Ka falses on the rise

**brick** · 03-31-2005, 04:46 PM

I don't know if it's the weather bringing out crappy RDs or what, but I've been getting a LOT more Ka falses for the past couple of weeks. I drive to work through a town that just doesn't bother with radar along my route. I mean I've never seen it in the 9 months I've been working there. Today I got 2 Ka hits that didn't make any sense. Quick, medium strength, and in the second case it was in front, then to the side, then gone. (I assume it was a detector in a car that had just approached in the other lane.) Anybody else seeing this?

And a question for V1 users who have upgraded from 1.8 to POP2: Does the increase in the number of falses get more annoying or is it less annoying because the J alert terminates them? Do people with POP2 still get any unresolved falses or does it pretty much catch them all?

**happya$$** · 03-31-2005, 04:48 PM

In ALL honesty I have not seen any increase in KA falses.

**mauiman84** · 03-31-2005, 04:49 PM

ya i have an old 8500 but i haven't had any ka falses lately.

**Hessen** · 03-31-2005, 06:06 PM

Absolutely agree.....my PNI Traveller is Constantly falsing on Ka band.....short quick Ka bursts....sometimes even as I pull in my driveway..... :?:
and no I do not have a remote garage door opener.......or a garage... :P

**SmaartAasSaabr** · 03-31-2005, 06:33 PM

I'm getting K doors on Ka for my PNI. :roll:

**sethy** · 04-01-2005, 12:14 AM

Its the weather. People are bringing out theiur fancy cars with theit not so fancy radar detectors. I agree 100% the falses are on the rise. I believe that V1's J function is going to really prove itself this summer.

Unfortunatly Im getting my new X50 tommarrow. Im thinking about just running them both at the same time

**Iknox** · 04-01-2005, 01:22 AM

No Ka Falses on my X50 Nor My V1

**brick** · 04-01-2005, 05:19 AM

Looks like I jinxed it. Not 24 hours after I made that post about "cops don't use radar on my way to work" what happens? I see a cop setting up shop on Ka less than a mile from work. The annoying thing is that I didn't get a hit until after I saw him. Must have been clocking the other direction.

**happya$$** · 04-01-2005, 07:10 AM

Originally Posted by brick

Looks like I jinxed it. Not 24 hours after I made that post about "cops don't use radar on my way to work" what happens? I see a cop setting up shop on Ka less than a mile from work. The annoying thing is that I didn't get a hit until after I saw him. Must have been clocking the other direction.

That or he was using instant on on you. Basically he switched his radar on after he saw you car

**brick** · 04-01-2005, 07:25 AM

That could be the case. It's hard to say since I was at the back of a 3-car pack, travelling well over the PSL. I'm inclined to believe that it wasn't because nobody got pulled and the guy in front also had V1 in his windshield and I never saw his brakelights (coasted down). In addition, the cop was already in the process of making U-turn from our lane of traffic into the opposing lane, and I continued to get an alert from the rear for quite a distance even though he was facing away from me again as I departed. I think the most plausible explanation is that the conditions weren't very good for me to get a reflected signal.