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    Default Bel 985 POP Radar detection?

    Does the BEL 985 pick up POP Radar? Just curious cause when we drive along I-90 towards Seattle it doesn't go off sometimes whenI think it should.
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    Default Re: Bel 985 POP Radar detection?

    Quote Originally Posted by xplo40
    Does the BEL 985 pick up POP Radar? Just curious cause when we drive along I-90 towards Seattle it doesn't go off sometimes whenI think it should.
    Thanks
    Why would you think you have encountered pop radar? Pop radar is very rare and should not be used to hand out citations according to MPH's user manual. I have traveled in the Seattle area a few times and I have not seen anything but Ka and laser. I have never seen any K band or 33.8 Ka used by WSP.

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    Default Re: Bel 985 POP Radar detection?

    Quote Originally Posted by xplo40
    Does the BEL 985 pick up POP Radar? Just curious cause when we drive along I-90 towards Seattle it doesn't go off sometimes whenI think it should.
    Thanks
    The 985 was manufactured before POP.

    The 985 was tested against the slower 67ms pop (mind you most if not all tests are done via point blank range), and supposedly did alert one time, POP capable RD fair a better chance at alerting but honestly, realisticly a user has no chance for a prewarning.

    So basicly the answer is NO.

    I have the article regrading 985 and POP buried somewhere, if I come accross I will bump the thread.

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    The best way to determine if there is the possibility of POP in your area is to switch your 985 to Tech display and see if you get any 33.8 or close to it. That gun can have POP.

 

 

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