CA - New Camera's on HWY 280, Radar?

**TheGame** · 07-15-2005, 12:30 AM

Originally Posted by V1 Dave

I thought drone radar signals were illegal by the FCC :?:

Hmm ... is that really true? Here in Arizona I get decoy K-band signals anytime a Scottsdale Fire Dept. truck is near ... two of them and very strong too.

**edweird** · 07-15-2005, 03:01 PM

Originally Posted by starwars

I noticed 3 separate cops this morning writing tickets in a 5 mile stretch of 580 in Dublin.

Within just a square mile or so, you've got a CHP office, Alameda County SO, Dublin PD, and Pleasanton PD. I think that particular intersection (580-680) was singled out as a enforcement zone for agressive driving if I remember an article from the Valley Times correctly.

Folks that use Crow Canyon to cut through from San Ramon to Castro Valley also get to see the CHP on a regualr basis, usually right where it goes to 4 lanes, and you finally get a chance to pass the slow cars.

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Ed

**edweird** · 07-15-2005, 03:02 PM

Originally Posted by TheGame

Originally Posted by V1 Dave

I thought drone radar signals were illegal by the FCC :?:

Hmm ... is that really true? Here in Arizona I get decoy K-band signals anytime a Scottsdale Fire Dept. truck is near ... two of them and very strong too.

Could that be SWS (Safety Warning Signals) you are picking up from the firetrucks?

Ed

**MLPanzer** · 07-16-2005, 11:42 PM

When we drove to Sacramento July 4th, we went via 280, and my V1 with V1.7 guts (per their site) was going nuts as others have described every few miles. I noticed some new mounted hardware on the roads but could not make out what it was for. I just found this thread here so now I know! The detection pattern was wrong, did not match normal CHP deployment of the radar, so I suspected it was something weird, especially since my V1 worked fine and as expected everywhere else.

On July 4th I saw 15 to 20 CHP and Sheriff cars nailing cars from San Jose to Hwy 92 North and Southbound. I ran up to to the city on July 14 and encountered a less intense but similar operation, with one CHP pulling two vehicles over at the same time. So watch out for a while if you use 280.

This section of 280 was highlighted in the local papers as being targted for enforcement because it is an autobahn and very few CHP or Sheriff cars bothered with it in the past.

I am considering upgrading my V1 to eliminate Ka false alarms and just update the unit, as it is 5 years old and I run it constantly when driving. It has saved me from a lot of tickets.

Originally Posted by Alexander

Interesting discovery, stimilon. It looks like the radar is only being used to detect the presence of vehicles in the lane for flow rate, not the speed of individual vehicles, and the camera is only there for setup/debugging purposes. (Camera uses a WiFi link, which wouldn't be useful very far from the system.) So it probably has nothing to do with speed enforcement.

But, I also noticed quite a few motorcycle cops hanging out on the side of the road (CHP motorcycles use K-band, right?), and was actually pulled over by a CHP cruiser doing 83 in the middle of the day with moderate traffic, which seems a little unusual. It would certainly make radar speed enforcement easier, even if that wasn't the intended goal.

Anyway, if anyone has more information, I'd be very interested to hear it. I hope these are as temporary as that site seems to imply.

**TheGame** · 07-18-2005, 01:54 AM

Originally Posted by edweird

Originally Posted by TheGame

Originally Posted by V1 Dave

I thought drone radar signals were illegal by the FCC :?:

Hmm ... is that really true? Here in Arizona I get decoy K-band signals anytime a Scottsdale Fire Dept. truck is near ... two of them and very strong too.

Could that be SWS (Safety Warning Signals) you are picking up from the firetrucks?

They're not from regular fire trucks themselves but from utility vehicles used by the FD. Could be though.

**starwars** · 07-24-2005, 01:32 PM

Has anyone noticed that in the last day or two the signals from the 580 drone cameras now grow and fade like traditional radar guns? On my commute Thursday and Friday, there was no instant on signals, but instead each one was easily detected in time to slow down and then speed up again.

Anyone else experience this?

**V1 Dave** · 08-13-2005, 10:16 AM

Yikes they are multiplying!
They are very sporadic with their signals from nothing to gradual beeping or just a full tone all 8 LED's at once in the front or in the back.
Hwy 580 Livermore to Oakland
Hwy 101 at Bernal Ave in So San Jose to San Martin or Gilroy Ca
Hwy 101 NB between Rengstorff and San Antonio
Over the 08/06/05 weekend Hwy 680 from Pleasanton to San Jose became saturated with drones.
At one spot there is a double drone in the center divider shooting both directions but never at the same time.

**dcsmitty** · 09-06-2005, 04:23 PM

Check out http://www.speedinfo.com/sensor.htm
A whole new system soon to be Bay Area Wide.
Anyone interested in doing a story on this system and letting a photographer from local station NBC 11 Ride along, as your radar detctor constantly goes off. Are you angry?... got a question for the CEO of the company? We're going to talk to him. Get in touch, please.

**maxslug** · 09-18-2005, 04:29 PM

Is there a list of detectors that allow you to turn off the K band alone?

I drive up and down the 280 a few times a week and my god these new things are driving me insane!

What I would love is a unit that has a few setable modes like :

* City
* Hw1 (no K band)
* Hw2 (all bands)

Anyone know if there is a unit that matches?

**V1 Dave** · 09-19-2005, 01:24 AM

You can shut off individual bands with most top of the line RD's.
But with a V1 you can go one step further as you can totally silence K band volume only, and still see the LED's from the drones hitting you in the front & back if you choose. Codes (7) (b) (E) (F) logic mode (l).