Output: 120 dBC at 100’
Tone coverage: 6,500’

VORTEXR1
All Hazards Rotating Warning Siren
Whelen’s VORTEXR1 Series All Hazard HighPower Sirens provide an economical alternative for powerful siren communication without compromising quality.

SYSTEM FEATURES:

• VORTEXR1 - Speaker with One Speaker Cell Active
• Two Compartment (Type I) Natural Finish Aluminum Cabinet
• 120dBC @ 100’
• VORTEXR1 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 Tone-Only Power Amplifier
• Gear Driven Rotor
• Electronic Siren Controller
• Tone Generator
• Timer
• Local Control Push Buttons
• Rotor Relay Control
• SI TEST®
• Battery Tray
• Lightning Arrestor
• Six Standard Public Warning Tones - Wail, Whoop, Attack, Hi-Lo, Alert, Airhorn 

SYSTEM OPTIONS:

• VSBC80 - Solar Power .
• Alternate Tone Set

NOTES:
Solar power option. 2 - 80 watt panels 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® 

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.Following is available as standard options. Contact factory for special applications.

ONE WAY CONTROLS:

• VAUXIN - Auxiliary Board for Contact Closure Activation
• VD2020LL - 10 Digit DTMF Landline Activation
• VD2020H - 10 Digit DTMF VHF High Band / 150-170 Mhz
• VD2020U - 10 Digit DTMF UHF / 450-470 Mhz
• VORTT - Two-Tone Sequential Option

TWO-WAY CONTROLS:

• VAUXCS - Two-Way Contact Closure Activation and Status Board
• VC2020LL - Two-Way Landline Activation
• VC2020H - 10 Digit DTMF VHF High Band / 150-170 Mhz
• VC2020U - 10 Digit DTMF UHF / 450-470 Mhz
• VC2020NH - 10 Digit DTMF VHF High Band narrow-band
• VC2020NU - 10 Digit DTMF UHF Narrow-Band

Options:

• VFSKXMOD - Converts the Siren Activation Controls to FSK Format
• VSTATUS - Cabinet Window LED Status Indicator
• VPGINT - Paging Interface to Interface Whelen Tones with Existing Paging Systems

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

ELECTRICAL:

• Battery charger input: 120VAC, 60Hz, 7A fuse or 240 VAC 50Hz 5A fuse
• Battery charger output: 28VDC, 5A #
• Batteries: 2-12V, 80AH sealed lead calcium (user supplied)
• Standby current: 40mA
• Rotor motor: <1A, 24VDC
• Operating current: 22A, 24VDC
• Power amplifier output power: 400 watts

#UL 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:

• VORTEXR1 - Speaker assembly & electronics cabinet

OPTIONS:

• VAUXIN - Auxiliary board for contact closure activation
• VAUXCS - Auxiliary / status control board for contact closure activation and status
• VD2020LL - VD2020H, VD2020U - One-way radio control.*
• VC2020LL, VC2020H, VC2020U - Two-way radio control / status monitoring, COMM/STAT™ .*
• VC2020NH, VC2020NU - Two-way narrow-band radio control / status monitoring, COMM/STAT™ ***
• VORTT - Two-tone sequential
• VFSKXMOD - FSK format
• VSTATUS - Cabinet window LED status indicator
• VPGINT - Paging interface to interface Whelen tones with existing paging systems
• VINTRU - Intrusion alarm
• VSBC80 - Solar power .**
• VTXKIT - Upgrade kit to upgrade VORTEXR1 into a VORTEXR2; 2ea VTXKIT would upgrade to VORTEXR3; 3ea VTXKIT would upgrade to a VORTEXR4
• 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
***Contact Factory 

ACOUSTIC PERFORMANCE:
SPL @ 100’: 120dBC
Estimated 70dB range: 3,200’
Estimated 60dB range: 6,400’
Note: 100’ performance levels listed represent repeatable results within +/-2dB to stated levels. Estimated 70dB perimeter is based on the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) -10dB per distance doubled path model.

Datasheet (in pdf)

No Installation manual available