"Both of the wig wags at Mendon, MO were removed in the spring of 1996.  I purchased the North side and the South was saved as a parts source."

"It has resided in a fire engine museum in Parkville until this past September.  A 4' X 3' X 3' concrete foundation was poured in my  backyard with 3/4" threaded rods for securement.  The unfortunate  thing was that this was done while I was out of town and the  contractor, not the sharpest tack in the box, put the studs in a 16.25" square bolt pattern instead of the 16.25 bolt circle that is  required.  I had to have a fab shop build a 1" thick steel adapter plate that would match up to the signal.  #12 gage exterior Romex was  laid in the ground between the wag and the basement.  The control system consists of:

-Two 12 volt car/lawn mower batteries in series (more on this in a minute).

-A 12 DC volt trickle charger.

-A used ($20) garage door opener transmitter and receiver, which runs on 24 volts, hence the two batteries.

-A heavy duty 30 AMP automobile relay, which runs just fine on the 24
volt switching output of the receiver."

"I can turn the wig wag on from any room in my house and up to 100 yards distance outside with out any extension of the original 8" antenna."

"Future plans might include wiring it into a house alarm or some kind of threshold perimeter barrier that triggers the signal when someone gets too close to the house."