Hello folks, I am from NYC and South Florida.
Just purchased an Escort 8500 X50 Red LED and found this forum.
Again, thanks for all the threads here ... a good place for me to read & learn.
Hello folks, I am from NYC and South Florida.
Just purchased an Escort 8500 X50 Red LED and found this forum.
Again, thanks for all the threads here ... a good place for me to read & learn.
welcome aboard
Welcome and congrats on owning one great RD.
welcome to the forum
also in florida X band is not used so you can turn it off when in florida
X band is very definitely used in Floridia. However, I have not seen it in South Floridia.
Moving up from a Cobra is a very smart move. But just remember that how you use your detector is every bit as important as the detector itself. You have to educate yourself on enforcement tactics and how to detect and interpret them, or the detector is nothing but a source of noise. It's not a cop detector. It's a RADAR detector, so it requires intelligent use to assure you get the most protection.
Last edited by Stealth Stalker; 06-09-2009 at 07:46 PM.
I could swear it is against Florida law to operate x band anymore
They shouldn't still be using X band, if they want it to hold up in court.
15B-2.0081 Interim Minimum Design Criteria for Radar Units.
Specific Authority 316.1906 FS.
Law Implemented 316.1906 FS.
History—New 7-12-82m Formerly 15B-2.081, Amended 1-1-90, Repealed 10-18-94.
15B-2.0082 Minimum Design Criteria for Radar Units.
(1) Radar speed measuring devices shall meet the design criteria as set forth in Chapter 3, Subpart A (s.
1221.1 – 1221.4) and Subpart (s. 1221.11 – 1221.24) of the National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration Technical Report, January 1994, D. O. T. HS 808-69, entitled, “Model Minimum
Performance Specifications for Police Traffic Radar Devices,” which is incorporated by reference.
Copies of this material may be obtained by contacting the Department of Highway Safety and Motor
Vehicles (DHSMV), Division of Florida Highway Patrol, Telecommunications Administrator, Neil
Kirkman Building, Tallahassee, Florida 32099-0500, or the National Technical Information Service,
Springfield, Virginia 22161.
(2) All radar units used in this State on or after January 1, 1995 shall be designed to operate in the
following frequency ranges as assigned by the Federal Communications Commission for operation of
Doppler radar radio-location units.
24.050 – 24.250 GHz (K-Band) (Common
33.400 – 36.000 GHz (Ka – Band) Referrals)
The radar must have a Doppler audio operating in the range 300 Hz to 4.0 KHz.
Last edited by trailtow; 06-09-2009 at 07:51 PM.
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