Full Blast Ka?!?!

**PWRDbyTRD** · 11-12-2007, 08:57 PM

So on my commute home I picked up two very weak 34.706 and 34.699 Ka band alerts. They quickly faded as I slowed to the PSL. The signal just went away. I had noticed that in most passing the 34.7 alerted to TennesseeHP. I went 2 miles on and then pulled a U-turn as I had not seen a THP. I came within about 1/4 mile of the spot I picked it up last time. I started down a hill for approx. an 1/8 of a mile. Then almost immediately as I reached the bottom of the hill and started up another hill my RD went CRAZY on 34.7, faster than I had ever heard my RD alert, then slowed to a normal fast-paced alert, but quickly faded. As I went past the spot, which was a cross over for a divided highway I saw nothing. I then went to the next turn around and pulled a U-turn as to be heading back on my original route. As I went past the first pick up spot and the 2nd I finally reached the bottom of the hill where I had been hit full blast with Ka 34.7. I went further down and did a U-turn as to be going past the spot where I found the signal. I now knew where the guy was sitting and decided I wanted to take another run at him. This time my RD did not alert til I was within 300 feet of the cruiser. I know my RD works fine, it saved my hide this past weekend on a trip to MTSU.

My question is... does this sound like I/O? This is my first encounter like this.

**djrams80** · 11-12-2007, 09:03 PM

Almost assuredly. I'm surprised he didn't pull you over for cruising or some other BS reason like that.

**CJR238** · 11-12-2007, 09:10 PM

My guess is it was a hand held unit I/O evryone and he got board of you messing with him and put it on his seat but left it on.
I have gotten a few hundred feet KA because of the above. Besides the fact that KA is difficult to detect unless is shooting in your direction.

**PWRDbyTRD** · 11-13-2007, 02:49 PM

I myself am quite surprised he didn't pull me over. At one point I thought he was going to, but the headlights I saw pull out were from a cross road. It was dark, I drive a Ford Taurus, and it's an interstate. Even though he saw me up ton five times chances are he also saw another white Ford Taurus. They're everywhere in East TN.

Just another exciting night out and about in Knoxville... we'll see what tomorrow surprises me with on an hour drive south.

**ziddey** · 11-13-2007, 10:52 PM

I think when it thinks it's instant on (nothing to full blast), it'll give a more urgent tone at first.

I run city lo x, and a place near me has an x band door opener or soemthing. Sometimes I'll see it creep visually, but not always. In the end, it always seems to snap right to full and give a real urgent alert.

**KnightHawk** · 11-14-2007, 04:10 AM

It was definitely I/O with that frequency reading and full blast Ka.

**Greg** · 11-14-2007, 06:45 AM

PWRDbyTRD --- What RD are you using?

**PWRDbyTRD** · 11-14-2007, 08:19 PM

I am currently using a Bel 995 which is mounted high, picture below. I took a
video with my phone. It has horrible lighting, but the audio is alright. As you
should be able to tell I leave my detector in voltage mode. While the
lighting is poor at time mark 1m30s you hear it sound like crazy. At this
point I was within 300 feet of the cruiser.
http://pwrdbytrd.net/rd/1112072221.3g2