Taking A Trip!

[focalcivic]

Will a good detector pick POP up as I/O?

I had asked this in the past too, and even the best detectors with POP off will miss the POP bursts. You might get a lucky alert. As others stated, POP is rare in use. I would run POP on and see if you are getting constant falses, if so turn it off.

[BlinderGuy]

I had asked this in the past too, and even the best detectors with POP off will miss the POP bursts. You might get a lucky alert. As others stated, POP is rare in use. I would run POP on and see if you are getting constant falses, if so turn it off.

Thanks!

[Governator]

I'm headed to Las Vegas tomorrow and was wondering if anyone could tell me if X band is used there?...I have X band turned off right now since its not used in Florida.

I'd probably be inclined to leave X band on while there. Anyhow enjoy the trip, my wife just got back from a biz trip there. Just don't stay at the Venetian, lousy service for a supposed 5 star hotel!

As for Las Vegas, I've only seen 35.5Ka used by the locals and 33.8Ka used by the staties. I highly doubt their using pop. I have pop turned off and I picked the staties running 33.8 just fine.

YouTube - Nevada Highway Patrol Running 33.8 Ka

That is a killer video dj, 5 stars and very well done and documented throughout. Question though and not to get too OT here but I've always wondered about the different freqs that are used, e.g. 33.8, 34.7 etc. Is it as you mentioned in the vid that 33.8 for instance is harder to detect for the most part? Thanks.

[Mavrik]

Referencing the video; How in the world were you able to determined the exact model of RD of that one passing car?

[Governator]

Referencing the video; How in the world were you able to determined the exact model of RD of that one passing car?

Not only that but how did he determine it was a 9500i or an ix?

[djrams80]

I'd probably be inclined to leave X band on while there. Anyhow enjoy the trip, my wife just got back from a biz trip there. Just don't stay at the Venetian, lousy service for a supposed 5 star hotel!

Yeah, I cannot say for sure that there is no X band, but I highly doubt it. On is always safer, but more annoying.

That is a killer video dj, 5 stars and very well done and documented throughout. Question though and not to get too OT here but I've always wondered about the different freqs that are used, e.g. 33.8, 34.7 etc. Is it as you mentioned in the vid that 33.8 for instance is harder to detect for the most part? Thanks.

It's generally thought that of the three frequencies used in the US, 35.5 is the hardest to detect, followed by 33.8 and then 34.7 being the easiest to detect. I know I get the best ranges off 34.7Ka.

Referencing the video; How in the world were you able to determined the exact model of RD of that one passing car?

We passed each other several times. I got a good look at it.

Not only that but how did he determine it was a 9500i or an ix?

It could have been a 9500ix, but at the time of this video, they were only available directly through Escort. Since the 9500i was much more widely available at that time, like at Best Buy and such, I assumed it was a 9500i.

[Mavrik]

We passed each other several times. I got a good look at it.

That is impressive, I'm unable to determine a RD pressing my nose against a car window in a parking lot, but hey, I'm a newbie.

I have another question, why is the car passing you when I assume your going the speed limit since you got an alert? It would seem more likely it was a Cobra RD.

[upstatedoc]

That is impressive, I'm unable to determine a RD pressing my nose against a car window in a parking lot, but hey, I'm a newbie.

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^^ If I can get within twenty feet of the RD I can usually tell what it's not. (i.e. an Escort or a V1)

[djrams80]

That is impressive, I'm unable to determine a RD pressing my nose against a car window in a parking lot, but hey, I'm a newbie.

I have another question, why is the car passing you when I assume your going the speed limit since you got an alert? It would seem more likely it was a Cobra RD.

You got me. I can only assume that he wasn't detecting the LEO yet. My 9500ci does spank my 9500ix by a pretty wide margin. Also, since I have a 9500ci, he probably had no idea that I was also running a RD. He was probably assuming that he had more LEO info than I did.

[BlinderGuy]

You got me. I can only assume that he wasn't detecting the LEO yet. My 9500ci does spank my 9500ix by a pretty wide margin. Also, since I have a 9500ci, he probably had no idea that I was also running a RD. He was probably assuming that he had more LEO info than I did.

When you say SPANK, what kind of distance difference would you guess you are getting between the two?