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    Default Orange County RD not going off new police radar ?

    Hi all I am new to the forum. I have 2 cars equiped with Whistler Pro78SE's. I live in Aliso Viejo CA. and have been noticeing some disturbing things.

    For about 2 to 3 months now I have been driving right by city cops and CHP while they have a gun out or have been sitting on the road as a speed trap that my detectors do not go off. I have never had an issue before. everytime I went by one the KA would go off. I have turned around and went back by the cop to make sure he was aiming at cars and had the gun out. Nothing.

    Do they have new guns, tech. What is going on. New KU or laser ? Help I feel voilated.

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    Default Re: Orange County RD not going off new police radar ?

    Laser, most likely. Were they holding the gun up to their face as if they were aiming it at specific cars though a viewfinder? Were there visible lenses on the end?

    RDs don't detect laser reliably due to the narrow beam which often misses the RD entirely.

    FWIW, Ku isn't used anywhere in the US.

    Do you get any Ka alerts at all? Maybe something's wrong with your detector. Though you say you have two of them, are you having the same issue with both? It's unlikely that both would suffer the same failure at the same time.
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    Default Re: Orange County RD not going off new police radar ?

    I'm going to second what kpatz said. It was probably laser. Your Whistlers will not protect you from police laser. Do you remember what the guns looked like? They should look like one of these:

    Laser Guns - Guys of LIDAR

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    Default Re: Orange County RD not going off new police radar ?

    Time to upgrade your radar detector....definitely sounds like laser.

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    Default Re: Orange County RD not going off new police radar ?

    Time to get a laser jammer. Go to the laser jammer section and start researching.

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    Default Re: Orange County RD not going off new police radar ?

    You can cause false Ka alerts by running to Whistler's side by side. Turn on one unit ..Wait for around 10-15 seconds then turn on your second Whistler. One of the Rd's should emit Ka 35.5. Most Whistlers leak at start up mode.

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    Default Re: Orange County RD not going off new police radar ?

    thank you for all your replies. Guess I need a Jammer and maybe the Escort redline.
    Then the local agencies must have switched mainly to all laser, because before I came across 1 laser motor cop in 2 years and everyone else was KA.
    The cycle cop the other day had a hand held that looked at the ones in the photo, he held up kinda by his face by not right up to to his face like a digital camera.

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    Default Re: Orange County RD not going off new police radar ?

    Orange County CHP moto units use almost nothing but laser, Ultralytes mostly and some TruSpeeds. Orange County is crawling with laser. Your choices are a laser jammer, or drive slow enough to avoid a speeding ticket.

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    Default Re: Orange County RD not going off new police radar ?

    Quote Originally Posted by evanswan View Post
    thank you for all your replies. Guess I need a Jammer and maybe the Escort redline.
    A Redline would drive you crazy and get you pwn3d in OC. The 9500ix or ci would be a much better choice.

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    Default Re: Orange County RD not going off new police radar ?

    Quote Originally Posted by evanswan View Post
    thank you for all your replies. Guess I need a Jammer and maybe the Escort redline.
    The Escort RedLine will not help you against laser. In fact, no RD will help you against laser. It's either get speeding tickets, slow down, or buy a laser jammer. No other options.

 

 

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