Скачать или смотреть Whelen Vortex R4 (465hz) Test - Dassel, Minnesota April 6, 2022

So a lot has happened in life since my last upload. First of all, I no longer live in Anoka, I've bought a house and moved about an hour away to Litchfield, which is in Meeker County in Central Minnesota. This is the first siren test that I've recorded in Minnesota, since moving up here in 2017 (not including the ambience video I recorded in 2021).

The first stop on my Minnesota siren tour is Dassel, where we see this less common model Whelen Vortex R4 with a finback, running at 465hz, located right in the center of town next to the Fire Hall. It was raining outside so I did not set up my camcorders outside. Instead, I set them up in my car and rolled the windows down, which was a task easier said than done. It was very tough to get two cameras attached to tripods to stand up and be steady. I apologize for not having a great angle, but this was probably the most ideal place to record this siren due to its location in the center of surrounding buildings and public streets. This was filmed in a vacant church parking lot.

The siren itself was not particularly loud, though it certainly had enough volume to provide the proper coverage through a typical rural town like Dassel. The Allertor 125 and the T-128 definitely had this thing beat in terms of loudness. I even removed my ear protection because I didn't feel I needed it. Not a bad sounding siren, I’ll definitely record some more Whelens as I make my rounds through rural Minnesota, where there are plenty.

Meeker County tests their outdoor warning siren system on the first Wednesday of the months of March through November at 1pm.