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From: strong@tc.fluke.COM (Norm Strong)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: Radar detection
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Date: 26 Jan 89 17:11:26 GMT
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In article <1400@ucsd.EDU> brian@ucsd.edu (Brian Kantor) writes:
}A while ago it was popular to make a radar detector out of a simple
}high-pass/antenna (horn/waveguide or small dipole array), a detector
}diode, and some DC amplification.  The idea was that there wasn't much
}else on the road that would provide RF energy at those microwave
}frequencies, so it had to be radar.  It worked, sort of.
}
}The problem was that these were so numb that Le Flic would be writing
}you the ticket before the detector triggered.  Nice toy, but not very
}useful.

Another solution, which I have used with great success for about 10 years, is
to drive no more than 9 mph over the speed limit.  The beauty of it is that
it's absolutely free, and it works everywhere but Illinois.

Commence firing!
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Norm   (strong@tc.fluke.com)