Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!pmafire!tuv From: tuv@pmafire.UUCP (Mark Tovey) Newsgroups: sci.electronics Subject: Re: Fooling Radar Detectors Message-ID: <1990Aug15.150028.9525@pmafire.UUCP> Date: 15 Aug 90 15:00:28 GMT References: Reply-To: tuv@pmafire.UUCP (Mark Tovey) Organization: WINCO Computer Engineering Lines: 28 In article fish@gemed.ge.com (Mark Fisher, GE Medical, Milwaukee WI, x4-6553) writes: >What do you guys and gals think of this idea? > >Mount 4 or so corner reflectors on a rotating frame such as >a plastic bicycle tire. Coat the back of the reflector with resistive >foam to dissipate the radar energy. Make the corner reflector large >enough RCS (Radar Cross Section) wise to be much brighter than your >car. Turn the reflectors at a constant rate of something like 120 >RPM. And wa-la your car's dominate doppler shift will be ~ 10 mph >less than you are actually going. That is assumming you can figure >out which way to turn the reflectors ;) > >The apparent speed of the reflectors will have a sinusoidal modulation >to it from going around in circles. This may prevent the radar from >getting a good lock on the doppler shift and lock in on the steady >doppler shift from the car even though it is dimmer RCS wise. If this >is so then you put your corner reflectors on a flat belt and rotate >them like a belt sander. > >I would hate to get caught with something like this on the top of my >car. :^) >-- >// Mark M. Fisher >// fish@gemed.ge.com >// uunet!crdgw1!gemed!fish >// sun!sunbrew!gemed!fish Sounds like a pretty snazzy hood ornament to me!