Memphis radar gun question...

**KinetiK** · 02-23-2008, 03:40 PM

I've had a V1 for a little while now and love it, but I've heard that it's weaker than the STi/X50 on 35.5 Ka. Every LEO I've seen so far uses C/O Ka, but I don't know the frequency or what type of gun they use.

Anyone in/around the Memphis area that knows what gun/freq they use?

**Esoterica** · 02-23-2008, 04:21 PM

Your V1 won't display the actual Frequency of the source signal? I thought those things were suposed to be so Hi Tech and good? They cost as much as a hi tech detector don't they? Sounds like its time for you to upgrade to one of the soon to be new V2's like in my avotar

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I live in Nevada, the range of freq in use here covers the spectrum, there isn''t one just more common than another. I see 33.XXX, 34.XXX and 35.XXX Ka band all the time. I'd suspect its like that everywhere.

**KinetiK** · 02-23-2008, 04:27 PM

Nope, V1's don't show frequency.

**V1 Dave** · 02-23-2008, 05:13 PM

http://www.radardetector.net/viewtopic.php?t=5200

For frequency info I would try to PM MattN03, 00ebpsi, proudNMAmember, StlouisX50, Ven0mizer, as they had Tennesse info.

**djrams80** · 02-23-2008, 05:21 PM

Big game tonight in Tennessee. I'd bet the roads will be pretty empty tonight in Tennessee for about 2 hours or so.

**MEM-TEK** · 02-23-2008, 06:55 PM

Originally Posted by KinetiK

I've had a V1 for a little while now and love it, but I've heard that it's weaker than the STi/X50 on 35.5 Ka. Every LEO I've seen so far uses C/O Ka, but I don't know the frequency or what type of gun they use.

Anyone in/around the Memphis area that knows what gun/freq they use?

On-axis the V1's 35.5 Ka sensitivity is the best game in town, yet GOL's off-axis tests show that the V1's sensitivity rapidly rolls off with increasing off-axis angle. I'm not sure if its due to off-axis phase cancellation issues within the radar horn or if it possibly is due to a filtering issue. The V1 isn't the only radar detector which experiences off-axis sensitivity problems. For example, the STi experiences the same problem but to a lesser degree for 34.7 Ka radar. And yet I am very pleased with my STi's performance against 34.7 Ka radar guns.

In a nutshell, I wouldn't worry too much about the V1's off-axis problems for 35.5 Ka since 34.7 is by far the most widely used Ka frequency and is the frequency which the V1 excels at detecting both on-axis and off-axis.