Got the Wrong Detector!

[Unkind]

You in Snyder? I make a run from Clovis to San Antonio probably every month or two so I'll pass by you. Didn't know they had lasers anywhere on the way except San Antonio (and very very few in Lubbock).

[djrams80]

Jag42, I drove by twice and no Ka alert. I even drove into the parking lot just to make sure.

That figures ..Hmm I guess your Ix is to slow to respond to a brief pulse like that ...LOL I'm going to get this tower on film sometime soon this tower is very interesting.

My V1 doesn't false to the tower that makes the SEs go nuts on 33.8Ka.

[Jag42]

I drive back and forth from tech to dallas. That cop in snyder is pretty sneaky lol

Yep region 7 is deadly

also get some jammer so i can have people to shoot at

Here is region 7 ! Outside of Snyder,tx I got one warning of Ka blip and 5 seconds later got blasted with I/O.

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[Jag42]

Dj,
I'm guessing filtering or Mike B has some secret inside stuff of weak Ka pulses. I think Ka max scans for stuff like this. My Pro 78 never falsed to Ka9 from a Cobra it was always 1-4 strength. Now with the SE platform 90% of the falses are ka9 strikes. I have never turned off Ka max so far because the falses only occur 5-6 times a week.

[Radman159]

where is this tower that sets off his detector??

[buzzboy]

I can't return to best buy. It's been outside of 14 days, plus even if it was within the 14 days they charge a 15% restocking fee or something ridiculous. I basically walked in and bought the most expensive Escort detector, since I knew they were a top brand. Unfortunately for me they didn't have the Redline and I didn't know about it. Yes the C/O stalkers were from Texas DPS, my alerts were about half a mile.

I feel for you man. I was in the same situation as you litrerally, until an hour ago: I bought the 9500ix from Bestbuy, realized I should've gotten the Redline (or similar) and was 2 days past the 14 day return policy. I did recall pulling off the cellophane wrapper that had that sticker that said 15% restocking fee and 30 day return policy. Still had the wrapper with the sticker, marched in with my receipt and prepared for battle. They just looked at the RD/receipt and gave me a FULL refund. Couldn't believe it! I was ready for war. I hope you're in a similar situation-give it a try! (I was still riled up as I left, so I called the manager a jerk anyways. Ha ha!). Good luck.

[djrams80]

Dj,
I'm guessing filtering

Correct. These Whistler SEs have horrible filtering, so they alert to a bunch of stuff that no V1 or Belscort detector does.

or Mike B has some secret inside stuff of weak Ka pulses.

Really? Based on what? Lots of Ka band false alerts? That must be it, because sensitivity against police Ka band radar on these units didn't impress me one bit.

I think Ka max scans for stuff like this.

Stuff like what?

My Pro 78 never falsed to Ka9 from a Cobra it was always 1-4 strength. Now with the SE platform 90% of the falses are ka9 strikes. I have never turned off Ka max so far because the falses only occur 5-6 times a week.

I sometimes got 5-6 Ka band false alerts per hour here in SoCal. You're getting about the same amount of Ka false alerts in a week, that I get in a year on my V1 here in the 2nd largest city in the country.

These false alerts are obviously why Ka Max was added as an optional setting, rather than just introducing a RD with increased Ka band sensitivity. Whistler is trying to squeeze more out of these units than they're really capable of, which apparently works in the boonies, but not in the city. Everyone that I know of here in SoCal that bought one of the SEs(Freebird, sniper4usmc, WhistlerUser) has either sold it, or no longer uses it.

[Fiah]

. Everyone that I know of here in SoCal that bought one of the SEs(Freebird, sniper4usmc, WhistlerUser) has either sold it, or no longer uses it.

I'm in Houston which is pretty big too, add me to that list. It got really annoying for me.

[Jag42]

where is this tower that sets off his detector??

Clovis NM on Thornton St.

[Unkind]

I can't return to best buy. It's been outside of 14 days, plus even if it was within the 14 days they charge a 15% restocking fee or something ridiculous. I basically walked in and bought the most expensive Escort detector, since I knew they were a top brand. Unfortunately for me they didn't have the Redline and I didn't know about it. Yes the C/O stalkers were from Texas DPS, my alerts were about half a mile.

I feel for you man. I was in the same situation as you litrerally, until an hour ago: I bought the 9500ix from Bestbuy, realized I should've gotten the Redline (or similar) and was 2 days past the 14 day return policy. I did recall pulling off the cellophane wrapper that had that sticker that said 15% restocking fee and 30 day return policy. Still had the wrapper with the sticker, marched in with my receipt and prepared for battle. They just looked at the RD/receipt and gave me a FULL refund. Couldn't believe it! I was ready for war. I hope you're in a similar situation-give it a try! (I was still riled up as I left, so I called the manager a jerk anyways. Ha ha!). Good luck.

You got luckier than I. The manager offered me store credit, which did nothing for me since they do not carry the Redline.