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From: peg@psuecl.bitnet (PAUL E. GANTER)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Radar gun zapper: fact or fiction?
Message-ID: <74719@psuecl.bitnet>
Date: 28 Dec 89 22:03:20 GMT
Organization: Engineering Computer Lab, Pennsylvania State University
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Hey!  I know the following may sound crazy--I am doubtful myself.

My stepfather was recently talking to a long-haul trucker at a truck
stop.  The guy told a tale about blasting radar guns using a very simple
device.  Apparently the guy had an ordinary fluorescent tube mounted
in a reflector, with no power applied.  He had copper strip wrapped
around the tube with a regular spacing.  He placed the device inside
his windshield facing forward, and when hit with a radar gun....

                   POOF!!

goes the radar gun.  Now, granted, this sounds far-fetched, but maybe
the thing acts as a resonator?!?  I don't know:  I avoid microwave
stuff like the plague.

If anyone has heard a similar tale or wants to comment on the
possibilities, I would be interested.  By the way, I have NO
interest in building this thing.  I don't drive like a maniac.
The interest is purely academic.

Paul