Ka sources

[RoadCourseRacer]

Thanks for the comments/info. I don't drive too far over the PSL so when I get a Ka warning it just makes my foot ease up a bit as I scan the scenery for LEO's. Most of the time it's a valid alert but I was just wondering what was giving me the few falses.

All of the speed signs I've run into here are K band.

Carolina 5-O: I used to live in western NC(Shelby Area) and on Highways 74 and 85 and 77 I got quite a few Ka alerts. Lots of cheap detectors!!! I never ran into a Ka speed sign but this was 2 1/2 years ago. You might want to look into a detector with better Ka filters. I'm a Mustang guy too. I road race a '94 GT that has been converted into a track car. I tow it with a '05 F-150.

[djrams80]

Wow!! The 9500ci is a beast!

Yep, the 9500ci's sensitivity is ridiculous. Once Escort gets this rampup fixed, it will be almost perfect.

How does your new 9500ix stack up in the same situation? Is it as good as the V1? Or a little better?(I hope!!) Either way it looks like Belscort has built one bad a** detector.

My 9500ix is not quite as sensitive as my V1 on any band. It's reasonably close on Ka, but not in the ballpark on X and K. My V1 is right with my 9500ci on K band. I don't see much K though. It's 99.9% Ka band and laser for me.

[RoadCourseRacer]

Yep, the 9500ci's sensitivity is ridiculous. Once Escort gets this rampup fixed, it will be almost perfect. My 9500ix is not quite as sensitive as my V1 on any band. It's reasonably close on Ka, but not in the ballpark on X and K. My V1 is right with my 9500ci on K band. I don't see much K though. It's 99.9% Ka band and laser for me.

djrams80:Thanks for the reply. How bad is the rampup on the ci? Belscort always seems to have rampup issues with all new models. V1 has the rampup thing down. The reason I asked about the ix is I was curious about upgrading my 9500i and if the upgrade improved sensitivity.

[djrams80]

djrams80:Thanks for the reply. How bad is the rampup on the ci? Belscort always seems to have rampup issues with all new models. V1 has the rampup thing down.

It just ramps up too quickly, like when it's full alert, it should be like half alert, so it makes it difficult to judge distance. So basically, if the alert is anything other than full blast, the LEO is really not that close. It's not horrible, but if this is supposed to be Escort's flagship RD, it should be perfect.

The reason I asked about the ix is I was curious about upgrading my 9500i and if the upgrade improved sensitivity.

My 9500ix is no more sensitive than my 9500i was before I upgraded it.

[dpatel01]

Speed signs were sources for Ka here, then they added drones in construction areas emitting 34.7 and last night I found out that traffic monitoring drones here have gone from K band to Ka 34.7

[RoadCourseRacer]

djrams80: Thanks again! I would consider the STiR but worry about the extra sensitivity without the 9500ci gps features to help with false alerts. Wish Escort would offer the 9500ci without the ZR4 heads! I noticed you switched to a LI setup. How good are the ZR4 heads as just receivers? Would running the ZR4 heads along with a LI or Blinder system at the same time cause problems?

Nice Mustang!

[djrams80]

djrams80: Thanks again! I would consider the STiR but worry about the extra sensitivity without the 9500ci gps features to help with false alerts. Wish Escort would offer the 9500ci without the ZR4 heads! I noticed you switched to a LI setup. How good are the ZR4 heads as just receivers?

The ZR4s are great as receivers, although I'm not sure why you'd want to do that. The main reason why I switched to the LIs was to eliminate false alerts, because the ZR4s would tell me where every Infiniti was.

Would running the ZR4 heads along with a LI or Blinder system at the same time cause problems?

Not for me. I can't personally testify about the Blinder though, since I don't own one.

http://www.radardetector.net/forums/...-together.html

Nice Mustang!

Not at the moment it's not!

http://www.radardetector.net/forums/...headlight.html

[RoadCourseRacer]

djrams80: That video made me cringe! Messed up the bumper too! It is shocking how expensive something like that costs to repair. Hope insurance covers it

I would hate to buy the 9500ci and trash half of it! I guess there are no alternatives yet.

[CJR238]

DJ, just to confirm. When in Expert mode on the CI it doesn't alert to "multiple frequency's detected" when more than one is received? That strip in your video is perfect to test it.
Impressive range on that CI, almost too much range.

[djrams80]

djrams80: That video made me cringe! Messed up the bumper too! It is shocking how expensive something like that costs to repair. Hope insurance covers it

I would hate to buy the 9500ci and trash half of it! I guess there are no alternatives yet.

It's covered and already at the body shop. They estimate $1500 damage.

DJ, just to confirm. When in Expert mode on the CI it doesn't alert to "multiple frequency's detected" when more than one is received? That strip in your video is perfect to test it.
Impressive range on that CI, almost too much range.

I don't think that the 9500ci has the "multiple" alert, but I run in spec display almost exclusively.