A few factoids on this siren: This siren was drafted and created between 1982 and the early 1990s. EOWS stands for Electronic Outdoor Warning Siren. Many people also call this a SiraTone, though, that's only the name of a series of controllers that Federal Signal created. For those that thought just 6 horns were creepy: it only gets worse. There existed models with 4 horns and 8 horns, respectively named the EOWS 408 and EOWS 816. There even exists the EOWS 1212 that has 12 speakers. This time, however, two sets of 6 sit on top of each other and fan out in all directions. Why does this siren sound so creepy? It's using a controller called the Federal Signal SiraTone controller. In a metal cabinet below the siren, this controller receives radio messages to activate the siren, and then generates a signal that is sent to the head of the siren, where powerful amplifiers louden the sound and make some noise!
This is my favorite model of siren in the category of electronic sirens with rotation. In general, I like how the rotating siren sounds fade in and out, especially in the ATTACK mode (wail tone).
@zozey1231 Nope, that's more like just what happens to those old analog tone generators in older electronic sirens as they age, mainly from things such as capacitors beginning to dry out. The EOWS series is notorious for massive pitch fluctuations while running, and 95% of them will slowly drop in pitch throughout their alert cycle (though a few have been found that actually rise in pitch over the duration of the signal).
Gave me goose bumps. She sounds AMAZING. It's odd the timing was different with all the sirens. Gotta say that I loved hearing the other sirens in the background. Might not have if this one delayed. Great video
Kere Vallire Well the one in twin lakes park is. I see a 2001 on the pole of that one in google earth. And the one in this video in this video is no where to be seen, therefore the city replaced them.
Imagine he says oodles, they're going off a minute in advance and then you see a couple MIRVS come down. That would be funny but more so just fucking scary
My town uses this siren to call volunteer fire fighters, I used to sit out in my front yard and listen to it and then hear all the sirens as the cars roll out of the station
I literally heard this recently when I was down the shore and Hermine was off the coast. Scared me to death. I thought a tidal wave was coming. Apparently there was just some minor flooding from the rain in the neighboring town, but wow was it creepy to hear live
I am glad you stuck around for the test. I do not know if my last comments got posted - do you know what the tones mean that go along with the test pattern? Not the actual siren, but the tones after she announces the test.
I love the HOR super sirex cuz it surprisingly gets this loud and ik cuz I live pretty much down the street from one in Holyoke Massachusetts I stood like 40 or 50 feet away and still got vertigo😂
Don't you live in Bolingbrook bait. I remember the all clear off the alertronics. I loved hearing it as I was only like 4 or 5 and I knew what it meant. God do I miss will county doing all clears
People say the one in Chicago is broken but it's been like that for so long that its basically our siren. Be there's one "broken" one in Missouri i think it's from 2007 footage
i want federal signal to start producing EOWS again, it ticks me off that they don't make them any more, it could replace my area's tsunami siren! (a model 5 i think).
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ah yes, ive always wanted to hear an ariana grande concert, thank you.
The "Stop fucking around outside and get the fuck inside, NOW!" siren.
lol
Wow. That is the most eerie sound yet. I'm sure it sent a psychological effect to everyone when they heard it.
Samuel Moser they use it in Chicago
Samuel Moser but they use alternative wail
Samuel Moser I heard one of these, before...it sounds more like a cop car's siren, or a sound of an ambulance.
they dont use them in chicago
[myst]goldwolfgamer888x: they use modulators that do alternate wail
why m I so obsessed with watching these??
A few factoids on this siren:
This siren was drafted and created between 1982 and the early 1990s.
EOWS stands for Electronic Outdoor Warning Siren. Many people also call this a SiraTone, though, that's only the name of a series of controllers that Federal Signal created.
For those that thought just 6 horns were creepy: it only gets worse. There existed models with 4 horns and 8 horns, respectively named the EOWS 408 and EOWS 816. There even exists the EOWS 1212 that has 12 speakers. This time, however, two sets of 6 sit on top of each other and fan out in all directions.
Why does this siren sound so creepy? It's using a controller called the Federal Signal SiraTone controller. In a metal cabinet below the siren, this controller receives radio messages to activate the siren, and then generates a signal that is sent to the head of the siren, where powerful amplifiers louden the sound and make some noise!
*Man* "Huh, nothing.."
*Siren* "ARHHHHGHGHGHGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH"
Lol
Air sirens are really loud, but speaker sirens are creepier. (This siren is a speaker siren)
Yeah, this is one of the best/creepiest siren vids imo. At least that I've seen.
Electronic Air Raid Siren
Emergency I-forgot-the-O Warning Siren
You haven't heard anything listen to the video of the eows 612 in Livonia michigan
+ShadowStalker Electronic Outdoor Warning System=EOWS
+Maxi Mustermanny Sorry, not System, it's siren
This is my favorite model of siren in the category of electronic sirens with rotation. In general, I like how the rotating siren sounds fade in and out, especially in the ATTACK mode (wail tone).
Every time i hear a siren one thing goes through my mind: Its the end of the world.
