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From: bill@vrdxhq.verdix.com (William Spencer)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: Fooling Radar Detectors
Message-ID: <37861@vrdxhq.verdix.com>
Date: 24 Aug 90 19:12:29 GMT
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Organization: Verdix Corporation, Chantilly,  VA
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> In article <FISH.90Aug14183156@his.gemed.com> 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 ;)

I've heard that radar can not be used (will not stand up in court)
on motorcycles with mag wheels due to the radar fooling effect
(can be higher or lower in speed).


bill S.