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From: ssave@srvr1 (Shailendra Anant Save)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: RADAR DETECTORS
Message-ID: <1990Oct23.153751.7054@engin.umich.edu>
Date: 23 Oct 90 15:37:51 GMT
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From article <1286@physiol.su.oz.au>, by allanc@physiol.su.oz.au (Allan Creighton):
> I shall be in Santa Monica and Houston in Jan 91,Honolulu Feb 91
> and all through UK in between (all in the name of Rugby Union).
> Questions are as follows.
> I would like ANY help/advice on purchasing a radar detector.
> Experiences with any brands and factual information would be greatly appreciated.
> The criteria should include the following:
> 1  X and K band as well as photo 
> 2  Is the photo radar just an extension of either band or seperate.?
> 3  Brands and areas within the above regions would help.
> 4  Price... mmmm ... in Australia the top of the lines are Uniden/Cobra etc
> they cost between $400-$600 Aus.Top of the range.
> 
> Seriously,any help no matter how trivial would be appreciated.
> I have tried to post this twice but it has bounced or evaporated,if anyone
> reads this please email me on the email address.
> Apologies if this has been covered or it is in the wrong n'group
> 
> thanks in advance 
> allan




    I have a Whistler 425 which I am very satisfied with.

  It has X and K band, and has the usual features of bargraph LED display,
and an changing tone with the proximity of the radar source. It cost US$ 98
but has saved me at least a couple of times at > 90 mph so I have already
got my moneys worth back. It is made in Korea and has a years wwarranty,
it is sleek and fits on the visor or the dashboard. Called in from the 
Sears Catalogue.
  To the best of my knowledge, photo radar is a camera which is placed facing 
in the direction where you are going with a gun pointing towards you.  The
radar guages your speed, and if you exceed the speed limit, the camera 
takes the picture of your backside when you drive by.  The polaroid
is digitally sent and the registration is checked out and a ticket is 
sent to your address. 
  In Chicago, they even have a radar gun with noone or no camera.  When
you near it, the guys ahead of you who have a fuzz-buster hit the brakes
for no apparent reason, the whistler goes wild, and everyone slows down.
Quite neat.

                                            --Shailendra
                                            ssave@caen.engin.umich.edu
					    The University of Michigan
					    Ann Arbor.