solid tone on KA?

[03c0upe]

Does Ka have a solid tone if u are really close to the radar like the K band does? If so why doesnt my x50 do that ive driven by a couple of cop cars with ka band on but it doesnt give me a solid tone?

[Cracker187]

My best guess is that it's harder for RD's to pick up. It's the same thing with me. I have, however, had a few cases where it was a full KA signal strength warning. If you notice, you won't always get a full K band signal warning if the radar is pointing at an angle from you or is behind you. Same thing with KA, just harder for the RD to pick it up so it usually comes out weaker than a K band would at the same spot. At the same time, it usually doesn't pick up as soon as a K band either. That's my 2 cents...

[kpatz]

The Ka sound on the X50 isn't really "solid" to begin with, it's either a brap-brap (in normal mode) or a two-tone sound (in loud mode). So even when it's at full strength, it won't necessarily sound "solid", especially if it isn't in loud mode. The V1's Ka sound is the same way, it's a brap-brap and when you'd think it would go solid, it just goes brapbrapbrapbrap (if it went solid, it would sound like K).

[nascar]

I love the LOUD Ka tone on my X50.

[Orbital75]

I have to say that I really like the " Ramp up " of the X50. It has a very realistic view of how close the LEO is.

KA is harder to detect so it doesn't Alert " Full Blast " until your very near the LEO. The X50 doesn't really have a steady single tone, it's more a Two Tone like kpatz said.

[bigb3500]

I have to say that I really like the " Ramp up " of the X50. It has a very realistic view of how close the LEO is.

KA is harder to detect so it doesn't Alert " Full Blast " until your very near the LEO. The X50 doesn't really have a steady single tone, it's more a Two Tone like kpatz said.

Another way to cruedly determine distance on the X50 is to look for the double bogey in expert meter mode. At a distance the Ka will appear as a single bogey, when you get closer you will see a second weaker bogey. As you get closer the second bogy will get stronger (the first Ka bogey maxes out pretty quickly). When you are almost on top of the LEO, the second bogey will also max out. I had a passenger ask me what Ka 2 meant, he thought the two vertical bar graphs were the roman numeral two. When I explained to him that they were the relitive signal strenghts the unit was recieving, he asked me were the second cop was. I explained that the unit confuses the second set of reflected signals as a second bogey. He said "what a piece of crap, you should have bought a Cobra. :shock: