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From: sampson@killer.UUCP (Steve Sampson)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: radar countermeasures
Message-ID: <3606@killer.UUCP>
Date: 6 Mar 88 13:59:57 GMT
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In article <2203@saturn.ucsc.edu>, matthew@ucscb.UCSC.EDU (73550000) writes:
> Or your own radar gun (moving doppler type)
> It's a GREAT toy to mount on your car,... keeps the people
> around you slowed down... and you get to see how fast they're going
> if they don't have a fuzzbuster.

Great, idiots setting off our alarms now.

> In my experience a good X band radar unit can get an accurate
> speed fix EVEN WHILE MOVING  L O N G before the target's detector
> goes off.  What good are they, anyway?

This is generally not true.  The detectors have an excellent MDS and can
sound an alarm with a signal level that the radar gun would otherwise
ignore.  What kind of testing did you do?  I don't believe it! Prove it,
etc.  Radar detectors are good for checking your speed against the limit
when radar is detected.  This saves you money.  What kind of detector did
you use in your test?  I want to stay away from it...

> Matthew Kaufman (KA6SQG)
> matthew@ucsck.ucsc.edu     ...!ucbvax!ucscc!ucsck!matthew