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    Default Cobra detects trains...

    When my V1 was in the shop I ran a cobra and it alerted twice to DOT crews and once to a train.

    It alerted "S" both times...

    That's FIVE bands I've identified!!!

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    Default Re: Cobra detects trains...

    Quote Originally Posted by srtga View Post
    When my V1 was in the shop I ran a cobra and it alerted twice to DOT crews and once to a train.

    It alerted "S" both times...

    That's FIVE bands I've identified!!!
    S band? 2.4GHz?

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    Default Re: Cobra detects trains...

    Quote Originally Posted by srtga View Post
    When my V1 was in the shop I ran a cobra and it alerted twice to DOT crews and once to a train.

    It alerted "S" both times...

    That's FIVE bands I've identified!!!
    It's the DSP in the K-band drones, My V1 alerts to the drones on the rear of most freight trains, and all the road signs, some of them are the right brand for getting the safety alert.

    I was once a past cobra owner and I only ever got the train alert in front of a sepcific Best Buy lol

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    Default Re: Cobra detects trains...

    Woot! The Cobra detects trains and home burglar alarm systems!

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    Default Re: Cobra detects trains...

    Quote Originally Posted by MEM-TEK View Post
    Woot! The Cobra detects trains and home burglar alarm systems!
    lol...

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    Default Re: Cobra detects trains...

    now trains also

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    Default Re: Cobra detects trains...

    S band = SWS right?

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    Default Re: Cobra detects trains...

    Quote Originally Posted by sevaspeto View Post
    S band = SWS right?
    Nope. Cobra Safety Alert and SWS are different incompatible encodings but both reside on K-band.

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    Default Re: Cobra detects trains...

    What's next for cobra??? Hopefully someday it will detect LEOs

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    Default Re: Cobra detects trains...

    Cobras should be hit by trains.

 

 

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