John Day, OR E.D. Bullard Model 3H “Weltex”, Attack, Noon Test

This was most certainly the highlight of the road trip. Sirens that do more than 5 seconds of anything, let alone attack, are rare in Oregon, and this is an exception far out in the desert. I made an important discovery at this siren: It still had the original tag, the first Weltex with one that I’ve seen, and I managed to get an up-close shot of it. Incredibly, it turns out that these things have been E.D. Bullard sirens the whole time! The Model 3H27*, according to the tag. Hopefully I will return to John Day one day and get recordings of their Model 2 and Screamer.
*New info shows that sirens of the same model have different number suffixes, likely as a serial designation. As such, just “3H” is likely a better name.
Location of this siren: 44.4142920, -118.9505232
Testing time: every day at noon

[@thesoundoftransit]

Absolutely amazing recording my guy! Glad to see that the identity of these things has been revealed, to be E.D. Bullard!!

[@sth-1081]

This is the same port ratio as a scream master so mystery kinda solved if only we had a 6/8 port recording.

[@Sipex6484]

Yes, it's 9 port. Same as an ACA Screamer S2, S5, S7.5 and the Scream Master.

[@BeaverStateOWS2]

Awesome video man! They eye-level shot is amazing.

[@purpleviolet207]

A totally awesome video of the Weltex!

[@MiltonWATech99]

Fascinating how this area seems to do attack for noon whistles while other jurisdictions do short alert blasts or growls. I could only imagine being one of those residents in John Day. 😂

[@audinos1840]

My guess is that the siren is wired to always sound in attack and the noon signal is simply shorter than the fire signal. Sometimes, as it did here, the attack sequence isn’t in sync with the timer.

[@windycitysirens]

Godly video

[@IllisconsinSirens]

This is awesome!!!!

[@wigwagstudios2474]

Shit where was this video????? damn

[@PNWTrains]

Love your channel! Seeing all of the local sirens is something I’d always wanted to do but never got around to since they’re so few and far between. There’s a Darley of some kind in Corbett and I’m curious if they ever test it. It doesn’t look good driving by, so they may not. However, it may be something to look into! Keep making great siren videos!

[@samschannel531]

Thanks! The Darley in Corbett is active as a fire siren but I don’t know if it tests.

[@PNWTrains]

@@samschannel531 Wow! I wonder what it sounds like. I tried writing them years ago and they never responded. Oh well.

[@TheOfficialDorianelevator]

sounds like a german siren, how intresting...

[@carlosethangodinez6656]

What happens if you add Sentry 16 ports on top of Ed Bullard Weltex 9 port? To make Sentry 9/16 ports

[@AmericanSirenProductions]

I think the whole county tests at noon, that’s quite a bit of tones

[@samschannel531]

Half the sirens in the county do, the other half are active but don’t blast at noon.

[@audinos1840]

Does Mount Vernon test their Sterling M5?

[@samschannel531]

@@audinos1840 I called them about it a while back, they said it used to go every day at noon but doesn’t anymore, but it is still an active fire siren.

[@RosefoxFilms]

HOLY SHIT

[@lilclacla1610]

Who made weltex sirens

[@samschannel531]

As I discovered when I filmed this, “Weltex” is a misnomer and these are actually model 3H27 sirens, made by E.D. Bullard Co.

[@alerlattan3635]

@@samschannel531 it sounds like a scream master

[@BatuLongkang]

the siren so lound noise and olso ITS have and top ruf