HORNET


From Whelen Engineering Company

Directional electronic siren with rotor

HORNET
Whelen’s HORNET Series All Hazard Sirens provide an economical alternative for replacing outdated electromechanical sirens.

SYSTEM FEATURES:

  • HORNET - Speaker Assembly
  • Two-Compartment (Type I) Natural Finish Aluminum Cabinet
  • 118dBC @ 100’
  • HORNET Speaker Includes One High Efficiency 400 Watt Speaker Driver
  • 15 m Cable Included
  • Battery Powered, Minimum of 15 Minutes of Full Power Output with Batteries of Our Recommendation
  • AC Temperature Compensated 5 Amp Battery Charger
  • Local Controls or Remote Controls
  • One Power Amplifier
  • Rotor
  • Electronic Siren Controller
  • Tone Generator
  • Timer
  • Local Control Push Buttons
  • SI TEST®
  • Low Battery Alarm
  • Battery Tray
  • Lightning Arrestor
  • Six Standard Public Warning Tones -Wail, Whoop, Attack, Hi-Lo, Alert, Airhorn

SYSTEM OPTIONS:

  • HSBC80 - Solar Power*
  • Alternate Tone Set

NOTES:
*Solar power option includes 2 - 80 watt panels, mounting bracket and regulator.

SIREN ACTIVATION CONTROLS:
Our VHF High and UHF siren activation control packages include the following:

  • Radio
  • Radio Interface
  • Tone Squelch
  • 2-3dB gain Omni-Directional Antenna with Bracket
  • 15 m of RG213 Antenna Cable
  • Polyphaser
  • SI TEST®
  • Low Battery Alarm (Two-Way only)

Other features are dependant upon one or two-way controls. Whelen equipment can be interfaced with many different types of two-way radio communications products and systems including 800Mhz trunking, Motorola’s MOSCAD, FSK, Narrow-Band and VHF Low Band. The following is available as standard options. Contact factory for special applications.

ONE-WAY CONTROLS

  • HAUXIN - Auxiliary Board for Contact Closure Activation
  • HD2020LL - 10 Digit DTMF Landline Activation
  • HD2020H - 10 Digit DTMF VHF High Band / 150-170 Mhz
  • HD2020U - 10 Digit DTMF UHF / 450-470 Mhz
  • HORTT - Two-Tone Sequential Option

TWO-WAY CONTROLS

  • HAUXCS - Two-Way Contact Closure Activation and Status Board
  • HC2020LL - Two-Way Landline Activation
  • HC2020H - 10 Digit DTMF VHF High Band / 150-170 Mhz
  • HC2020U - 10 Digit DTMF UHF / 450-470 Mhz
  • H2020NH - 10 Digit DTMF VHF High Band Narrow-Band
  • H2020NU - 10 Digit DTMF UHF Narrow-Band

OPTIONS:

  • HFSKXMOD - Converts the Siren Activation Controls to FSK Format
  • HSTATUS - Cabinet Window LED Status Indicator
  • HPGINT - Paging Interface to Interface Whelen Tones with Existing Paging Systems
  • HINTRU - Intrusion Alarm (available with Two-Way only)

PHYSICAL:
 

Component Height
cm/(Inches)
Width
cm/(Inches)
Depth
cm/(Inches)
Weight
kg/(Lbs.)
HORNET
Speaker & Rotor
104.2 (41.0) 77.5 (30.5) 58.4 (23.0) 50.8 (112)
Electronics
Cabinet
Type I
82.6 (32.5) 57.2 (22.5) 26.7 (10.5) 28.1 (62)*

*Less batteries. Two batteries, TWS BATT 2-12V, 80AH Sealed Lead Calcium (user supplied, add 23,3kg)  

ELECTRICAL

  • Battery charger input: 120VAC, 60Hz, 3A Fuse or 240 VAC 50Hz 5A fuse
  • Battery charger output: 28VDC, 5A#
  • Batteries: 2-12V, 80AH Sealed Lead Calcium
  • Standby current: 40Ma
  • Rotor motor: <1A, 24VDC
  • Operating current: 22A, 24VDC
  • Power amplifier output power: 400 watts # U.L. Recognized Component

ENVIRONMENTAL
Operating temperature: -35C to +60C
Storage temperature: -65C to +125C
Humidity, non condensing: 0 to 95%

ORDERING INFORMATION
BASIC SYSTEM INCLUDES ALL OF THE FOLLOWING:

  • HORNET - Speaker Assembly & Electronics Cabinet

OPTIONS:

  • HAUXIN - Auxiliary Board for Contact Closure Activation
  • HAUXCS - Auxiliary / Status Control Board for Contact Closure Activation and Status
  • HD2020LL, HD2020H, HD2020U - One-Way Radio Control.*
  • HC2020LL, HC2020H, HC2020U - Two-Way Radio Control / Status Monitoring, COMM/STAT™.*
  • OC2020NH, OC2020NU - Two-Way Narrow-Band Radio Control / Status Monitoring, COMM/STAT™.
  • HORTT - Two-Tone Sequential
  • HFSKXMOD - FSK Format
  • HSTATUS - Cabinet Window LED Status Indicator
  • HPGINT - Paging Interface to Interface Whelen Tones with Existing Paging Systems
  • HINTRU - Intrusion Alarm
  • HSBC80 - Solar Power.**
  • TWS BATT - One Pair of Batteries

NOTES:
*10 digit DTMF Controls, Landline, VHF High Band/150-170 Mhz, UHF/450-470 Mhz
Our VHF High and UHF siren activation control packages include tone squelch, radio, radio interface, 2-3dB gain omni-directional antenna with bracket, 15 m of RG213 antenna cable and polyphaser.
**Solar power option includes 2 - 80 watt panels, mounting bracket and regulator

Datasheet (in pdf)

Installation manual (in pdf)

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