A close look at Escort's new filtering mode

[WhistlerUser]

Well, I've got some potentially very good news. V1 owners (like ourselves) may not be left out in the cold. Stay tuned...

Eh, I just turn off K-band on the V1 when driving the 101. Haven't seen any LEOs running K-band yet (prob because I've turned it off!).

[jmichalakjr]

Those are drones, not the latest speed sensors used in various parts of the country today. They used to black box drones in KY, just of south of Cincinnati back in the early 90's. Not sure if they are still used today.

Nice video, in the Milwaukee area they have a different kind of drone or monitor of some sort on I-94 around all the construction areas. They are the G4 RTMS sensors and don't pop off in 30 sec intervals, they just stay on all the time. This makes the TSR mode useless but does make the gps priceless. Any radar detector that doesn't have the gps function on it will just constantly blast k band for up to 5 miles in one area of I-94. I hate using my v1 around Milwaukee.
This shows a perfect example of how it works here http://www.imagesensingca.com/en/Sol...6/Default.aspx Notice how the drones just stay on all the time and are spaced apart.

Not sure where your going with this. These are exactly what are used in Milwaukee. This topic was on escort filtering of traffic sensors, this is the type we have here, no tsr mode will prevent this. I know what they are, I have already identified them with a model number as well as a web site showing how they work.

[NormSky]

They must be hardwired and not solar if they are constantly on. How far apart? And close to them before you reach full strength signal?

Those are drones, not the latest speed sensors used in various parts of the country today. They used to black box drones in KY, just of south of Cincinnati back in the early 90's. Not sure if they are still used today.

Nice video, in the Milwaukee area they have a different kind of drone or monitor of some sort on I-94 around all the construction areas. They are the G4 RTMS sensors and don't pop off in 30 sec intervals, they just stay on all the time. This makes the TSR mode useless but does make the gps priceless. Any radar detector that doesn't have the gps function on it will just constantly blast k band for up to 5 miles in one area of I-94. I hate using my v1 around Milwaukee.
This shows a perfect example of how it works here http://www.imagesensingca.com/en/Sol...6/Default.aspx Notice how the drones just stay on all the time and are spaced apart.

Not sure where your going with this. These are exactly what are used in Milwaukee. This topic was on escort filtering of traffic sensors, this is the type we have here, no tsr mode will prevent this. I know what they are, I have already identified them with a model number as well as a web site showing how they work.

[NormSky]

Veil, did you know your V1 us programmable? It's not in the owner's manual but on the website which shows K-band muting since just about the beginning. It's completely customizable with no loss of sensitivity or the arrows.

Yeah, since 1991, when I got my first one.

I don't think, though, that this approach is the most optimal to deal with this specific issue today.

Same thing my engineer buddy said this past fall when Cleveland started with these sensors. I travel 70 miles of them everyday and it works quite well in suppressing the noise while allowing function of the arrows. There are a couple of us on the forum trying different customizations based on our area.

[barryswanson]

Well, I've got some potentially very good news. V1 owners (like ourselves) may not be left out in the cold. Stay tuned...

Can someone go and tie up The Veil Guy and torture him to extract the information that he knows!

[jmichalakjr]

They must be hardwired and not solar if they are constantly on. How far apart? And close to them before you reach full strength signal?

Correct, they are not solar. They are approximately 2 tenths of a mile apart from each other and my detectors pick them up as soon as I get on I-94. There is literally one stretch of 94 where my detector will be going off for 5 min straight. That's why I like the 9500ix so much, the gps ignores all of these. When I put just tsr mode on w/ out gps, it just stays solid k with multiple signals detected. The v1 at one point registers 9 bogeys lol.

[NormSky]

Wow! Quite a nuisance! I don't think V1 muting could cover for 5 minutes worth. Are three some radar operated doors along 94?

[jmichalakjr]

That stretch of interstate stays gullied between housing on both sides until it hits the high rise bridge. No places close enough that I know of to throw a signal. On other spots of 94, definitely.

[NormSky]

Is it one frequency? The speed sensors spray a whole bunch of frequency to pick up speed of other cars. This is why TSR slows down scanning to see if it should alert or not.

[Veil Guy]

Is it one frequency? The speed sensors spray a whole bunch of frequency to pick up speed of other cars. This is why TSR slows down scanning to see if it should alert or not.

My understanding is that these sensors operate in the narrow K-band range, but will vary a bit in their center lambda maxes in response to temperature differences, which is typical behavior of such transponders.