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From: gene@cooper.cooper.EDU (Gene (the Spook) )
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: Car electronics projects
Message-ID: <1594@cooper.cooper.EDU>
Date: 20 Jul 89 22:09:41 GMT
References: <14053@haddock.ima.isc.com>
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in article <14053@haddock.ima.isc.com>, kencr@haddock.ima.isc.com (Kenny Crudup) says:
> 
> In article <20556@cup.portal.com> mmm@cup.portal.com (Mark Robert Thorson) says:
> A better idea, one I keep saying Real Soon Now to is a momentary switch
> placed on the steering wheel that *disables* your brake lights, say for
> the times your radar detector goes off on a full instant-on blast and
> full braking power is required (80-55 in under 2 sec oughta fool the
> gun :-), actually works, ya know), without triggering the lights, which
> gives the cop a little more drive in his quest for revenue enhancement.

YEAH!!!  Especially in a state like (?West) Virginia or Connecticut,
where radar detectors are illegal.

If you're driving along at an "accelerated pace" and suddenly you find
that Smokey has missile-lock on your car, and he sees you slam on the
brakes, then he's got "probable cause" to search you and/or your car
for a radar detector (in the above-mentioned states).  What's worse
than getting a ticket (maybe) is losing your $300 detector!

A change of roughly 3miles_per_hour_per_second or more, and the gun
won't lock on to you.  What I have wanted to do for quite a while is
to make a microwave generator that sweeps a few kHz on a 3MHz/24MHz
carrier.  Active ECM!

(This, technically, is NOT a radar detector, but you might get in trouble
with the FCC if your transmit power is too high!)

Any ideas?

					Spookfully yours,
					Gene

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