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From: btl@mtunf.UUCP (Bernie Lee)
Newsgroups: net.auto
Subject: Re: Re: radar detectors
Message-ID: <466@mtunf.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 20-Nov-85 17:18:34 EST
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> >>2.  Is there a way to insure that your radar  detector  is  working?? 
> >
> >Best way I know of is to find an airport.  The radars usually cause my Passport
> >to alert.
> 
> Aircraft radar is not on the police band, and should not trigger your
> detector.  The two bands that the FCC licences for police radar are
> also available for what are called 'Field disturbance sensors'.  These
> are most frequently used in automatic door openers and burglar alarms.
> I suspect there is a field disturbance sensor near the airport that
> is causing false readings.
> 
> My favorite place to test my Passport is the local Pathmark.  From the
> highway, the signal is strong enough to light just one l.e.d.  If I
> pull into the lot the signal increases, at the door all eight l.e.d.s
> are lit and the unit emits a solid tone.
> 
> Ben Broder
> ..vax135!petsd!moncol!ben
> ..ihnp4!princeton!moncol!ben

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I have a question concerning the comment on airport radar frequency.
Can you please explain to me why my ESCORT (pre-STOP) goes off
every time I go by Newark airport on the NJ TPK. I would like to 
get rid of that problem, since sooner or later the troopers
are going to learn that it is the best place to hide.

Also, on your comment concerning the pathmark checking routine,
PASSPORT suppose to have the STOP circuitry that prevents
frequency pollution. Isn't it?