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    Default Well this sucks...

    It's official, I sent my new V1 off to be looked at because the Ka I have been getting has been terrible at best. Time and time again I have seen the cop, gotten one chirp of Ka band at 1-2 led strength, and then silence, either with someone pulled over or a cop coming around a curve...and this has been with SEVERAL different departments and counties (company truck)...now if it was instant on, it should have went to full strength or close to it at that distance...also at times when the officer is sitting perpendicular to the road, I don't get squat until I pass right by his front grill. After sending it off and using my mom's bel express 925, I now know there was DEFINITELY something wrong with the V1, not only do I get way better Ka range than with the V1 I had, but even the cops at 90 degree angles I can pick up before I even see them...that's like the worse off axis, and still it whips up on my V1...kinda sad considering the 925 is a budget detector Hopefully VR will fix this problem for me, because there's no way I'm gonna give up my arrows or the incredible X and K sensitivity

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    I had the same exact issue 3.863 with mine i sent it a week ago and just got it back this week it seems to be going alot better than it had been.
    the Ka on a 90 hit sucked!!
    Good luck :wink:

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    LOL yeah thats not normal that a budget detector is giving your V1 a run for her money on Ka-band range. Pretty soon you will have your V1 back and all will be good. Keep us updated. Hope they get the glitch fixed!

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    Mike the tech does good work, hopefully you sent them this letter describing what is happening?

    Two of the last three times I sent a unit in for repair, Mike told me he took it for a road test.

    Don't understand why these newer models go out of tune? 1.7's don't seem to.

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    Quote Originally Posted by V1 Dave
    Mike the tech does good work, hopefully you sent them this letter describing what is happening?

    Two of the last three times I sent a unit in for repair, Mike told me he took it for a road test.

    Don't understand why these newer models go out of tune? 1.7's don't seem to.
    I sent them a novel describing the problem

    Although bad quality and the fact it is a 90 degree, the second video has been my experience with every encounter as of late, even ones facing me! (near the end)

    YouTube - Charger Interceptor Radar 33.8Ghz Run #2

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    Quote Originally Posted by IRCMUSA
    I had the same exact issue 3.863 with mine i sent it a week ago and just got it back this week it seems to be going alot better than it had been.
    the Ka on a 90 hit sucked!!
    Good luck :wink:
    What did they say they did to it?

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    Maybe this is a 3.863 problem?

    Another problematic model from V1?

    I am glad that my 3.861 has had no problems thus far. I know that there was a ghosting issue with some 3.861 for awile ( i actually experienced it one time--yes, one time when pop was turned on and never since).

    I consider my 3.861 ka range to be as good as gold.

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    My 3.858 is hit or miss on Ka band. Sometimes it's good and other times, it's bad at 90 degrees.

    A trooper was perpendicular to the road shooting laser AND he had his Ka band gun on in constant on mode. I didn't pick his radar up until I almost passed by him. Is this normal?

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    If it's I/O then it is.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Phillip559
    Maybe this is a 3.863 problem?

    Another problematic model from V1?

    I am glad that my 3.861 has had no problems thus far. I know that there was a ghosting issue with some 3.861 for awile ( i actually experienced it one time--yes, one time when pop was turned on and never since).

    I consider my 3.861 ka range to be as good as gold.
    My 3.863 has no problems. That is so far......

 

 

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