Xref: utzoo rec.autos:26063 sci.electronics:8868 Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!unix.cis.pitt.edu!brutus.cs.uiuc.edu!psuvax1!psuvm!bhb3 From: BHB3@PSUVM.BITNET Newsgroups: rec.autos,sci.electronics Subject: Re: the undetectable radar detector Message-ID: <89335.105736BHB3@PSUVM.BITNET> Date: 1 Dec 89 15:57:36 GMT References: <89333.113354BHB3@PSUVM.BITNET> <2837372069@lewis.crd.ge.com> Organization: Penn State University Lines: 35 In article <2837372069@lewis.crd.ge.com>, welty@lewis.crd.ge.com (richard welty) says: > >In article <89333.113354BHB3@PSUVM.BITNET>, BHB3@PSUVM.BITNET writes: >*Suppose the reciever horn of a detector is mounted in front of the engine l >gril >*etc. in a hidden location. Right behind the horn would be a microwave e >amplifi >*r circuit. That would feed into a cable. The cable would run to a well d >shiel >*ed reciever. This system would not emit the 11.5 Ghz frequency that the >*radar detector detection systems use. > >the real problem is that radar detector designers are lazy bums, >and every detector made today for X and K bands stole the basic >CMI design that uses 11.5Ghz; the detector detector boxes used >in Canada take advantage of this, as it means that they only have >to look for one single frequency. a detector used an appropriately >chosen alternative frequency (or frequencies) would not be >detectable with the current detector detector. > >richard >-- >richard welty 518-387-6346, GE R&D, K1-5C39, Niskayuna, New York >..!crdgw1!lewis.crd.ge.com!welty welty@lewis.crd.ge.com > ``i've got a girlfriend with bows in her hair, > and nothing is better than that'' -- David Byrne Has anyone seen plans in Radio Electronics or Popular Electronics for a radar detector. It might be possible to make a system that used say 8 Ghz and 25 Ghz separate oscillator circuits. This would fool the RD detector. Brent H. Besler Ford Motor Scientific Res. Labs Brought to you by Super Global Mega Corp .com