Well guys these are supposed to be the sensitivity numbers of the "top dogs" using professional lab equipment courtesy of our very own forum member Mike B.
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Well guys these are supposed to be the sensitivity numbers of the "top dogs" using professional lab equipment courtesy of our very own forum member Mike B.
V1 V1.8 Firmware 3.826
These are the lab test results for the Valentine One.
Big thanks to Michael B for the testing!
Valentine Research V1 Test 02/07/06
Rev 3.826
Factory Preset is POP ON
X -118 WOW
Ku -111 (default is OFF)
K -121 Responded 100% at time intervals above 100ms
33.8 -112 80% at 67ms, 100% from 100 to 200ms, 20 to 80% from 300ms to 600ms, 100% above 700ms
34.3 -115 0% below 500ms, 50% from 500 to 600ms, 100% above 700ms.
34.7 -115 0% below 300ms, 50% from 300 to 600ms, 100% above 700ms
35.5 -113 0% below 300ms, 50% from 300 to 700ms, 100% above 800ms.
These times were based upon 10 tries at each interval of 100ms from 100ms up thru 1 sec.
POP OFF
K -121 Responded 100% above 200ms.
33.8 -112 Responded 100% above 600ms.
34.3 -115 Responded 100% above 700ms.
34.7 -115 Responded 100% above 400ms.
35.5 -113 Responded 100% above 400ms.
Unit would sometimes alert at bursts less than the above during POP OFF mode but not consistently enough.
POP attempts with POP ON. 10 random tries at intervals of 10 seconds or more
33.8
67ms 80%
100ms 100%
200ms 100%
300ms 70%
400ms 50%
500ms 20%
600ms 80%
700ms 100%
800ms 100%
900ms 100%
1 sec 100%
K Band
67ms 90%
100ms 100%
200ms 100%
300ms 100%
400ms 100%
500ms 100%
600ms 100%
700ms 100%
800ms 100%
900ms 100%
1 sec 100%
Laser Performance was Excellent. The valid range was 30Hz thru 800Hz.
I seem to recall some Laser guns used overseas around 900Hz.
X and K windows are tight at 10.490 to 10.560 and 24.040 to 24.260
Euro mode disables X
Euro mode Ka freq are only valid from 33.7 thru 33.9GHz and 34.2 thru 34.4GHz
Unit PRD Falsing test performed well when tested against major known brands and models at 50 feet.
Sensitivity from the rear horn was as follows
X -117
Ku -110
K -118
33.8 -105
34.3 -108
34.7 -108
35.5 -106
Bel Sti Test
Rev A1 M7
POP was set ON
X was inconsistent sometimes -101, sometimes -110, sometime in between.
K -116 the unit did not report POP K.
33.8 -110 Good from 60ms to 100ms. No response if 200ms to 900ms. Responded mostly above 1 second
34.3 -112 Responded sometimes from 400ms to 800ms. Responded mostly above 900ms.
34.7 -111 Responded sometimes from 300ms to 700ms. Responded mostly above 800ms.
35.5 -110 Responded sometimes from 400ms to 700ms. Responded mostly above 800ms.
Factory reset is POP OFF so I tried that to see if anything was different. (It sure was)
33.8 -110 No response if 60ms to 900ms. Responded mostly above 1 second. Had erratic operation
34.3 -112 Responded mostly above 500ms.
34.7 -111 Responded mostly above 400ms.
35.5 -110 Responded mostly above 500ms.
It would appear that the POP OFF mode will more frequently respond to ½ second triggers and POP ON mode must wait until 800ms to 1 second.
For those of you experiencing falsing issues due to other radar detectors, you may wish to turn POP mode ON!
POP attempts with POP ON. 10 random tries each at intervals of 10 seconds or more
33.8 67ms 90% K Band 67ms 10%
100ms 90% 100ms 20%
200ms 10% 200ms 10%
300ms 0% 300ms 10%
400ms 0% 400ms 30%
500ms 0% 500ms 70%
600ms 0% 600ms 70%
700ms 0% 700ms 100%
800ms 0% 800ms 100%
900ms 0% 900ms 100%
1 sec most of the time see note* 1 sec 100%
NOTE* I had several instances when 33.8 would not work at all even during full CW pulse.
This unit may have some software of hardware issue. I had to reset the unit and it appeared to work again.
Sensitivity and windows for X and K were reasonable over temperature and maintained sensitivity to the edges of X and K band
Laser Performance was good but only valid 100 thru 500 Hz. Good enough for North America I guess.
I seem to recall some Laser guns used overseas around 900Hz. Sorry to all of you guys over seas.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Michael B
RX-65 (Early Version)
X -108
Ku -94
K -117
33.8 -108
34.7 -110
35.5 -107