Yes that is a good one I liked it also. You just never know what
neighbors will do.
Dan KB3EMH
Rick Szajkowski wrote:
Thanks Skipp needed a chuckle !
On Sat, Mar 7, 2009 at 11:39 AM, skipp025 <skipp...@yahoo.com
<mailto:skipp...@yahoo.com>> wrote:
Re: Today's funny two-way radio story (March 09).
The Siren - PA Speaker War
Today's very funny story was told to me by a friend after my
seeing the evidence in a shop.
A service call to fix the Siren on a Public Safety Vehicle
with reported problematic volume level. Most radio type service
people have a test method or routine to find the failed speaker,
pa amplifier, broken wire or blown fuse.
Lots of output voltage to the vehicle front mounted speaker,
the type of which are sometimes problematic from weather/water
damage. Off to the front bumper...
Can't seem to get the speaker cone off... normally a tight but
not a frozen screw-on fit. Out come the serious tools to break
the speaker cone free.
So... after a lot of work the cone comes off and there's a
permanent thread locking glue on the cone threads. Hummm...?
Wait! there's foam and a rubber plug inside the cone..? Someone
wanted to reduce the speaker output level and lock it in place?
Care to guess what's going on..?
Well Sailors...
A bit of detective work to figure out the owner of the vehicle
has/had a habit of testing his full volume PA & Siren functions
very early every morning, while pulling out of his house/drive way.
One of his nearby neighbors didn't appreciate the everyday wake
up call and finally did the foam/rubber plug muffle trick and
mounting thread lock to the bumper mounted siren speaker cone.
Life goes on...
Epilog:
I/we do use the rubber plug and foam trick to reduce PA - Siren
Volume levels while testing equipment. Helps on hearing and
annoyance levels.
Your results will probably vary...
cheers,
s.
