Radar Detector Detectors

I live in Maryland and travel occasionally through Wash DC & Virginia where I know RD's are illegal.

How aggressively do they enforce / pursue cars that they detect having a RD ?

This "could" help me decide between a V1 or the STi.

I have read that the V1 is pretty well shielded and more difficult to detect than the other RD's EXCEPT the STi.

How concerned is anyone else about using the V1 in DC or Virginia ?

Tim

PM stealthjammel he can shed some light into the matter he lives in VA.

You should be OK...... :wink:
The V1 is undectable by the VG2.
Which is what I believe they use in VA.

You're welcome to come to Ontario we have the Spectre up here...... :evil:

I use my V1 in VA all the time and I've never had a problem.

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Originally Posted by the horn13

You should be OK...... :wink:
The V1 is undectable by the VG2.
Which is what I believe they use in VA.

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I thought they were able to detect it at under 500 feet Horn?

Nahhh, VG2 doesn't even look where V1's LO operates...

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Originally Posted by jimbonzzz

Nahhh, VG2 doesn't even look where V1's LO operates...

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:oops:

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Originally Posted by the horn13

You should be OK...... :wink:
The V1 is undectable by the VG2.
Which is what I believe they use in VA.

You're welcome to come to Ontario we have the Spectre up here...... :evil:

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you mean no leo in the US has a spectre? :?:

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Originally Posted by TeamQuack

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Originally Posted by the horn13

You should be OK...... :wink:
The V1 is undectable by the VG2.
Which is what I believe they use in VA.

You're welcome to come to Ontario we have the Spectre up here...... :evil:

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you mean no leo in the US has a spectre? :?:

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Texas does...for trucks.

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Originally Posted by jimbonzzz

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Originally Posted by TeamQuack

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Originally Posted by the horn13

You should be OK...... :wink:
The V1 is undectable by the VG2.
Which is what I believe they use in VA.

You're welcome to come to Ontario we have the Spectre up here...... :evil:

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you mean no leo in the US has a spectre? :?:

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Texas does...for trucks.

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Several states do IIRC. Just not the ones you need to be concerned with :)

V1 latest revision appears to be very well shielded against Spectres. ~50 metres at SML and 30-something metres at GOL. Coming towards the Spectre. At GOL they detected the V1 going away at something like 100 metres, that's quite a bit more :lol: :shock:

I have heard stories about "radar detector detectors" which reminded me of the following:

When I lived in England for many years, a particularly devious tax is what they refer to as a "TV license" which is not cheap, has to be renewed annually, and is a source of income for the municipalities there.

Many UK residents feel, understandably, that paying $150 bucks a year to have a "license" to watch TV ?!?! is a little ridiculous and therefore never pay for one.

Which then led to towns who would warn the residents that the government had a van that they would drive through your neighborhood, which could "detect" whether or not you had a TV in your house. And if you were caught using a TV but were not up to date on your TV license, you would be fined thousands.

You may think I am joking, but I am dead serious, this is true.

What is a complete JOKE, however, unless one of you engineers want to convince me otherwise, is that

1) the UK has any clue whether or not you have a TV in operation and/or
2) that cops in Virginia can "detect" your detector

Are you kidding me?!?!??!??!?!?!


The whole reason RDs have prevailed in most states is because of our consitutional right to monitor the airwaves and the fact that an RD is basically nothing more than a radio RECEIVER.

So how do they "detect" it?

The V1 is not special. The only way to "detect" a radar detector is by spotting it stuck to the windshield with its cord dangling down.

C'mon people?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?

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Originally Posted by cwlondon

I have heard stories about "radar detector detectors" which reminded me of the following:

When I lived in England for many years, a particularly devious tax is what they refer to as a "TV license" which is not cheap, has to be renewed annually, and is a source of income for the municipalities there.

Many UK residents feel, understandably, that paying $150 bucks a year to have a "license" to watch TV ?!?! is a little ridiculous and therefore never pay for one.

Which then led to towns who would warn the residents that the government had a van that they would drive through your neighborhood, which could "detect" whether or not you had a TV in your house. And if you were caught using a TV but were not up to date on your TV license, you would be fined thousands.

You may think I am joking, but I am dead serious, this is true.

What is a complete JOKE, however, unless one of you engineers want to convince me otherwise, is that

1) the UK has any clue whether or not you have a TV in operation and/or
2) that cops in Virginia can "detect" your detector

Are you kidding me?!?!??!??!?!?!


The whole reason RDs have prevailed in most states is because of our consitutional right to monitor the airwaves and the fact that an RD is basically nothing more than a radio RECEIVER.

So how do they "detect" it?

The V1 is not special. The only way to "detect" a radar detector is by spotting it stuck to the windshield with its cord dangling down.

C'mon people?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?

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http://www.radarbusters.com/support/spectre/Default.asp
http://www.guysoflidar.com/shootout05/spectre.html

BTW, anything generating a dozen+ kilovolts (like a TV) is usually putting out enough RF to be detectable at relatively close range. If that doesnt work for you there is always the IF Oscillator...