Unitrol 480K (Unitrol 80K)

Former Portland PD unit. I bought it back in November 2019. Never had a chance to get a good demo on it. But here it is.

[@spunbearing65]

It’s amazing the stuff you find in the back of the building........

[@StarK12trd]

Gonna be missing the sounds of FedSig Unitrol 80k sirens that Portland Police Bureau had used for few decades.

[@chrisphilipson8609]

Thought they still used them (or at least the tones)? I know the newer federal signal products can still use unitrol tones

[@StarK12trd]

@@chrisphilipson8609PPB currently use the Whelen CenCom with turn knobs with that distinct siren sounds slightly derived from the FedSig Unitrol 80k.

[@iicustodianlaw]

​@@StarK12trdcencom core with the alt tones?

[@MantalupiñoEngine112]

Wow! I hear these in alot of shows! Even fire trucks can have it too

[@derrickw5204]

San Francisco PD still uses these .

[@sirendude]

Yep! I live near San Francisco and heard some of the Ford Explorers use it.

[@shaneharrisnj3484]

​@@sirendudeThe Orange County Fire Authority has this on their old 1991 Sutphen tower truck.... The only one in the OCFA left to use a 2-stroke Detroit engine.

[@jamsessionrecordshop8872]

Very cool!

[@iicustodianlaw]

That hi-lo was cursed

[@productive23]

What do you mean?

[@hagerstownredline1327]

Why did it kinda sound like an fdny rig at the beginning

[@carnaljohnson4399]

Federal Signal PA-200 and PA-300

[@tactiblox]

What do the top black and white switches do? Are they just auxiliary switches or do they have something to do with the siren?

[@sirendude]

They control the lighting functions. The switch I used to control the horn ring is the equivalent of the RLS on the Touchmaster. They release the gun lock but instead I use it for the siren.

[@tactiblox]

@@sirendude Oh, ok thank you.

[@staspastukh2005]

Where did you found it?

[@thetalkingtomandbennewssho4055]

1990

[@maxter_paradise]

Can you do it with a speaker?

[@sirendude]

It already is hooked up to one.

[@maxter_paradise]

@@sirendude but It sounds like a toy hahaha, i mean It has not the sound power of other sirens.
How can It be? :v

[@sirendude]

@@maxter_paradise Probably it was the angle I recorded at. Plus the speaker was pretty far so that was probably why? It’s pretty loud in person.

[@maxter_paradise]

@@sirendude oh, that could be the reason, thanks for replying me

[@bam5679]

siren

[@bam5679]

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