Thanks Skipp needed a chuckle ! On Sat, Mar 7, 2009 at 11:39 AM, skipp025 <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. > > >
