Low Powered Falcon K Gun

[Riptide]

Ran into one for the first time the other day. Was coming up 81N in PA. I don't remember what mile marker or town I was near. Someone texted me or something, I needed to look at my phone for some reason so I slowed down and started changing lanes to get behind the cars I had previously been passing. As I'm changing lanes we start going under an overpass and the 9500ix alerts to K band for a second and then goes silent. Luckily at this point I'm only doing 70. As we come out from the overpass literately a moment later I see PSP sitting perpendicular to the road using the end of the overpass as a hiding place and shooting us from the rear. STi-R alerts as he shoots us and the 9500ix is silent.

I got lucky.

Reasons my STi-R didn't go off? well K band is still ****ed up on it for one, as evidenced by videos aa2033, radarrob, and Speedup helped me with. Also could have been mounting position, my STi-R is mounted real low and the 9500ix is at the top of the windshield. I will be looking into a way to move it to a higher position. And it could possibly have been interference from the 9500ix.

I can't know which caused it but I'm going to try and fix each one. EscortRadar is helping me setup another repair (its already been in once to fix the K band issue) and he has promised to personally test it himself. (Awesome customer service! Thanks friend) Like I said I'm looking into a way to mount the antenna higher, nine_c1 made a post awhile ago that I can't find atm but he explained how having an antenna mounted low to the ground can cause problems since reflections from that close to the ground can be interpreted as falses and filtered out by the detector. (it was way more complicated than that, nine_c1 knows his ****) And I won't be running the 9500ix on the highway in PA anymore, especially since they're getting alot more of those guns.

Those of us in PA need to start using trapster more, it may end up being a better defense against these damn things.

[radarrob]

riptide i will let you know when i get that gun,i got that gun in ka 35.5 just need k band now.i would like to test it out once i get it with your 9500ix and sti-r.i got hit by that gun out near Lancaster area both my sti-r and v1 went off one beep and that was it ..luckely i was only doing 5 over. this was the car the PSP were in and the spot he was kinda in not off a exit but off to the side of the road off axis the white area is where he was shooting me

[nickstath]

I don't think this radar has less power than the radar that we have in Athens.

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mAsaSIWBhFk]YouTube - GX65 vs ultra low power k band speed camera.AVI[/ame]

[radarrob]

the one in Pa has less power. i get one beep and thats it.its not constant on k after passing him its complete silence.sunday morning i can post a video of a low power I/O hit before i go to work

[Riptide]

riptide i will let you know when i get that gun,i got that gun in ka 35.5 just need k band now.i would like to test it out once i get it with your 9500ix and sti-r.i got hit by that gun out near Lancaster area both my sti-r and v1 went off one beep and that was it ..luckely i was only doing 5 over.

We'll definitely have some fun with both of those guns. So far we've only gotten lucky vs the Falcon. PA has been the state I love driving through so far but that may be changing.

I don't think this radar has less power than the radar that we have in Athens.

YouTube - GX65 vs ultra low power k band speed camera.AVI

I think those cameras are polarized differently.

[nickstath]

This camera has 0.5 mW power(when the typical K- and Ka-band U.S.-made moving radar has an output of 20-40 mW.) The beam is also angled at 22 degrees across the road (not 35 degrees) and is highly directional, making detection even tougher since the beam is shooting off into space rather than toward the detector.

[stano0098]

These Falcon Guns are scary.

Im thinking about getting a Falcon Gun as well. Just don't have the money for it now but i would say in about 2 or 3 months I'll purchase one.

[Riptide]

This camera has 0.5 mW power(when the typical K- and Ka-band U.S.-made moving radar has an output of 20-40 mW.) The beam is also angled at 22 degrees across the road (not 35 degrees) and is highly directional, making detection even tougher since the beam is shooting off into space rather than toward the detector.

Interesting

These Falcon Guns are scary.

Im thinking about getting a Falcon Gun as well. Just don't have the money for it now but i would say in about 2 or 3 months I'll purchase one.

Word

Might look into turning of Ka band altogether while in PA, considering I've never encountered an actual Ka band theat, only drones.

[radarrob]

if u see a blue car off axis to the side of road with falcon ka watch out!>: )

[dtraill27]

and the spot he was kinda in not off a exit but off to the side of the road off axis the white area is where he was shooting me

Is that route 22 leading into 99? I hope they aren't using them in that area because I am out there frequently because my gf goes to IUP. PSP are very sneaky on I 99 from 22 to 80 I encounter a lot of I/O but I haven't been nailed yet. 99 is underposted I think its 55 for the most part.

I'm really hoping the Redline can find these guys when I am back to school in August