Talk:Klaxon

In popular culture? Thius section could really use a proper trimming or complete removal. Mentioning klaxons used in a TV series in a situation that klaxon generally are used is utterly trivial info. I would urge someone a bit more bold to actually rewrite/delete. --195.84.66.130 (talk) 07:20, 15 December 2008 (UTC)

its rather odd. . ..

Klaxon is also used in the Television series - The Sliders !


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I don't know if this is important, but here in Mexico everybody refers to cars', buses', bycicles' and even trucks' horn as a claxón. 201.141.42.252 (talk) 22:24, 1 September 2008 (UTC)

The image on the main article page (Image:1mcb.jpg) shows the general, diving, and collision alarms of a US submarine. (The photo is missing the "propulsion plant casualty" alarm that would appear below the other ones on a modern US submarine.) I cannot speak for previous classes of submarines, however, on a modern US sub (LA or Ohio class), the diving alarm is not a Klaxon horn and actually sounds more like a big-rig horn that quickly rises in pitch (sample WAV file).

Some (all?) 688's still have an installed Klaxon, however, that is manually sounded when diving the ship over a keyed 1MC mic, out of tradition. The "real" diving alarm (I've heard one ship call this the "secondary diving alarm"), in addition to its use on some subs to signal diving the ship, is also used to alert the crew to certain emergencies which require the ship to surface.
 * I'm hesitant to add or change the main article (other than removing the misleading photograph mentioned above) because all this is difficult to verify with published sources, as these procedures are sometimes classified and surely not available to the public. For audio samples of the Klaxon and (secondary) diving alarm, check here: http://www.policeinterceptor.com/navysounds.htm --72.235.1.92 (talk) 04:14, 6 December 2008 (UTC)