Location: behind Richland Township Fire Department
System: Logan County
Testing schedule: Every Friday at noon
Testing time: 12:00:26 PM (on time)
Cycle when tested: 1 minute alert
Cameras used: Canon PowerShot SX540HS (tight shot), Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra (wide shot & audio)
Recording distance from siren: 105 feet
Loudness: Pure pain from underneath - 125.9 dBA (black meter), 125.4 dBA (orange meter), 130.6 dBC
Temperature: 49°F
Other enthusiasts present: Connor (‪@Thunderbolt1000Tfan‬ )
Other notes: On this nice Friday in late February, we decided to return to the Fedelcode 5 in Belle Center to get some sunlit videos of it. As we were setting up, someone from the fire department came out and told us that it would be going off for three minutes. The week prior to this, Eli recorded the Model 7 in Rushsylvania, which did full alert, although it didn't do the noon blast before the county test. However, we only got the usual one minute alert from this, which leads me to believe that the full alert was just a fluke. What I'm guessing happened was the county forgot to send the cancel tones, so every siren in the county did full alert because of that. Even though we didn't get three minutes, it was still a fun test. From a distance, this thing is somewhat quiet, but as you get closer to it, it gets EXPONENTIALLY louder! It was just as insanely loud from under as I had remembered; it remains the loudest Model 5/7 I've heard from standing directly underneath. I lifted one side of my earmuffs for a split second while I was standing underneath it, which made my eardrums tingle from the sound pressure! I got pretty similar decibel readings from this as I did last time, with my black meter measuring 125.9 dBA from under and the orange one getting 125.4 dBA, which is actually the exact same the black one got the first time. Meanwhile, Connor's meter got over 130 dBC which is crazy! My main shot came out a bit shaky at a few points, although I didn't bother applying stabilization during editing since it only occasionally happens and it's nothing too crazy. Enjoy!
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