X Band Alerts?

**phiberglass** · 02-13-2008, 11:44 PM

Where I live X band is not used, as it isn't in most places. I decided to turn it on the other day, because my friend has his on and gets an alert pretty much every 5 minutes. What causes X alerts? I tried a google search but it just came up with a bunch of un helpful information. Thanks guys!

**ELVATO** · 02-13-2008, 11:49 PM

Where are you getting the X alerts? There might be some X-drones still around somewhere? Some automatic doors operate on X (though it seems the majority work on K now.)

**phiberglass** · 02-13-2008, 11:53 PM

well my friend is an ignorant cobra user and gets and X band alert every 5 minutes. He says that's it from the motorcycle cops CB radios, and those yellow lights that blink to warn you of a signal, but I told him no and to turn it off, but he insists. So I turned mine on and tried it out and got a few x band alerts in like 15 minutes just driving throughout the city.

**djrams80** · 02-14-2008, 06:40 AM

Originally Posted by phiberglass

well my friend is an ignorant cobra user and gets and X band alert every 5 minutes. He says that's it from the motorcycle cops CB radios, and those yellow lights that blink to warn you of a signal, but I told him no and to turn it off, but he insists. So I turned mine on and tried it out and got a few x band alerts in like 15 minutes just driving throughout the city.

X band is a radar band between 10.500 and 10.550 GHz and has ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to do with any yellow lights or motorcycle LEO's CB radio. I can assure you or that.

**lacning74** · 02-14-2008, 06:47 AM

I get a lot of X falses from automatic door openers here. Wish I could turn X off, but I drive into Jersey often and have already had a real X save by a local. I'm tempted to take my chances, though, since I really only drive faster on highways and it seems to be only K and Ka so far.

**phiberglass** · 02-14-2008, 07:33 AM

Originally Posted by djrams80

Originally Posted by phiberglass

well my friend is an ignorant cobra user and gets and X band alert every 5 minutes. He says that's it from the motorcycle cops CB radios, and those yellow lights that blink to warn you of a signal, but I told him no and to turn it off, but he insists. So I turned mine on and tried it out and got a few x band alerts in like 15 minutes just driving throughout the city.

X band is a radar band between 10.500 and 10.550 GHz and has ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to do with any yellow lights or motorcycle LEO's CB radio. I can assure you or that.

That is what I have been trying to tell my friend, now I have some solid proof. Thank you for that and everyone else helping me out

**Retaliation** · 02-14-2008, 08:48 AM

It would be nice to turn off X band, but I can't. I got hit by X band by a Summit cop just yesterday. 10.530 GHz... Summit is probably among the richest towns in the state and they still use X band radar. Go figure...

**ahmadr** · 02-14-2008, 11:36 AM

X is common in NJ and a few other places. Very rare otherwise.

**bigmack** · 02-14-2008, 10:25 PM

you guys know if X is common in washington state at all?

**bunny** · 02-14-2008, 11:40 PM

i don't know about you guys but locally in town if i turn k and x on i get almost equal falses from x and k, both from the automatic door openers at shops and stuff.

it is lucky to live in ca were chp is exclusively ka. i turn off k and x cuz i don't speed in town anyways.