Subj : Wannbe HAM To : Joe Delahaye From : mark lewis Date : Tue Sep 20 2016 02:47 pm 20 Sep 16 12:14, you wrote to me: JD>>> Blue is used here by snow removal crews, and yes, being visible is JD>>> good ML>> absolutely... blue is only used by gendarmes here in the lower 48 ;) JD> Snow removal has ONLY blue, while gendarmes have both blue and red. JD> (Used to be red only but the started copying the US style about 10 JD> years ago I think it was) In Europe it has been blue forever, and a JD> very distinctive siren you should hear the new sirens they're using and testing in various locales here... i was in Raleigh the other day and had occasion to hear them when the gendarmes came by on the way to assist the firetrucks... i can't describe the sound of them, though... they have a bass note to them and you can actually feel them when they sound... i think they call them the "rumbler"... you can hear it at 0:05, 1:16 and 1:28 in this link... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wsYT1PRjIg very strange sound... i was surprised to hear them in real life... i had heard them in the TV series Colony and didn't know they were for real... )\/(ark Always Mount a Scratch Monkey .... Let your mind dwell upon the horror of Branvin Mimosas. --- * Origin: (1:3634/12.73) .