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    Default Can you hear Radar through your radio?

    Is this possible or a myth? Would it be just static?

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    Default Re: Can you hear Radar through your radio?

    Quote Originally Posted by Jag42 View Post
    Is this possible or a myth? Would it be just static?
    if you put it directly on your radio receiver you might possibly or maybe right near the antenna.

    You might hear the LO whining or maybe the signal frequency scanner sweeping..

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    Default Re: Can you hear Radar through your radio?

    Quote Originally Posted by RadarGhost View Post
    or maybe the signal frequency scanner sweeping..
    now that would be cool.

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    Default Re: Can you hear Radar through your radio?

    I can hear it just fine when the radio is on.

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    Default Re: Can you hear Radar through your radio?

    Quote Originally Posted by Divewjason View Post
    I can hear it just fine when the radio is on.
    That's what I was thinking.

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    Default Re: Can you hear Radar through your radio?

    Quote Originally Posted by Jag42 View Post
    Is this possible or a myth? Would it be just static?
    Let me check and see...Craig Peterson said that it is possible but only with his special RadarTest.com aluminum foil hat that can be purchased on a mountain for $19.95.

    Last edited by <<JAZZY>>; 03-21-2009 at 09:36 PM.

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    Default Re: Can you hear Radar through your radio?

    I guess it would if it is tuned to the right frequency of the radar being used.

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    Default Re: Can you hear Radar through your radio?

    There is a thing call "audio rectification". There is a chance that a high powered transmitter can be heard on your car radio. This is due to the affect that the cable, usually speaker wires, act as an antenna and demod the transmitter. There were cases not to far from where I live that an AM broadcast transmitter was being heard on stereos that were turned off.

    For a while when I had my pickup trucks I used to mod the stereo. When I would pass the Airport radar at the airport where I work, I could hear a buzz from the transmitter as I drove by.

    Now this radar has a peak power several 1000's times a speed radar. It operates in the 2.7 - 2.9 GHz range.

    So it is possible but I truly doubt it since I don't think the transmitter power from a speed radar is much above a couple hundred milliwatts.

    This is the same as when I would transmit with my Ham Radio running 1000 watts on 18 MHz I would cause my air conditioner to go on and off during voice peaks. In 1 of my trucks I would get into the stereo while transmitting on 145 MHz. In both cases I put 'RF Chokes" on the Thermostat to solve the AC problem and the same "RF Chokes" on the speaker leads in my truck to stop the interference on the stereo.
    Last edited by nr2d; 03-23-2009 at 01:45 PM.

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    Default Re: Can you hear Radar through your radio?

    i thought he ment a radar detector.. everyone that is new here seems to calls them "radars" Yes you may hear a radar signal in your radio if the radar was close enough to it and it was picking up a target. The target Doppler signal would be mixed down to a lower frequency for amplification and processing to a speed reading. I believe it would have to be right on the radio or radio antenna though.

 

 

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