I'm playing with the tech mode on the rx65. Can you guys tell false from real by this? What are the number of k band radar and falses. What is the cobra false single on ka band? Is it a waste of time to learn them?
Thanks
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I'm playing with the tech mode on the rx65. Can you guys tell false from real by this? What are the number of k band radar and falses. What is the cobra false single on ka band? Is it a waste of time to learn them?
Thanks
You can and you cant use it.... all freq are different from gun to false so it would be to hard to figureit all out
It helps if you know there freq your local LEOs use. I know my local PD uses falcon radar guns. I have never checked their freq. But i could and this way i would always know it it was a LEO or a false. If you search around i'm sure you can find a list i knowi seen one somewhere.
it seems the falcon guns are K band and there are places with K band falses. Since K band is like (24.150 +-.100) all other freqs in this range will produce a K band alert and you may or may not know so its not full proof..... now on KA band its a different storyQuote:
Originally Posted by carter840
Ka Frequencies
Stalker = 34.700 Ghz
Kustum Signals and Decatur Electronics = 35.500 Ghz
MPH Industries = 33.800 Ghz
These are ballpark frequencies, a real gun may be out of tune up to around +/- 250 Mhz
All K band guns are set to operate @ 24.150 Ghz so it is impossible to tell legit alerts from the frequency alone. However, some door openers are spec'd at 24.125 Ghz.
Good luck! Do you have a picture of your diesel?
Probably the most useful purpose of "Tech Mode" is to help determine what model of Ka is being used in your area. For example, it it is around 33.8 GHz, that indicates a unit made by MPH industries, and might indicate that there are POP capable units around, in which case you might think twice before disabling POP mode on the detector.
The Ka frequencies used in the US are 33.8, 34.7, and 35.5 GHz, +/- 100 MHz. If the RX65 is in "USA Mode", it only sweeps these ranges. But, if you are using the RX65 in INTL Mode, or have another detector that sweeps the entire Ka band, then you might be able to use Tech Mode to help determine if a Ka alert is false: If the alert isn't in the bandpass of one of the Ka radars used in the US, then it is more likely to be a false alert. But before you stomp the gas again, be very cautious about relying on this: Tech Mode has been known to be wrong before. Though it is great for a feature in a detector, it isn't a precision frequency counter. Under normal operation, testing has shown that the frequency displayed can be up to 30 MHz off from the actual frequency of the radar source. Two detectors often display a different frequency for the same radar source. And sometimes the detectors can lock on to an image frequency inside the detector instead of the actual radar source, occasionally it even displays a frequency that is completely outside of the superwide police Ka band.
X and K Band police radar uses the same frequency range as microwave motion sensors. So, Tech Mode won't help you on these bands. Some people claim to try and memorize the frequencies of false alerts in the areas they drive so they can ignore them, but IMHO this is a recipe for trouble.
Remember: anything the detector alerts to is potentially police radar. If there was a way to determine a false alert based on frequency alone, they would have made the detector so that it wouldn't alert to those frequencies in the first place.
Your best bet is to be cautious and identify the source (if possible) before resuming speed.
well spoken Professor
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yep i noticed on different days the frequency on the display is not the same, it is slightly off sometimes especially when you travel on the opposite direction of the false. But on Ka it's a little more usefull