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    Default figured out the aiming the RD @ the ground trend

    I'm at a local dnning establishment and two officers from the next town over are parked in the lot....Stalker ATRs mounted to the dash of Chevy lumina/impalas....both bolted at the slope of dash aimed at the ground 50ft in front of the squad car.

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    Default Re: figured out the aiming the RD @ the ground trend

    Good us, bad for them. You should leave a post-it note on their window and write the word "level".

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    Default Re: figured out the aiming the RD @ the ground trend

    Quote Originally Posted by stevo1569 View Post
    Good us, bad for them. You should leave a post-it note on their window and write the word "level".
    Let em keep getting sub par range.

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    Default Re: figured out the aiming the RD @ the ground trend

    Sub-par range is good for them, and bad for us. I'd rather them have their guns levelled and blasting full power so we could receive them farther away.

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    Default Re: figured out the aiming the RD @ the ground trend

    ^^^ a BIG X2.

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    Default Re: figured out the aiming the RD @ the ground trend

    Quote Originally Posted by Stealth Stalker View Post
    Sub-par range is good for them, and bad for us. I'd rather them have their guns levelled and blasting full power so we could receive them farther away.
    Yea, that makes sense. What was I thinking?

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    Default Re: figured out the aiming the RD @ the ground trend

    I wonder if they actually mounted it that way for that reason to lower the chances of detection. Wait that is giving the cops alot of credit, I have feeling Billy Bob just bolted it to the dash and started writing tickets.

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    Default Re: figured out the aiming the RD @ the ground trend

    Quote Originally Posted by rocky2 View Post
    I wonder if they actually mounted it that way for that reason to lower the chances of detection. Wait that is giving the cops alot of credit, I have feeling Billy Bob just bolted it to the dash and started writing tickets.

    +1

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    Default Re: figured out the aiming the RD @ the ground trend

    Some cops will grab the antenna and physically turn it when they are doing a tuning fork test, or will rotate the antenna to allow them to run radar sitting perpendicular to the road. I imagine their skills in properly re-orienting the antenna afterward is the biggest problem there.

 

 

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