E C T O R R I N G S doing?

[@seanjuth]

This is a professional environment here none of this

[@jacobpham4220]

TSM.

[@jacobpham4220]

Vortex: Shut up EOWS 612 EOWS: COLLECTOR Rings 1000000x times Vortex: SHUT THE *bleep* UP *Throws EOWS 612 at space through the universe* EOWS 612: *distorted*

[@seanjuth]

@@jacobpham4220 no please

[@ArenSkreigh]

Hi lo and air horn are my favorites

[@KJ7BZC]

How big is this siren? can you lift it manually or is it way too big for that?

[@CentralIllinoisSirens]

Pretty big you’d need a few people to lift it manually

[@CentralIllinoisSirens]

It weighs 234 pounds

[@KJ7BZC]

@@CentralIllinoisSirens Ah ok, idk why but it looked quite small to me in the video.

[@rainyrec]

@@CentralIllinoisSirens Thats light, but not for a electronic siren.

[@emrilbennett8704]

So cool!!

[@wadessirenvideos6750]

What was the purpose of the back "fin?" I once filmed a siren like this one with the fin on the back of it. Could it be helpful for even weight distribution?

[@Godzilla20191]

Helps them rotate in high winds

[@sharkins82]

My 2 favorite signals hi lo and air horn

[@TherandomSirenlover]

I'm planning to get a whelen hornet and a thunderbolt 1003 When I'm older

[@OWS_Crazy1]

Wow how loud is that?

[@CentralIllinoisSirens]

OWS Crazy1 Not that bad but it does shake the ground if your close enough plus it’s only one driver

[@OWS_Crazy1]

Tornado Sirens: that’s pretty good for just one driver. Have you tested it with all the drivers yet?

[@CentralIllinoisSirens]

@@OWS_Crazy1 Well I tried today but somethings wrong with one amp and one driver

[@legoivan44321]

@@CentralIllinoisSirens Can we have a video showing those drivers? Also +1 good work

[@CentralIllinoisSirens]

Legoivan44321 Yeah I’m having a issue with one amp and one driver so I have to take it apart I’ll shoot the video tomorrow and maybe a test

[@WilliamNealyMusic]

How does one acquire a siren aside from buying from the manufacture? Do cities sell sirens that get replaced or decommissioned?

[@theray2009]

How big is that thing

[@your-local-trainfan]

any Hi-lo wail sirens?

[@yoitsmoe967]

0:04 BoNk mEme

[@deq_syd]

Oof i want a whelen wps 2801 because ITS A FREAKING OREO

[@blue9husky]

Hey waht do your say

[@Nirvoxide]

Blue9husky Idk what does your say

[@deq_syd]

It’s a different type of whelen siren

[@jacobpham4220]

Yeah it’s weird, It has speakers and woofers in its huckey pucks

[@mrplanebuthedied6165]

Cool!

[@AsloAso]

Bet your neighbours love you

[@NOT-AVAILABLE2004]

Did not know that they are soooo big

[@Sipex6484]

Was that a finback at some point?

[@WhelenVortex730]

I'm like whelens

[@ScarOne314]

Nice.

[@bradleyandfriends2010]

0:05 Alert

[@bithiperis3874]

listen in 2 speed it will sound like an ambulance

[@ilwx]

Nice

[@emrilbennett8704]

Neat.

[@Hh-xt1rz]

How did you get it?

[@CentralIllinoisSirens]

magic

[@Hh-xt1rz]

What does that mean?

[@CentralIllinoisSirens]

Nope

[@Godzilla20191]

(2 years late) he probably got it from west shore services or a siren graveyard

[@angrybird72903]

Can the Vortex R4 do voice announcements?

[@CentralIllinoisSirens]

No, vortex is tone only. Unless you pair a voice capable cabinet with it. The 4004 does the voice and tones

[@rainyrec]

I am gonna go to WSS and see if I can get one. And yes, I know how to maintain one.

[@CentralIllinoisSirens]

Good luck

[@rainyrec]

@@CentralIllinoisSirens Thanks.

[@ValenDRV]

Oh hi Trap Star!

[@nvaa1991]

@@rainyrec You Know How To Maintain A 3016? I Might Be Getting One. It's Standing On A Pole By A New 2908. The 3016 Should Have Been taken down 4 years ago. I'll have to ask EM about it. I'm Hoping That I'll get it!

