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    Default Better detection & range with certain bands off ?

    If i were to leave ku band, sws and pop off would i get better detection and or range since it has less to sweep for ? i know that ku has never reached the us aside from the prototypes for research that never made into the mainstream production. does anyone turn on ku band for the "if it ever does im ready" scenario ?
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    Default Re: Better detection & range with certain bands off ?

    Quote Originally Posted by Big Bert View Post
    If i were to leave ku band, sws and pop off would i get better detection and or range since it has less to sweep for ? i know that ku has never reached the us aside from the prototypes for research that never made into the mainstream production. does anyone turn on ku band for the "if it ever does im ready" scenario ?
    This is a great question and one that has been mentioned quite a few times on the forum. GOL tested some RD's with various combinations of the settings on and off, and they didn't show any worrisome or exciting differences in detection ranges. I certainly would like to see this tested extensively some time in the future, personally. I will admit that I have Ku band on on my RX65 just because I'm curious if the guy will say "Ku band" or not. LOL.

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    Default Re: Better detection & range with certain bands off ?

    I have my X off since no LEOs use it in Florida. I am considering turning K band off as well, but some speed traps seem to use it. I heard that the performance increase was more apparent in older RDs. Recently, there hasn't been any positive effects.

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    Default Re: Better detection & range with certain bands off ?

    If I recall correctly when receiving KU band you will get an X band alert.

    The only feature that affected certain models was POP mode, and I believe it affected the V1 only.

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    Default Re: Better detection & range with certain bands off ?

    this is the reply i got from escort: It would not matter if you turned them on. We leave Ku band off because it is not in use in North America yet. Pop is off because it gives you more false alerts. SWS is off because for the most part it was not widely used.

    this is the reply i got from radar roy: Ku band is not used in the USA or Canada, so leave that off
    There are no active SWS transmitters, the company went bankrupt
    And your chance of getting hit with POP is nul
    So yes, turn them all off.

    i didnt know sws went bellyup, now i know.
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    Default Re: Better detection & range with certain bands off ?

    in the year i had my rx65 i had a total of 2 ku band falses and in fact the rx65 does say "ku band".

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    Default Re: Better detection & range with certain bands off ?

    Quote Originally Posted by Big Bert View Post
    this is the reply i got from escort: It would not matter if you turned them on. We leave Ku band off because it is not in use in North America yet. Pop is off because it gives you more false alerts. SWS is off because for the most part it was not widely used.

    this is the reply i got from radar roy: Ku band is not used in the USA or Canada, so leave that off
    There are no active SWS transmitters, the company went bankrupt
    And your chance of getting hit with POP is nul
    So yes, turn them all off.

    i didnt know sws went bellyup, now i know.

    This is correct. Even if it did help performance the increase is so small it doesn't provide any noticeable advantage.

    sws the feature can still be used even though the original company isn't around. However no one uses it anymore, may find it randomly but for all real purposes its gone.

    Escorts only alert to X band when receiving a KU band signal.
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    Default Re: Better detection & range with certain bands off ?

    X and Pop imo

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    Default Re: Better detection & range with certain bands off ?

    I know that the 8500 series has been shown to miss "quick trigger" bursts, due to filtering??? One time I turned off X,Ka,laser,POP only to test my X-50 against my Bushnell K-band "quick trigger" bursts and it would alert immediately! On every pull of the trigger. I think that because the Ka band is so wide, it takes up much of the "sweep time". I don't know for sure.

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    Default Re: Better detection & range with certain bands off ?

    Quote Originally Posted by Big Bert View Post
    in the year i had my rx65 i had a total of 2 ku band falses and in fact the rx65 does say "ku band".
    Haha thanks for the information, bud.
    Quote Originally Posted by CJR238 View Post
    If I recall correctly when receiving KU band you will get an X band alert.
    I have read in a few of the manuals that this is the case when using Threat or Expert meters, that it will simply show X instead of Ku. I cannot confirm this. However, I have had Ku falses in Tech mode and it does indeed show Ku on the display along with 13.xxx. I have seen this with my own two eyes. It's just too bad I didn't have voice on at the time in order to hear the "Ku band". Haha.
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