Does anyone know if these things actually work? Radar detectors are okay as long as the cop has his radar on all the time, otherwise you are pretty much screwed unless you are Rossi with super reaction times.
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Does anyone know if these things actually work? Radar detectors are okay as long as the cop has his radar on all the time, otherwise you are pretty much screwed unless you are Rossi with super reaction times.
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There are already a million threads on this dude. Scumdog will get you no matter what....
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Jammers are illegal in NZL
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Get a spark plug, put it in a roughly dish shaped tinfoil thing. Fire away. Plenty of white noise in radar frequencies. Bit easy to get busted though :<
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They are? Elaborate please.Originally Posted by GR81
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from what i gather... radar detectors are legal in NZL because its not illegal to listen in on police frequencies... but the catch is, its illegal to act on the information gained.
so jamming the the signal must fall into that somewhere.
i was told the full story years ago, but cant remember the exact details.
unless things have changed in the last 5-6 years? *shrug*
taken from: http://www.radardirect.co.nz/FAQ/faq.htmlQ Are radar detectors legal?
A They are legal to use in New Zealand have been for over 26 years. Many Police involved in traffic work believe that radar & laser detectors slow drivers down. Hense the co-operative effort of the N.Z. Wanganui Police who assist us each year in Radar detector evaluations.
Q Are radar jammers legal?
A According to the Federal Code of Regulations in the USA, jamming or attempting to jam a police radar gun is a federal felony punishable by fines and a possible jail sentence. Certain states like California, Utah, Minnesota, Ohio, Indiana, and Oklahoma have laws prohibiting any jamming device. In New Zealand it is unclear whether Jammers are legal except that they would require a licence from the Police which would not be given. To the best of our knowledge no one has ever been caught using active radar jammers in NZ.
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It interferes with other radio signals. That makes it illegal in NZ.
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reason #2. OAB said so!
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Does it? Why? Do cops ones? Surely a radio transmitter at the Ka band freq, would not mess with other signal other than the intended.
Is it the interferrence issue or the required output power that means in NZ you would need a license to transmit on that band that no one would give you?
Hardcore Biker
Standard international broadcasting rules state something along the lines of you cannot have any peice of equipment that interferes with a radiowave broadcasted by others.
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I'm sure someone will be able to provide an actual link to the law regarding it. But if you stop to think about it at the least you are interfering with the police and their ability to catch a 'criminal'. This in itself is against the law. Then on top of that there is no doubt some legislation regarding radio transmitters. If I have the time I'll look it up.
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Getting back to your original question "Do they work", the answer is that most are a straight rip-off and don't, and a couple work very well. The one which is acknowledged as the yardstick is the Blinder, although the Escort/Bel is also supposed to be good. Two mates in the UK have Blinders and swear by them. If you want to look at some independent U.S-based tests, check this out: http://www.speedzones.com/counter.html
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Blinder only works on Lidar or laser not on the Ka band radio type seen in crummydores around the country
unless you can prove it.
You have to buy a licence to transmit on any frequencies other than those allocated to licence free (amateur) radios (UHF and VHF PRR), 1.4GHz, 2.4GHz (a small part) and a few others (very high) UHF freqs.
If you transmit on the same frequency as someone else, particularly someone who has paid their licence fee, then you're committing an offence.
I could try and find the correct govt document but I can't be arsed. I'm like that sometimes.
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