Yet another radar question

[What?]

I know this has been answered on here before, but stuffed if I can find it;
Precisely what frequency Ka is used in NZ?
What other band frequency ranges are / have been used here??

[Lou Girardin]

Ka band is almost exclusively used, although I have detected the odd hawk (K band) around Te Kuiti and Thames a year or so back.
MOT and local body cops used to use X band.
There is a Ku band used in Europe, I'd be surprised if we see it here.

[pyrocam]

I know this has been answered on here before, but stuffed if I can find it;
Precisely what frequency Ka is used in NZ?
What other band frequency ranges are / have been used here??

are you asking exactly what the frequency of ka is?
umm google: "what frequency is ka"
3rd one down

http://copradar.com/preview/xappA/xappA.html#tbA2

and...

Ka 33.4 - 36.0 GHz 0.35 - 0.33 in
9 - 8.3 mm 13 channels; 200 MHz/ch

thats it right?

Oh I think X K KA and one more I forget.
Dick Smith sell them with X K KA and the saftey radar thingimyjig that doesnt work in NZ yet.

http://www.dse.co.nz/cgi-bin/dse.sto...uct/View/A9641

[Lou Girardin]

Dick Smith sell them with X K KA and the saftey radar thingimyjig that doesnt work in NZ yet.

http://www.dse.co.nz/cgi-bin/dse.sto...uct/View/A9641

If you've ever got a mysterious K band signal that disappears as you pass a tractor, that's the safety warning system. John Deeres have it.

[What?]

Cheers guys.
So I wrote to a few places, including Escort Radar, and made a few discoveries that back up what Lou and I have both said before - the NZ Pleece use exactly the same gear as do the US Pleece. There is no NZ spec Escort radar detector, and probably not any other brand either. The "official" importers are full of it...
And there is no "official" Escort distributor in NZ, as Escort tell me they only sell to US and legal Candian state markets.

[Krusti]

Yeah...my 8500 X50 came straight from the States and works very well. Only difference is that screen is angled to the left. Untill you come across a cop who is using Laser properly! Then just kiss ya arse goodbye.

[dangerous]

If you've ever got a mysterious K band signal that disappears as you pass a tractor, that's the safety warning system. John Deeres have it.

Ohhhhhhh.... yeahhhhhhhh, is that WTF that is..... but i get Ka from them tho
Well then anyone know why I sometimes get false laser warnings then???

[Lou Girardin]

Ohhhhhhh.... yeahhhhhhhh, is that WTF that is..... but i get Ka from them tho
Well then anyone no why I sometimes get false laser warnings then???

Possibly diffraction of light hitting the sensor. I was getting false alarms between hawea and Wanaka, I finally worked out that it was the sunlight hitting condensation on the bag I had over my detector.
The harbour bridge electronic signs also trigger mine.

Never had Ka alert off a tractor, are you sure it wasn't a Police tractor?

[pyrocam]

Possibly diffraction of light hitting the sensor. I was getting false alarms between hawea and Wanaka, I finally worked out that it was the sunlight hitting condensation on the bag I had over my detector.
The harbour bridge electronic signs also trigger mine.

Never had Ka alert off a tractor, are you sure it wasn't a Police tractor?

haha a police tractor. awesome

[Lou Girardin]

haha a police tractor. awesome

Gold star only drivers, I presume?
If Spud had one he could harvest his back paddock.

[spudchucka]

Gold star only drivers, I presume?
If Spud had one he could harvest his back paddock.

Where do you think the picture came from?

[What?]

Where do you think the picture came from?

I knew it! Conspiracy!! Speeding fines really are being used to help cops harvest their kumaras. I'm gonna ring Paul Holmes about this, just you wait...

[Pixie]

Ohhhhhhh.... yeahhhhhhhh, is that WTF that is..... but i get Ka from them tho
Well then anyone know why I sometimes get false laser warnings then???

Many modulated light sources can cause false laser warnings:
Led warning signs on the motorway;neon signs etc

[Pixie]

If you've ever got a mysterious K band signal that disappears as you pass a tractor, that's the safety warning system. John Deeres have it.

The NZ police were given SWS equipment free of charge by the manufacturer for use at accident scenes etc.(according to Donald Sawicki,author of the Traffic Radar Handbook,CopRadar.com)
Iwonder why they never used it?
Could it be that it would legitimise the use of radar detectors?
Most U.S. manufactured agricultural and earth moving equipment have SWS
transmitters
I got some useful warning of a tractor on the road around a bend prior to seeing it,recently via SWS.

[Ixion]

Departing slightly off topic, I have often wondered if there would be any problems if a cop misdirected his laser gun thingy and got the laser beam in a riders eye(s).

Presumably OK in a cage (windscreen will filter it); and maybe a full face lid with visor. But an open face you could the laser right in the optics.

Eye damage ? temporary blindness causing crash ? or laser not powerful enough to have any effect ?

Anyone know ?