Subj : Wannbe HAM
To : Joe Delahaye
From : mark lewis
Date : Tue Sep 20 2016 02:47 pm
20 Sep 16 12:14, you wrote to me:
JD>>> Blue is used here by snow removal crews, and yes, being visible is
JD>>> good
ML>> absolutely... blue is only used by gendarmes here in the lower 48 ;)
JD> Snow removal has ONLY blue, while gendarmes have both blue and red.
JD> (Used to be red only but the started copying the US style about 10
JD> years ago I think it was) In Europe it has been blue forever, and a
JD> very distinctive siren <G>
you should hear the new sirens they're using and testing in various locales
here... i was in Raleigh the other day and had occasion to hear them when the
gendarmes came by on the way to assist the firetrucks... i can't describe the
sound of them, though... they have a bass note to them and you can actually
feel them when they sound... i think they call them the "rumbler"... you can
hear it at 0:05, 1:16 and 1:28 in this link...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wsYT1PRjIg
very strange sound... i was surprised to hear them in real life... i had heard
them in the TV series Colony and didn't know they were for real...
)\/(ark
Always Mount a Scratch Monkey
... Let your mind dwell upon the horror of Branvin Mimosas.
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