False radar beams?

[grusomhat]

Do you have any source for this? I thought this would be illegal.

They are using old police radar so very likely it's Ka. Would be pointless if they weren't as that's all most RD user's look out for. What would make it illegal? Someone commented in one of the articles about it being illegal due to it being a breech in the FCC. Can't remember the exact wording but something to do with deliberate interference.

That would not hold up though for the same reason it's legal to use a radar jammer.

EDIT: Definitely Ka band. Dude on the news had his V1 go off and it was showing Ka. Then again they showed a LIDAR gun when referring to radar so who know's if the footage was from that.

[scumdog]

Aren't you lucky.

No, they're not rude, just twats from time to time. Humourless, conservative, anally retentive cop lovers.

Gee, how come you get all the luck?

I've never had any dealings with one of these mods as you described.

[dangerous]

Thats interesting Dangerous - I had wondered what the signal from tractors was for - seems a brilliant idea, and sad that NZ authorities have take the "Detectors are only used by hard core Speedsters approach".

If they played fair, I wouldn't need mine...

yeah and remember tractors are only one SWS alert, see atachment, so there idea of using the decoys is simply to piss those with detectors off till they are baned.

[p.dath]

If someone has the time, it would be interesting reading up who the radio frequency licence was given to (I'm guessing it will be in the name of the Police).

I suspect with ACC being an SOE, it wont have a licence to operate equipment in that band. Ditto for any council deploying these units.

This seems to be the tool for searching the RSM (radio spectrum management) database held by the Ministry of Economic development.
http://www.rsm.govt.nz/smart-web/sma...elcomePage.wdk
What frequency does K and Ka band use?

[peasea]

Gee, how come you get all the luck?

I've never had any dealings with one of these mods as you described.

Oops, my bad, replace the word 'cop' with 'pig'. There's a difference.

No offence. (Bwahahahaha....so lame.)

[peasea]

This seems to be the tool for searching the RSM (radio spectrum management) database held by the Ministry of Economic development.
http://www.rsm.govt.nz/smart-web/sma...elcomePage.wdk
What frequency does K and Ka band use?

Never mind K and Ka, what about KC and the Sunshine band?

[p.dath]

Hey this is getting interesting. Do a search on Licensee #137373 ("Every person" - what every person in NZ is allowed to use).

K band on 24.125 Ghz and 24.150 Ghz are listed. My take on this is you could (under the radio spectrum management laws) legally operate a radar jammer in these frequencies.

And more interesting, I can't find a frequency allocation for Ka band at 33.4 - 36.0 GHz. Could the Police be operating Ka band radars illegally?

[k14]

Hey this is getting interesting. Do a search on Licensee #137373 ("Every person" - what every person in NZ is allowed to use).

K band on 24.125 Ghz and 24.150 Ghz are listed. My take on this is you could (under the radio spectrum management laws) legally operate a radar jammer in these frequencies.

And more interesting, I can't find a frequency allocation for Ka band at 33.4 - 36.0 GHz. Could the Police be operating Ka band radars illegally?

No point using a K band jammer because no cops use them. I used to have it turned on for my RD but the only thing it ever detected was falses along with those speed trailers that tell you how fast you are going. There may be 1 or 2 cops out there with them but I highly doubt it. Pretty sure all (incl speed cameras) use Ka now in cars along with laser if they are setting up on the side of the road.

[shafty]

Coincidentally there is a Poll on http://nz.yahoo.com/ today asking: Should Radar Detectors be banned in NZ? Go and vote...

[dangerous]

No point using a K band jammer because no cops use them. I used to have it turned on for my RD but the only thing it ever detected was falses along with those speed trailers that tell you how fast you are going. There may be 1 or 2 cops out there with them but I highly doubt it. Pretty sure all (incl speed cameras) use Ka now in cars along with laser if they are setting up on the side of the road.

Na man, the old mobile speed cameras were ka... but they are now using k band again, detection is next to usless ya passing the van as the detector goes off, at least with the ka vans it was 100m with a good detector.
best thing IMO is to use ka only in town but ka and k on the open rd.

[Pixie]

Hey this is getting interesting. Do a search on Licensee #137373 ("Every person" - what every person in NZ is allowed to use).

K band on 24.125 Ghz and 24.150 Ghz are listed. My take on this is you could (under the radio spectrum management laws) legally operate a radar jammer in these frequencies.

And more interesting, I can't find a frequency allocation for Ka band at 33.4 - 36.0 GHz. Could the Police be operating Ka band radars illegally?

That is exactly true.If they make RD's illegal I'm going to steal a drone and use it for a jammer.Might do it anyway.

Stupid comment from the cops on the news: "We want to know where the drones are so we can hide our radars in the same area."
That is bound to invite a legal challenge to any infringements handed out on the basis of the radar being operated outside it's operating parameters,i.e. in an area of known microwave interference.

[captain_andrey]

No point using a K band jammer because no cops use them. I used to have it turned on for my RD ...

You mixing up radar detectors and jammer?

There is no reason you cant use active K jammer as the frequency is open. Just as an active laser jammer, its is completely legal. But I dont know any jammer that does specifically that frequency and any device that can interfere with a licenced freqyuency is illegal.

[YellowDog]

Big feature on the ACC Drone on the News this evening.

Placing them in accident black spots is a pretty good idea.

You now need to sell Radar detectors the other 98% of drivers.

[k14]

Na man, the old mobile speed cameras were ka... but they are now using k band again, detection is next to usless ya passing the van as the detector goes off, at least with the ka vans it was 100m with a good detector.
best thing IMO is to use ka only in town but ka and k on the open rd.

Oh ok, did not know that. Have not seen a new speed camera van, can't remember ever seening a speed camera down this part of the woods.

You mixing up radar detectors and jammer?

There is no reason you cant use active K jammer as the frequency is open. Just as an active laser jammer, its is completely legal. But I dont know any jammer that does specifically that frequency and any device that can interfere with a licenced freqyuency is illegal.

No I know exactly what it is, should have said I turned K band on my detector off. Stupid englandish...

[p.dath]

You mixing up radar detectors and jammer?

There is no reason you cant use active K jammer as the frequency is open. Just as an active laser jammer, its is completely legal. But I dont know any jammer that does specifically that frequency and any device that can interfere with a licenced freqyuency is illegal.

Refer post 67, they are licenced for "every person". The Crown has given you a licence to use a radio transmitter in the K band.