The first thing that comes to mind is, I gotta get to the fire station.
sameee
The first thing comes to my mind is: oh, the fun thing is here.
Holy moly you think same thing as me
*and i feel fine...*
"Hmmmmm....nuthin. *siren goes off*
That's an XD moment right there!
@zozey1231 Nope, that's more like just what happens to those old analog tone generators in older electronic sirens as they age, mainly from things such as capacitors beginning to dry out. The EOWS series is notorious for massive pitch fluctuations while running, and 95% of them will slowly drop in pitch throughout their alert cycle (though a few have been found that actually rise in pitch over the duration of the signal).
I like the sirens that spin, I think it is better because it spins and gets the alert out better.
That is a very creepy noise, I would not like to wake up to that in the morning!
Or 3:00 AM!
Gave me goose bumps. She sounds AMAZING. It's odd the timing was different with all the sirens. Gotta say that I loved hearing the other sirens in the background. Might not have if this one delayed. Great video
The sound that the other ones made in the background was kind of creepy
I love these because they are about the only electronic siren that sounds like a mechanical siren!
Ah... The infamous chigago siren
3:28, okay now that sounded incredible!
EOWS 612 is the most beautiful thing ever created by the USA. This siren is the reason I love the USA!
The siren may look silly but it sounds almost like a Thunderbolt in attack mode.
This siren is sadly now gone as well as the cities other EOWS and replaced with a 2001-130.
ummm, not it's not
Kere Vallire Well the one in twin lakes park is. I see a 2001 on the pole of that one in google earth. And the one in this video in this video is no where to be seen, therefore the city replaced them.
ChicagoSirens I went past it 2 days ago, it's still there.
Bait28 Which one? I know the one in the park is gone.
ChicagoSirens This is next to the rail lines
I live near an Air Force base so every time there is a siren test It scares the living day lights out of me.
Imagine he says oodles, they're going off a minute in advance and then you see a couple MIRVS come down. That would be funny but more so just fucking scary
Needs more Silent Hill style horns
My town uses this siren to call volunteer fire fighters, I used to sit out in my front yard and listen to it and then hear all the sirens as the cars roll out of the station
I never understood why the 612 is the "favorite" among siren fans...mine are sentries because they look freaky
The other night, I had a dream that the siren in my town was replaced with one of these.
Hmm. I live in Memphis, we used to have one of these in a park I live close to. It was taken down and replaced by a Federal Signal 2001, idk why
Like right after you said nothing it turned on
Brian Hare siren:yeah that's what u think starts goin off
I literally heard this recently when I was down the shore and Hermine was off the coast. Scared me to death. I thought a tidal wave was coming. Apparently there was just some minor flooding from the rain in the neighboring town, but wow was it creepy to hear live
this is the best sounding EOWS sir atone i have ever heard!!
*the moment you stop the video, but it keeps going. O__O'''*
Cinderfur Drawz Old not funny joke.
Head down bunker and wait for the tornado to pass or just hide.
@@authority3068 its not original, but its still funny
Authority i was gonna say that
Super original. -69
It's due to the aging capacitors. They drift while running due to age. Drivers worked just fine(None sounded burned out)
God imagine have the control over that Chad of a siren
Nice siren, I always still pine for the ground shaking feeling of the old Thunderbolt 1003.
this has a great tone! love it!
🤣 he flinched when the siren finally started. Do not blame him.
this is the alert tone, i believe. my favorite siren is the thunderbolt
That shake of the camera when the siren turned on tho lol
Being in an area that doesn't have tornado sirens, I can never truly appreciate how loud these things are. When do cities usually test their sirens?
different in every city, most by me are first Tuesday ever month 10AM
Bait28 thanks for the quick reply
Where is that siren?
RoBLOXXER TM OMG
inga Povilaitiene what?
we have 1 in our whole island, it's for prison. (Long Island)
Yep. We also have 1212s too, don't forget.
Marlon Vasquez wait what no way!
Really? I sometimes take a vacation! I wanna see it!
4:19 oh yeah baby lol 😂
Best sounding electronic siren ever made.
A beautiful sound
I am glad you stuck around for the test. I do not know if my last comments got posted - do you know what the tones mean that go along with the test pattern? Not the actual siren, but the tones after she announces the test.
Imagine sitting inside during a thunderstorm, talking to your family, and then you hear that
3:49 "She's a rotator & she's loud." Did you hear that??
A pretty siren. It sounds awesome.
When ever I hear any siren I see nuclear explosions in my head.
Yes ,when they stop you are waiting ICBM explosions 😣
To me it looks like a bunch of speakers
Ikr it does look like a bunch of speakers
XeX Chris it has 6 speakers
Siren noobs lol.
it does lmao
guava meme no 12 drivers not 6
Sounds a lot like the Carters from WWII
I'm still a bigger fan of when an EOWS 612 does Alternate Hi-Lo (personally). Or wailing Hi-Lo as some may say.
Like a dummy. I named it wrong. It should be Alternate Wail.
Keaton Johnson i`m a fan of alternate wail too!