[@nvaa1991]

@@rainyrec will do!

[@blakeritter5533]

How do you get a tornado siren

[@jacobpham4220]

Buy it from eBay or buy it from a shed

[@jacobpham4220]

Or you can buy it from a tornado siren scrap yard

[@Filiazz.m4dness]

@@jacobpham4220I’m pretty sure it’s hard to get a tornado siren

[@deiahpritchett8220]

🎉🎉

[@user-tx6pk6fm8u]

How did you get that tornado siren on the ground?

[@SteelCitySirensandTrains]

Do you know how to get a Whelen siren?

[@CentralIllinoisSirens]

eBay is always a good place to look

[@SteelCitySirensandTrains]

@@CentralIllinoisSirens Ok. I’ll look some up.

[@SteelCitySirensandTrains]

@@CentralIllinoisSirens Can’t find any

[@CentralIllinoisSirens]

Ok

[@kaychosa8038]

I have thunderbolt 1003b

[@chantek85]

Where is the voice???

[@CentralIllinoisSirens]

It’s a vortex

[@randomhobbiest5562]

whats with the hissing

[@dianefenner3243]

Do you have a voice Activation🤔

[@Filiazz.m4dness]

I’m pretty sure that vortex’s doesn’t do voice

[@Snitser89]

I want one on my truck^^

[@jalynhosea2262]

I thought it was doing like a 45 degree angle.

[@emrilbennett8704]

It moves back and forth. It’s really neat.

[@Dat1_wolf]

No collector rings

[@Sir_Miles_Riley]

It does not have because all WHELEN 3016s, 4004s, R3 & R4s, do not have collector rings because the wires are very fragile, if they rotate 360 degrees the wire will snap and cause serious damage to the siren. the collector rings can be a bad idea for WHELEN sirens because very easily the CRs (collector rings) will get dirty and are expensive to clean.

[@CentralIllinoisSirens]

Correct, not to be that guy but they do rotate 360 degrees but just oscillate.

[@Sir_Miles_Riley]

@@CentralIllinoisSirens True.

[@ScarOne314]

Loud.

[@miriamcabague-rs4vj]

0:05

[@SunsetfearOFFICIAL]

i have one its so big so heavy to carry it sounds horrible when u play music through it

[@deq_syd]

I don’t know why but I would be scared to sleep

[@SunsetfearOFFICIAL]

Tornado Sirens i don’t have anywhere to put it

[@SunsetfearOFFICIAL]

@@deq_syd why ?

[@NTXstorms]

Now, where'd you get this from?

[@CentralIllinoisSirens]

NTXstorms Not saying/ I know people

[@jm-vg4yn]

Tornado Sirens You know you could’ve just said friends or something, not be all secretive when someone asks you a question.

[@RMSLusitania]

From whelen

[@Sipex6484]

@Menno Van der weide I don't think they're looking to buy his siren

[@LilThomas2010]

Probably from a scrap yard or whelen them selves

[@mellyJohnson88]

How heavy it is

[@CentralIllinoisSirens]

Around 230lbs I believe

[@wetspank]

Hey I know him

[@glankford-blanks1138]

I think I saw a model L in the back round

[@CentralIllinoisSirens]

Model A

[@glankford-blanks1138]

Ok

[@laurensiameiling7687]

Ada seperti suaranya palang pintu kereta api

[@dwiwahyudi2201]

No

[@Band__geek]

Should get a finback one and a federal signal speakers so alternate wail

[@CentralIllinoisSirens]

What?

[@Band__geek]

#hoover Alabama whelen vortex

[@lubkakuzova2902]

My favorite tone is air horn

[@stevewereley8233]

Me to lol

[@AcaP50]

Hey vortex, EOWS 612 called. He’s wondering how you’re collector rings are doing. Hahahaahahahahahahahshahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!!!

[@mariaelenarochamartinez9755]

Play the custim chiems

[@CentralIllinoisSirens]

There are none

[@Sir_Miles_Riley]

The R4s and R3s cant do chimes.

[@mrplanebuthedied6165]

Cool!

[@theretrosaba7801]

Collector rings