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    Default k Band= crappy radar detector?

    How often do you get a K alert that results from a lower quality radar detector? I was driving tonight and in a baren area had 2 bar alert then it kept a steady 1 bar for about a mile or two. I had a pack behind me so could it of been someones radar detector behind me?

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    Default Re: k Band= crappy radar detector?

    Quote Originally Posted by BLUEPOLE
    How often do you get a K alert that results from a lower quality radar detector? I was driving tonight and in a baren area had 2 bar alert then it kept a steady 1 bar for about a mile or two. I had a pack behind me so could it of been someones radar detector behind me?
    My guess would be, radar guided cruise control, from a 5 or 6 series Mercedes.

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    +2 I have had this happen to me also. I would get 2 bars beside the mercedes and back off a couple of car lengths and get one bar.

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    Some Benzes have radar assisted cruise control and it uses K band unfortunately.

    Some Uniden and Cobra RDs will cause K band false alarms too.

    GTO_04

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    Sounds like a Cobra K false to me, I get them from time to time. I will look at cars near me to see if they have anything on their windshield.

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    i got K band for a while down a road where these are no radar sources..so at the light a tool driving a prius has some crap i dont even no wat it is detector..let him get in front of me a little bit and the K went away

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    Quote Originally Posted by BLUEPOLE View Post
    How often do you get a K alert that results from a lower quality radar detector? I was driving tonight and in a baren area had 2 bar alert then it kept a steady 1 bar for about a mile or two. I had a pack behind me so could it of been someones radar detector behind me?
    POS RD'S can cause X,K and Ka falses on our detectors.

 

 

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