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From: MJSCHMEL@pucc.Princeton.EDU (Michael J. Schmelzer)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: radar countermeasures
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Date: 29 Feb 88 03:12:47 GMT
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Organization: Princeton University, NJ
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Hi there everybody!
I was cruising the news and saw the subject of radar invisibility,
and it brought to mind a question that's been buggin' me for quite a
while now.
You see, I'm an ideas man. And I think I may just have a pretty
nifty countermeasure to police radar besides invisibility.
Do you think it's feasible (forget about legal for the moment because I'm
speaking, of course, hypothetically) to build a radar TRANSPONDER?
(I hear your wheels turning already)
Think about it: A little black box in your (innocuous looking) Oldsmobuick
that would, upon receiving a threat signal from smokey, rather than just
sit there and beep like an idiot telling you to slow down even though its
already too late, would send back a signal to your friendly Highway
Patrolman on his X or K or whatever that would register a perfectly
legal double nickels on the Law's satanic little radar gun's readout.
Speed with impunity! Drive those Interstates at the speed God made them for!
 
Am I talking out my ass, or do I have a beautiful (though doubtlessly
illegal) idea? I hope I've stirred up a bit of discussion here.
 
Seriously: You design the box, and we could be talking millions here.
Thanks again for your time, and LET ME KNOW WHY THIS COULD(N'T) WORK.
 
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