In June 1995 I took some footage at the Active Pass Lightstation when a long fog "tube" was flowing through the pass. This video captures the sound of the old fog horn at Georgina Point.
I grew up on Galiano Island, right across Active Pass from this lighthouse.. On winter nights I could hear this foghorn echoing through the islands. After I grew up, they changed the tone to something more grating. Thanks for a reminder of a very peaceful and comforting sound from my childhood!
Not quite. What you hear in movies is are classic F2T Diaphone horns (look up the East Brother Island Lighthouse fog horn). This sounds like a diaphragm horn (basically a large truck or train horn) set up to emulate one.
a cool thing to do with lighthouse foghorns is to count from one to ten between blasts stop counting after the horn blasts tjis gives you the seconds in between blasts
I believe it’s a Tyfon 110/90 combo. Very common in the ship and lighthouse field. The 110/90 refers to the frequency (hz) of the sound. The Golden Gate south tower has a pair of Tyfon 110s one facing each direction .
In this instance the horns are timed to imitate a diaphone (Like was probably originally there) and to differentiate from ships horns-timing it to create the fog horn affect-BEEEEE-OH!
Actually those would be an Airchime KM85/110 combo. Made by the late great Robert Swanson himself, and I’m sure it was him who invented them to be timed that way .
this is simulor to the foghorn at my local light house there is not a video of it but its rather sad coz now when ever the fog rolles in its nothing but silence the old foghorn got switched off when stupid ship navagation was introjused its even still there but doesent do its old duty like the good days & not long ago the light house 2 sadly came to the end of its dudy its still intact but decaying & when the 4th of november 2015 arrives i think its the very sceduled day were the old local light is re lit &comitioned & its conpanion the foghorn altough its been 150 years ago when the light house & foghorn were around but fo sure i do know its anaversary is on november 4th 2015
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I grew up on Galiano Island, right across Active Pass from this lighthouse.. On winter nights I could hear this foghorn echoing through the islands. After I grew up, they changed the tone to something more grating. Thanks for a reminder of a very peaceful and comforting sound from my childhood!
This is the classic two tone fog horn sound you hear in movies....
Yep love that sound
Not quite. What you hear in movies is are classic F2T Diaphone horns (look up the East Brother Island Lighthouse fog horn). This sounds like a diaphragm horn (basically a large truck or train horn) set up to emulate one.
I love the other fog horn sound at 0:59 on.....It makes the atmosphere sound quite musical. The close one sounds awesome too. Great video!
yes, that's fine. On old nautical charts you can see the different intervals and tones listed for different locations.
Sounds like Big Sable Point lighthouse used to....music to my ears!!!😊
Very tranquil video. Thanks for the upload!
Love it! Nice deep sound!
a cool thing to do with lighthouse foghorns is to count from one to ten between blasts stop counting after the horn blasts tjis gives you the seconds in between blasts
That is one scary foghorn
Classic Diaphone
On old nautical charts you can see the different intervals and tones listed for different locations, so locations could be determined.
queen of new westminster gave one short blast on the ships whistle in this video i heard her
1:30 yep.
Correct
That was a V Class not the QoNW the QoNW didn't serve on route 1 until 2008
cool video
man the horn sound that flys farther and farther is.....lovelly to lisin to. so relaxing
wolfviperepicdude sounds like an F1 diaphone
I believe it’s a Tyfon 110/90 combo. Very common in the ship and lighthouse field. The 110/90 refers to the frequency (hz) of the sound. The Golden Gate south tower has a pair of Tyfon 110s one facing each direction .
In this instance the horns are timed to imitate a diaphone (Like was probably originally there) and to differentiate from ships horns-timing it to create the fog horn affect-BEEEEE-OH!
Actually those would be an Airchime KM85/110 combo. Made by the late great Robert Swanson himself, and I’m sure it was him who invented them to be timed that way .
The 110 is high and 90 is low beeeeee ooooh
wow that fog rolled right in quickly, didn't it? Scary for mariners. Fog is one if their worst nightmares.
Fog is cake compared to ice.
@@gcHK47 Try them both together, freezing fog. It's not nice to drive in either.
There would of been a little stutter between notes. Diaphones slide up and then down like a Portimento
Diaphones on that light house?
+Erik Anderson diaphoes are the not comon any more but portland bill has 1 & an electronic 1
Airchime KM-110 & KM-85
Would you mind me using this sound on my website, please?
Airchime KM-110 & KM-85 i'm sure.
funny you can hear the ferries too
Hilow Diaphone?
It is a diaphragm horn
reminds me of Race Rocks trial island and Fisgard light houses
Race Rock? I would love to hear stories about that haunted light!
I grew up visiting tower point in the summer. The fog horn at the Race Rocks light house is still one of my favourite sounds to hear.
they are not scary to me it reminds me of the other video i just saw
cool as f++k !
This is the scariest horn I ever heard hahaha!!
Does any one think fog horns are scary reply to me if you think so
i don't think so
this is simulor to the foghorn at my local light house there is not a video of it but its rather sad coz now when ever the fog rolles in its nothing but silence the old foghorn got switched off when stupid ship navagation was introjused its even still there but doesent do its old duty like the good days & not long ago the light house 2 sadly came to the end of its dudy its still intact but decaying & when the 4th of november 2015 arrives i think its the very sceduled day were the old local light is re lit &comitioned & its conpanion the foghorn altough its been 150 years ago when the light house & foghorn were around but fo sure i do know its anaversary is on november 4th 2015
+Amelia Violet as if m8
+Amelia Violet once a light house is discomitioned & dislit i will never be used or unless its 4 peropuses
It sounds like the monsters/aliens in war of the worlds!
It sounds like a Diaphragm horn now.
12:01 lol
Every person shud have there own foghorn 😀😀😀🙂🙂🙂😷😷😷😷😄😄😄😃😃