Horn and Whistle Forum International

I have a friend that has a sailboat, and he wants a loud horn on it. I have permission to install an air tank and horn, and was wondering what kind of horn I should use. I was thinking of the Nathan CD-34-SDF as the horn because it’s designed for the toughest conditions, and this horn needs to be sa...

Just love the sound of this horn, and hopefully one day I can create one. Wonder how many DB it makes. If anybody has heard one, would you say it is about the same as an m5 or less.

Mafarnz wrote: ↑Thu Sep 24, 2020 5:59 pm Hopefully this link remains good in the future!

http://www.bellsandbirmans.com/bells/bellfacts.php

Love that site. Wish they had some diagrams of the older and newer GE bells as well.

Very helpful! Glad you joined the forum.

Pretty cool to see the process of rerailing.

About how much honk time do you get out of an M5?

NickN wrote: ↑Wed Sep 23, 2020 1:23 pm Ok thanks guys, very helpful. So the ghost ovals I have heard talked about? Are they basically on all old cast P horns after the 'proper oval' stopped?

The ovals stopped around 1958 or so, then it went to a circle.

NS probably changed it. Probably black now.

Railgeek wrote: ↑Tue Sep 22, 2020 11:08 pm

Flat Train wrote: ↑Tue Sep 22, 2020 10:10 pm Can't seem to view the image. Maybe its what i'm viewing it on.

Should be available now.

Yep. See it now.