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From: kenmoore@unix.cis.pitt.edu (Kenneth L Moore)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: Radar gun zapper: fact or fiction?
Message-ID: <21377@unix.cis.pitt.edu>
Date: 3 Jan 90 22:54:31 GMT
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Reply-To: kenmoore@unix.cis.pitt.edu (Kenneth L Moore)
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In article <74896@psuecl.bitnet> peg@psuecl.bitnet (PAUL E. GANTER) writes:
>In article <10657@ucsd.Edu>, brian@ucsd.Edu (Brian Kantor) writes:

>Anyway, what
>I wanted to know was how (in theory) the thing might work.
>
>Paul

While I was in the military we had a device that would amplify incoming
radar waves and beam them back to the receiver. Since the receivers are
set up to expect maybe 1 millionth of the transmitted power reflected
back, they are very sensitive and the amplified waves would blow out the
receiver.

Of course, this only worked on very primative radar receivers with no
overload protection.

I don't know if smokey has overload protection, but it should at least
jam the radar.

Of course the best bet is to drive under the speed limit.

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