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I grew up in a small town, in the 90's it would have cost a couple hundred dollars to set off the tornado warning system with a 4 digit DTMF code. It probably h

I grew up in a small town, in the 90's it would have cost a couple hundred dollars to set off the tornado warning system with a 4 digit DTMF code. It probably hasn't changed since then.

lima 8y ago
In many towns in Germany, you can still trigger the sirens using DTMF codes. Fortunately, everyone forgot about it. It used to be a problem back when illegal CB radio amplifiers and pirate broadcast radio were still a thing :-)
- paulie_a 8y ago
  I am sure the equipment hasn't been upgraded or the codes even changed in decades. And the code was probably 1234.
  - lima 8y ago
    Yep Most equipment uses Selcall: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selcall https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selcall