If the fella down under may put his pennys worth in?
In my garden (yard ... heh heh) I have a Citroen and an Audi. The Citroen
has a dual horn system ... press the horn button and one gets the standard
oink, press harder and the twin air horns come in. Incredibly loud and one
of the few non-air systems I've found that are instaneous. Now I hear you
guys have a French embargo ... which means no spare parts for Citroens ...
which means you might find more than just a few in the wreckers (breakers)
yards.
The Audi, on the other hand, uses a standard twin horn system which sounds
pretty good and amazingly close to the Citroens. But what you can do is
adjust the tone (from trucky to squeaky) via the rear mounted screw.
The Citroen is a CX2400. The Audi is a 1005E early 80s.
Now the humdinger ... hang on a sec whilst I put my electronics hat on.
At that friendly wrecker (breaker) see if ya can pick up one of those
second hand radio booster systems. 100Watts should do it, but ya can settle
for less. New is probably overpriced so better to get one as cheap as you can.
Next a decent speaker. Make sure its ohmage is compatible with the booster.
I'd suggest 4 or 8 ohm 4" diameter job. No I'm not joking, I'm being real
serious here. The speaker should be mounted behind the front grills
somewhere and, to stop the wet destroying it, it can be wrapped in a
plastic bag or made to look quite professional, depending on how much money
you want to spend.
So far you've got the volume bit and the bit that makes the noise.
Now pop into Tandy (I think they call them Radio Shack in the US?) and buy
one of those digital IC kits. The ones you can record a message on. The
instructions will tell you how to wire them 'in a loop' so the message
repeats ad infinitum until the power is turned off.
Rather than the included grubby 2" speaker that allows messages to be
played and recorded, you're going to wire the output to the booster amp,
which is wired to the speaker.
Get on the internet and download one of the zillions of audio files to suit
the purpose. It might be a train horn, a truck horn, or Homer Simpsons
"Doh". You are limited only by your own imagination.
>From your sound card output, wire to the digital kit input and record
chosen 'sound' onto digital IC as per the instructions.
Operation requires simple on/off push button. Either the GMC horn button or
any other push button.
Overall effectiveness: Well, it'd deafen at 50 paces.
Overall cost ... shouldn't be more than $60 or $70, but what price
effectiveness?
Optional extras: Volume control switch between digital IC output and amp.
Small microphone wired in parallel so ya can scream abuse at other
motorists. Secondary output from radio can also be wired in parallel for
some soft quiet background music at the campsite ... did I say quiet?
People that use such devices in Oz are considered "hoons". I don't know
what you call them in the US. Am I a hoon? Of course NOT!!! Would I lie to you?
Pieter.
>
>> Is anyone on the list familiar with the less expensive type of air horns
>that
>> use an instant on/off compressor and no air tank? I've seen them in the JC
>> Whitney cat. and elsewhere and was wondering if any of these have a nice
>> tone,
>> and also if they sound instantaneously or with a lag.
>
>Richard,
> We used to call these Italian air horns. (They originated in Italy, and
>were original equipment on some of the Fiat sport models.) They sound
>nothing like truck or train air horns, having a very high-pitched, desperate
>sound. (If I could put words to the sounds, I'd say that the locomotive horn
>calls out in a deep bass voice "Beware, Beware. I weigh 50,000 tons and take
>a half mile to stop so you'd best move off the track." The truck horn cries
>out: "I'm five times your size and hauling 6,000 gallons of jet fuel, so move
>it, bud!" The Italian air horn shrieks:
>"Ohmigodlookoutwe'regonnacrashandgetkilledpleasepleaselookout!!!")
> They do have some delay, more than a regular truck style air horn. But
>they are loud and desperate sounding, and they're cheap
>
>Rick Staples
>'75 Eleganza
>Louisville, CO]
>.
