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According to the wiring diagram, the white/yellow trace and white/green trace wires control the flashing TD and alleys. Your results may vary, just because as I've found with this one, not all functions can be present (ex. I don't have arrow functions on mine, others do).

Yeah, the later all black 300s definitely didn't sound as good as the earlier ones. IIRC, these were right before they started doing the red "300" labeling, and the official descent into mediocrity.

@@ryanhealy3074before these ones, there were models of this pa300 that sound good. Like that slow rising and descending wail from the old pa300s. Along with the slower Yelp and the well-known Pa300 Hi-Lo.

@@ryanhealy3074oh, anyway this should be the point the FS workers were dumb.

You say tomato, I say tomato...all depends on regional dialect I guess.

And that same stock sound but was used in the movie "Twister" As i'm sure it was with various other productions

Oh yeah, the 300 was/remains one of the de facto choices for Hollywood sound guys because it's such an iconic sound.

The pattern itself is Signal Alert 75, but it's not fully synchronized. Each pair of heads flash in their own phase offset (corners are 0, first inboards are delayed 10', second is 20', etc).

Thank you!

Define programmed. The LC bars have a predetermined pattern list for both synchronized (full bar) and unsynchronized (individual lighthead pairs) operation. This specific one is the "default" pattern (Signal Alert 75) that most people leave alone unless they want a specific look. WeCan (WC) bars have a bit more play to them, since you can change the patterns, phasing, offset, and intensity all through a computer.

For testing purposes, yes. That's how I did it in this video. The only one I have on a switch box currently (besides vehicle installations) is an Edge 9404 on display that could pass for an OSP-style bar minus the clear kicker panels.

I know what you mean, I honestly think it boils down to individual supplies. I had a doubleflash kit on an old engine that you could hear above the exhaust, and I've seen brand new Edge 9M or 9U bars that are just as obnoxious.

Smooth top Edge, you say? Best suggestion I have is put black to ground and positive to everything else. Brown wires/traces are typically for the speaker hookups on those, but there's no guarantee you even have the original harness the bar came with.

You might want to check and see if your radio is programmed in narrowband mode (12.5kHz spacing), and the audio you're attempting to receive is in wideband (25kHz).

I had it done by a guy on eBay and when he sent it back he he didn't say nothing about the programming at all . But let me tell you it's really distorted and in order to actually hear it you almost got to crank the volume all the way up . But yeah I'll ask the guy that programmed it thank you 🤠

So what mode do you think it should be in . I'm just still kind of learning. If you don't mind me asking weather should be in narrowband or should it be in wide band at 12.5 k ? . Like I said I'm just still kind of learning about this radio hobby I think they're really cool unique radios I got two of them one is a saber securenet and the other one's a Motorola Astra saber 3

Could even be the same, I traded this one in back in 2017 and it was auctioned off. Could be scrap metal by now but who knows!

You could try the forums on elightbars.com. Unfortunately, most people end up parting out 930s/950s because they weigh so much, it's impractical to ship them.

Yes they do

@@BlackieFoxxlessI mean they don’t have Hi-Lo siren

Correct, they FDNY-spec ones have the hi-lo disabled, in addition to red backlighting instead of green

So at the time of filming this, only the black one was "in service." I've since swapped it out for another silver PA300 (I'm also not a member at that company anymore).

I believe that's what this is. 5As were all 3 phase if memory serves me correctly.

I'm not 100% sure on the exact model, but for a GTA siren I would recommend using tones from the old "silver face" model, as those are much easier to identify (there's two additional videos of them on my channel alone with the same acoustics)

@@ryanhealy3074 Ahh alright. Thanks

@@ryanhealy3074 The only siren I found that was somewhat similar was this one: czcams.com/video/xFkyzRVf-D0/video.html. I found this one a long time ago but I was hoping to still find this exact siren

@@nickalvizo here's a really good recording of a silver one from the '80s (I'd use it over mine for a looped recording). czcams.com/video/B_1f_4nEDCE/video.html This model was immortalized by the original Backdraft movie, as it was what they used for the audio overlay as well as the physical "prop" in the rigs. The later "red 300" and current-production "PA300 Series" just don't have the long wail tone like this and sound too cheap and knockoff-ish.

Nope. This one in particular is currently installed in our reserve engine. If/when the rig goes down the road, it's coming back to the vault and something else will get swapped in.

Probably $700 plus shipping. It's not 100% service ready but what it does need (top screws and interior clips) is minimal.

Probably $700 plus shipping. It is still a fixer but it's very minimal...top screws and some interior clips.

Pa300 is so much better then the VCON lol

He literally said the VCON was having issues in the video

⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠@@hagerstownredline5274Yes, BUT I think he means the SOUND of the PA300 siren. We all know that old PA300 siren with the slow siren tones (Ex: the famous pa300 slow rising and descending wail tone and the slow Yelp) but the pa300 mentioned on the video is the same model that has the slow siren tones but this one has the "Chinese" styled siren tones (like CJB sirens). Also, if real, he may not like the sound of the "Chinese" styled pa300 siren tones.

@@vidaderafaelveggioriginal idk what your on about, no pa300 series siren sounds like a Chinese siren, I would say that vcons sound Chinese if anything

@@hagerstownredline5274 wh- THE PA300 ON THE VIDEO SOUNDS LIKE A CHINSE SIREN! A CJB SIREN!

IIRC, CHP used to use the Siracom 2 system prior to going to the Vision platform. PA2100s (Siracom 2) used the same siren guts as this generation of PA300

Not even the slightest...the lens pattern does seem pretty unique and similar to other MA law agencies though.

Not a malfunction. This was taken in 2017 before they remapped the EDD to 302.6 (still had my F150, but it was after May when I got the radio installed). Wasn't much longer after this that they changed it though.

Couple times. I greased the idler gear posts but never disassembled the reflector gears, and those seem to be where the problem is. I'll get to it eventually but she's safely stored for now.

The OEM bulbs are HB5s. I don't recall what the Lasfit equivalent I used was.