Performance of 'imported' radar detectors?

[Bladeslapper109]

I came around a corner on to the straight some 1 km away from the radar, The radar was a hand held and car was out of site. There was thick bush either side of the road. The detector went off as I was coming around the corner and there was a car in front of me.

The radar definately picks up the threat well before it registers to my sight/mind.

And the signal has to travel twice the distance back to the radar than it is to the detector

Cheers

Hand held radar??? You mean a hand held laser?
Never heard of a hand held radar before

Travel times are really irrelvant. Radar travels at 186,000 miles per second which is about 7.5 times around the world in a second

[MD]

If any have disabled the X and K bands (as I have) on your escort or valentine to get rid of the false alarms. The new cameras in the vans are now back on K-band- which will need to be switched back on to detect em.

A shame, since I was false alarm free just running Ka. (escort & screamer)

Thanks for that info. My Cobra detector was picking up vans fine when I bought it last year but recently I have just about run over a parked camera van twice now and ..nothing! Had me wondering what was up.
Time to turn X back on and test your theory. Yeah mine is false alarm free too.

[Bladeslapper109]

Most instances parked cameras shouldnt be a problem for us.
They usually only get the front and very rarely have someone sitting in van taking pictures as you go past.
ANd at least they dont have demerits which is the biggest thing.

X band is the band service station doors operate on isnt it??

[LBD]

Hand held radar??? You mean a hand held laser?
Never heard of a hand held radar before

Travel times are really irrelvant. Radar travels at 186,000 miles per second which is about 7.5 times around the world in a second

Yes lasar.

Not times, distance in schrub and bushy areas it has to travel through twice as much interference back to the gun as it does to the detector.

[Jantar]

...Not times, distance ....

and because of the quadratic relationship between distance and signal strength, a good detector will pick up the radar at four times the distance that the cop can get a lock. That is why they use instant on mode to overcome that disadvantage.

[LBD]

and because of the quadratic relationship between distance and signal strength, a good detector will pick up the radar at four times the distance that the cop can get a lock. That is why they use instant on mode to overcome that disadvantage.

Bit like the inverse square law in other words?

[carbonhed]

If any have disabled the X and K bands (as I have) on your escort or valentine to get rid of the false alarms. The new cameras in the vans are now back on K-band- which will need to be switched back on to detect em.

Where did you get this info from mate?

I've had a couple of encounters with vans that the STi or V1 hasn't alerted to at all... wrote it off at the time as just setting the system up and not operational. Maybe there's a more sinister explanation


Turning K band back on would suck moose schlong. Is there no depth these scum won't sink to

[Bladeslapper109]

Yes lasar.

Not times, distance in schrub and bushy areas it has to travel through twice as much interference back to the gun as it does to the detector.

Yea but your talking about a laser, a laser shoots in one direction and only when the cop pulls the trigger so your detector will only go off when he sees you, lines up the crosshair and pulls the trigger. Laser doesnt shoot off every direction and bounce off everything like radar.

[3umph]

Yea but your talking about a laser, a laser shoots in one direction and only when the cop pulls the trigger so your detector will only go off when he sees you, lines up the crosshair and pulls the trigger. Laser doesnt shoot off every direction and bounce off everything like radar.

And quite a narrow beam...

[MaxB]

And quite a narrow beam...

It is wider than you might think. The LTI 20 20 unit uses a carbon dioxide laser which had quite a large spread. At 300m it is the width of a small bike. It gets even worse when rain, road dust and pollution are thrown into the mix.

[Karl@Alpha]

www.speedcheetah.com
Uses the blinder brain but is made for bikes...
Stops those pesky lasers from making you walk home!
Works with your (high end) detector and comes with a LED display for your helmet.
The down side is the $1,270.00 price tag but thats still a LOT less than my last hit of Life Enjoyment Tax!
We can fit them here but its not hard to do yourself, just time consuming on some bikes.