**********************************************************
CAMPING AUSTRALIA
http://www.charmantus.tzo.com
ICQ: 35348626
In my garden (yard ... heh heh) I have a Citroen and an Audi. The Citroen
has a dual horn system ... press the horn button and one gets the standard
oink, press harder and the twin air horns come in. Incredibly loud and one
of the few non-air systems I've found that are instaneous. Now I hear you
guys have a French embargo ... which means no spare parts for Citroens ...
which means you might find more than just a few in the wreckers (breakers)
yards.
The Audi, on the other hand, uses a standard twin horn system which sounds
pretty good and amazingly close to the Citroens. But what you can do is
adjust the tone (from trucky to squeaky) via the rear mounted screw.
The Citroen is a CX2400. The Audi is a 1005E early 80s.
Now the humdinger ... hang on a sec whilst I put my electronics hat on.
At that friendly wrecker (breaker) see if ya can pick up one of those
second hand radio booster systems. 100Watts should do it, but ya can settle
for less. New is probably overpriced so better to get one as cheap as you can.
Next a decent speaker. Make sure its ohmage is compatible with the booster.
I'd suggest 4 or 8 ohm 4" diameter job. No I'm not joking, I'm being real
serious here. The speaker should be mounted behind the front grills
somewhere and, to stop the wet destroying it, it can be wrapped in a
plastic bag or made to look quite professional, depending on how much money
you want to spend.
So far you've got the volume bit and the bit that makes the noise.
Now pop into Tandy (I think they call them Radio Shack in the US?) and buy
one of those digital IC kits. The ones you can record a message on. The
instructions will tell you how to wire them 'in a loop' so the message
repeats ad infinitum until the power is turned off.
Rather than the included grubby 2" speaker that allows messages to be
played and recorded, you're going to wire the output to the booster amp,
which is wired to the speaker.
Get on the internet and download one of the zillions of audio files to suit
the purpose. It might be a train horn, a truck horn, or Homer Simpsons
"Doh". You are limited only by your own imagination.
>From your sound card output, wire to the digital kit input and record
chosen 'sound' onto digital IC as per the instructions.
Operation requires simple on/off push button. Either the GMC horn button or
any other push button.
Overall effectiveness: Well, it'd deafen at 50 paces.
Overall cost ... shouldn't be more than $60 or $70, but what price
effectiveness?
Optional extras: Volume control switch between digital IC output and amp.
Small microphone wired in parallel so ya can scream abuse at other
motorists. Secondary output from radio can also be wired in parallel for
some soft quiet background music at the campsite ... did I say quiet?
People that use such devices in Oz are considered "hoons". I don't know
what you call them in the US. Am I a hoon? Of course NOT!!! Would I lie to you?
Pieter.
>
>> Is anyone on the list familiar with the less expensive type of air horns
>that
>> use an instant on/off compressor and no air tank? I've seen them in the JC
>> Whitney cat. and elsewhere and was wondering if any of these have a nice
>> tone,
>> and also if they sound instantaneously or with a lag.
>
>Richard,
> We used to call these Italian air horns. (They originated in Italy, and
>were original equipment on some of the Fiat sport models.) They sound
>nothing like truck or train air horns, having a very high-pitched, desperate
>sound. (If I could put words to the sounds, I'd say that the locomotive horn
>calls out in a deep bass voice "Beware, Beware. I weigh 50,000 tons and take
>a half mile to stop so you'd best move off the track." The truck horn cries
>out: "I'm five times your size and hauling 6,000 gallons of jet fuel, so move
>it, bud!" The Italian air horn shrieks:
>"Ohmigodlookoutwe'regonnacrashandgetkilledpleasepleaselookout!!!")
> They do have some delay, more than a regular truck style air horn. But
>they are loud and desperate sounding, and they're cheap
>
>Rick Staples
>'75 Eleganza
>Louisville, CO]
>.
**********************************************************
CAMPING AUSTRALIA
http://www.charmantus.tzo.com
ICQ: 35348626
