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  2. Civil defense siren - Wikipedia

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    Belgium used to test its air raid sirens every first Thursday of the trimester (three-month period). Sirens are Sonnenburg Electronic sirens. When the air-raid sirens are tested, the message proefsignaal or signal d'essai is broadcast every time the sirens sound. There are 540 sirens all across the country. [30]

  3. Chrysler Air-Raid Siren - Wikipedia

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    The Chrysler Air Raid Siren is an outdoor warning siren produced during the Cold War era that has an output of 138 dB(C) at 100 feet. It was known as the Chrysler Bell Victory Siren during its first generation, which was between the end of World War II and the fall of the Berlin Wall. It is reputed to be the loudest air raid siren ever produced ...

  4. CONELRAD - Wikipedia

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    CONELRAD (Control of Electromagnetic Radiation) was a method of emergency broadcasting to the public of the United States in the event of enemy attack during the Cold War.It was intended to allow continuous broadcast of civil defense information to the public using radio stations, while rapidly switching the transmitter stations to make the broadcasts unsuitable for Soviet bombers that might ...

  5. List of civil defense sirens - Wikipedia

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    Chrysler Air-Raid Siren; Sentry Siren; SiraTone; Decot; Heath Siren This page was last edited on 20 February 2025, at 19:46 (UTC). Text is ...

  6. List of sirens built by Alerting Communicators of America

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    10 and 15 HP models were nearly the same, aside from motor used. The P-50 was and still is the loudest dual tone siren in the world. The P-15 (Single-tone) and P-50 were still being produced by ASC until 2002 and 2007, under different names (P-15 being the RM-127 and the P-50 being the RM-135/T-135 AC). The PN-20 was the last siren made by ACA.

  7. South Korea holds first major air raid siren drills in six years

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    Exercise that aims to prepare citizens in event of an attack by North Korea met with mixed reception

  8. Federal Signal 3T22 - Wikipedia

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    A 3T22A is three phase, while a 3T22B is single phase. The siren was mainly used for air raid warnings during the Cold War era and weather warnings after the war. In the early 1990s, the siren's production was stopped when it was replaced with the newer 2001-SRN, which can reach 126db (also measured 100 feet away), hence the name.

  9. Siren (alarm) - Wikipedia

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    In a pneumatic siren, the stator is the part which cuts off and reopens air as rotating blades of a chopper move past the port holes of the stator, generating sound. The pitch of the siren's sound is a function of the speed of the rotor and the number of holes in the stator. A siren with only one row of ports is called a single tone siren.