Johnson what about the Westminster chime thats cool bit like fnaf
+Keaton Johnson Alt. Wail is my favorite too! I like it cause it sounds kinda creepy.
+EPIC CREAKY except they have Mods
One of my favourite sirens made by eows
This is my fav siren!
Mine is the yellow one with a turtle shell like dome on top.
That siren you were wondering in the background sounds like a ASC RM-130. Those are pretty rare sirens.
at 4:15 it is the hazardous materials siren (for nuke attacks, power plant failure, etc)
***** No it's not
Bait28 what is it for then? In my area, that's the siren for hazardous materials...
***** Tornado & Civil Defense
Bait28 ah okay, that tone is better then the tornado siren in my area, it is just a single tone siren that gets kinda hard to hear.
@@lawncraft3868 some warn all of them SOME not all
They're not fooling anyone, that's just 6 megaphones strapped to a piece of metal with a speaker playing the sound.
i don't even know what that means
Did you hear the sirens on 4:01 found like End and that siren you are recording sounds like a fire truck
Eows612: hey vortex how are your collector rings doin
I just woke up literally and I’m listening to this
I love the HOR super sirex cuz it surprisingly gets this loud and ik cuz I live pretty much down the street from one in Holyoke Massachusetts I stood like 40 or 50 feet away and still got vertigo😂
Awesome! I love Siratones!
The dumbest looking siren, looks like it belongs to a rock band!
HyperFoxTails Well technically it just has to be loud as hell.... But you're right.
Yeah, looks like a rock band's speaker system
+Kieran Holdren looks like something built from legos
+Zach Xx_FrEd_BeAr_Xx looks like something from dr. seuss
HyperFoxTails true very very true
2:54 Thunderbolt 1000-something..... Most beautiful siren ever...
Don't you live in Bolingbrook bait. I remember the all clear off the alertronics. I loved hearing it as I was only like 4 or 5 and I knew what it meant. God do I miss will county doing all clears
i love will county's sirens
People say the one in Chicago is broken but it's been like that for so long that its basically our siren. Be there's one "broken" one in Missouri i think it's from 2007 footage
That scared the CRAP out of me at 4:14😂
thats some sweet sound!:)
I think that the best bit is when the siren gradually disappears ;) but It's pretty scaring :S
i want federal signal to start producing EOWS again,
it ticks me off that they don't make them any more,
it could replace my area's tsunami siren! (a model 5 i think).
This reminds me of something...collector rings collector rings collector rings collector rings
When they have a 2-tone pitch that goes high and low, it sounds like a german police car, which I kinda like.
When you stop the video but a siren breaks you window and starts earaping
Guys! It’s clearly the sirens when the Eater of worlds comes! Guardians prepare!
This is the first time i knew that this wasn't a nuclear siren. And i also knew that,
THIS IS WAS A TORNADO SIREN AND A CALLER FOR HAZMAT GUYS!!!
>.< that one siren when it moved scared me so bad! xc
Hey ! Im with "Tech 360 Dallas" and we are working on a comp video of tornado sirens and would like to add this one to our comp along with many other from all across youtube!
Hi, If you really want to use the video, thats fine with us as long as you credit us clearly while the clip is being played(a corner is fine)
I don't tend to like electronic sirens. But this one has a nice mechanical like sound.
love the way these look they look like 6 megaphones attached to a box it looks so cool
Maybe the siren was broken at first but they repaired it
Thats a nice 3x2 lego piece you got there.
Massively loud and awesome! Worth the wait. Although it was an oops, your right...”I shouldn’t say fag”. Not complaining, just agreeing with you.
* Siren Head has joined the chat *
hmm...Nothin
5 seconds later *Siren goes off*
Siratone drops in pitch but holds it well.
Why would you replace a perfectly good siren
Because Siratrone controllers are pieces of crap. They are pretty much doomed to fail.
Stormsetter4 ? not a very good reason
Actually it is. They are hard to work on and aren't that reliable.
There are still a few of these in Warren, OH. Not really sure if they are still in use, but, they are there.
There are still a few of these in Warren, OH. Not sure if they still are in use, but, they are still there.
what is that rotating siren at 2:55
Federal 2001 DC
+Osiris Sanchez thnx
+APARTDROP thnx
it's the RM-130
+The Xbox Gaming Wolf An ASC RM-130
This was Near what appears to be water supply tanks?...I go past this one, on the train to/ from aurora.
Looks cool the alarm pole head thingy!
What's Up When Everone is near The Siren It Goes Off👁👄👁
ITS A FIRE TRUCK LOL
No. Its a siren. Dont hurt izs feelings.
Fire trucks and tornado sirens use the same type of system
FullBridgeRectifier true
What were the names of the other Sirens heard in the background
Everytime I hear a tornado siren I think...
*FUCK ITS THE PURGE*
It sounds like a carter air raid siren winding down
Or a thunderbolt
My fav speaker siren
Kinda sounds like a Modulator in Hawaii.
Modulators use the same siratone controller iirc
I literally set this to my brother's alarm clock sound because this sound is creepy