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    tonight on my way home i got a Ka alert near a know speed trap; as i was over taking a car.

    i run my Bel in tech mode and it displayed 33.x Ghz, i didnt pay any attention to the last digits but when i got home i decided to test my radar with a crap old uniden i had lying around and got 33.5Ghz Ka band.

    anyone else had any experiences with junk radar frequencies? ie bands and Ghz?

    i guess now if i get a 33.5Ghz alert i can disregard it since we only operate 34.7 and 34.5 Ghz

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    Yeah Junk radar detectors emit Ka band as well as K (I believe.) Not sure what frequency.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Cips View Post
    Yeah Junk radar detectors emit Ka band as well as K (I believe.) Not sure what frequency.

    I've had instances where I've had someone with a Crapra behind me for 10-15 minutes on the interstate and every 15 or so seconds you'd get a Ka alert then a pause and about 5 seconds later K band alert so they do emit on both bands , freq. I do not know though

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    I have not had a Ka false since I got my Pro 78

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    Quote Originally Posted by Anthrax View Post
    tonight on my way home i got a Ka alert near a know speed trap; as i was over taking a car.

    i run my Bel in tech mode and it displayed 33.x Ghz, i didnt pay any attention to the last digits but when i got home i decided to test my radar with a crap old uniden i had lying around and got 33.5Ghz Ka band.

    anyone else had any experiences with junk radar frequencies? ie bands and Ghz?

    i guess now if i get a 33.5Ghz alert i can disregard it since we only operate 34.7 and 34.5 Ghz
    This happens ALL the time with my X50 even happend today. I haven't seen any locals run Ka 33.8 over here they only use 34.7 and 35.5 so whenever it shows 33.8 I always look around and find a crapra pointing to the sky in a close by vehicle.

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    Quote Originally Posted by dodgesrt4driver View Post
    This happens ALL the time with my X50 even happend today. I haven't seen any locals run Ka 33.8 over here they only use 34.7 and 35.5 so whenever it shows 33.8 I always look around and find a crapra pointing to the sky in a close by vehicle.
    Apparently crapy detectors hit a 33.8 ghz harmonic when sweeping for VG-2. The burst is very short (around 50 ms I heard) and is easily mistaken for POP.

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    I see a lot of Cobra alerts around 33.4GHz.

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    First week I took my Valentine 1 out on a test spin I was moving along pretty good, through the city-my bad, when suddenly I get a full burst of a Ka signal. I am pissing my pants, throwing on the E-break, slamming the brake pedal through the floor board and nose diving the car. Then V1 says " J ". Ya, like hey, everything is okay now, resume speed. I have a sh*t load of adreneline in my system and my heart is beating across my dash and because someone drove by with a cheap detector I am suppose to pretend everything is okay now because I got the " J " warning. I think if I had my firearm on me I would have shot the uneducated soul's crappy Cobra and then put one in his a$$ just out of principle.

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    lmao! thats y u turn pop off

 

 

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