Quote Originally Posted by GTO_04
My favorite trick to play on BEL owners is to do a radar range test outdoors. I stand about 10 feet away and turn the Ka transmitter on, and the BEL is silent. Then I let the new BEL owner hold the V1 (with the false alarm guard turned off). I start at 10 ft., and keep walking away as the V1 is alerting at full strength. They are both amazed at the range of the V1 and discouraged by the inability of the BEL to pick up the Ka transmitter. I tell them not to worry about it, that the BEL will probably work better on a real Ka band radar.
That's F'd up...