X band in Phoenix, St Louis, and Atlanta

**Batman** · 11-01-2009, 01:03 PM

Thanks all. I just wrapped up the St Louis leg, and am off to Phoenix. Looking forward to testing out the 9500ix's speed camera feature, and also using my learning's from WRX Stimuli's guide to spotting camera vans.

**STiMULi** · 11-01-2009, 01:12 PM

Originally Posted by batman75

Thanks all. I just wrapped up the St Louis leg, and am off to Phoenix. Looking forward to testing out the 9500ix's speed camera feature, and also using my learning's from WRX Stimuli's guide to spotting camera vans.

Best of luck to you. I will be in Phoenix on Monday as well but it will be all work and no play except for the trip up there

I will hit Phoenix about 2-3pm.

We will have to work out a gathering but not this time I am afraid.

**v1user** · 11-02-2009, 11:01 AM

After all the preaching I gave you about Ka, I got hit with laser for the 1st time since March last night. It was in Clayton BTW.

Good luck in Phoenix and Atlanta

**Batman** · 11-02-2009, 11:09 AM

Originally Posted by v1user

After all the preaching I gave you about Ka, I got hit with laser for the 1st time since March last night. It was in Clayton BTW.

Good luck in Phoenix and Atlanta

Sorry to hear that. Did you get a ticket?

**v1user** · 11-02-2009, 11:12 AM

Originally Posted by batman75

Originally Posted by v1user

After all the preaching I gave you about Ka, I got hit with laser for the 1st time since March last night. It was in Clayton BTW.

Good luck in Phoenix and Atlanta

Sorry to hear that. Did you get a ticket?

No, only doing 9 over. Got blasted with I/O in Ladue 5 min before that going 15 over psl no traffic stop either. It was a lucky night.

**steve f** · 11-03-2009, 10:31 AM

As noted by others, a lot of laser in and around Atlanta. No x-band, but my experience is Ga. Patrol runs KA mainly, a lot of CO from what I've seen. The local LEOs outside the city still use a lot of K-band including I-O, so you have to be careful and don't automatically assume you're getting hits from door openers etc.

I've encountered a few local LEOs shooting laser in rural areas on the Interstates, but it's pretty rare compared to radar.

**bart99gt** · 11-05-2009, 04:49 AM

Most of the county PDs immediately surrounding Atlanta are using Ka (save DeKalb county, which doesn't even own much radar), further you go out the more K band becomes prevelant. Most towns are equipped with K band, with maybe 1-2 Ka units in their traffic enforcement vehicles.

That said, most of the towns/counties closer in to town that have laser typically use that instead of radar, even though there are some towns/counties have almost every patrol car equipped with radar. Go figure.

**Batman** · 11-05-2009, 10:23 AM

I had a K-band I/O save with the 9500ix last night. I was going east on Camelback between Scottsdale Road and the Biltmore, and picked up K-band. It was a very dark unlit area. The 9500ix started dishing out warnings I want to say 40 seconds-ish ahead of the copper location. Sure enough a copper was on a side road, blipping faster cars.

**steve f** · 11-05-2009, 10:34 AM

Originally Posted by batman75

I had a K-band I/O save with the 9500ix last night. I was going east on Camelback between Scottsdale Road and the Biltmore, and picked up K-band. It was a very dark unlit area. The 9500ix started dishing out warnings I want to say 40 seconds-ish ahead of the copper location. Sure enough a copper was on a side road, blipping faster cars.

Good save. The 9500ix seems to do well on k-band. I once got a hit on a speed sign at 3.4 miles and again the next day on the same sign at 3.2 miles. Of course it was on a mostly level road that was very straight, not your typical driving conditions.

Keep up the reports.