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From: kenneth@turbo.RAY.COM (Kenny Crudup, still in Mass....)
Newsgroups: rec.autos,sci.electronics,misc.consumers
Subject: Re: Radar Detectors (Ka band)
Keywords: radar, cops, Ka, X, K
Message-ID: <249@turbo.RAY.COM>
Date: 16 Feb 89 14:08:55 GMT
References: <603@icus.islp.ny.us> <7944@netnews.upenn.edu>
Reply-To: kenneth@pebbles.ray.com
Organization: Raytheon, Marlboro (for now)
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(Hello again everbody!)

In article <7944@netnews.upenn.edu>, depolo@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (Jeff DePolo) writes:
> The Ka detectors (currently only made by Bel) are
> somewhat worthless for a number of reasons.  First of all, the design
> of the photo radar unit makes it very difficult to detect.  The beam
> that the radar uses is very narrow, and is angled in such a way that it
> does not transmit down a lane of traffic, rather, at an angle across it.

At an angle? What about cosine error? (Or do I have the angle backwards?)

Also, the local "Evening Magazine-type Show" here in Boston had an article
about the new radar, and even tested a detector (Bel?). They seemed to get
enough warning to at least slow down......one of the few good things about
this state (MA) is that most cars don't have front plates, and even if they
did, the RMV won't tell the other state who you are anyway. (Not part of
the DLC).

BTW, Jeff seems to hit all the points that make this country great!

>  o  The best things in life   |
>     come in six-packs.        |
>  o  Life begins at 85 MPH.    |
>  o  It's not illegal if they  |
>     don't catch you.          |

-- 
Kenneth R. Crudup, Contractor, Raytheon CWS Development Group
1001 Boston Post Road, Marlboro, MA 01752
+1 508 490 2015		kenneth@pebbles.ray.com, ...!rayssd!pebbles!kenneth
	Ya know, this place ain't so bad after all......