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    I believe the latest V1s are rev 3.858 or so. I am considering a unit with rev. 3.819. What are some of the "improvements" made since the 3.819 rev. Would it be worth it to upgrade a 3.819 unit to the latest software?

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    (Late 2003?)
    3.812 - Non-POP (Had Factory Test "I" option)

    (Early 2004?)
    3.813 - Last non-POP version (Had Factory Test "I" option)

    October 2004
    3.816, 3.817 (Hardware Upgrade)- 1st Official POP versions, "POP1". No "junk alert" feature?

    December 2004
    3.818 - "POP2". Added "junk alert" feature?

    June 2005 (Yes the date is correct!)
    3.819 - An attempt by VR to fix "J" alert on real threats (was free upgrade for 3.817 & 3.818)

    April 2005
    3.821 (Hardware Upgrade) - First version with Euro Mode

    May 2005
    3.824 - Attempt by VR to fix "J" alert on real threats problem for 3.821 POP units

    June 2005
    3.825 - Fixes K-Band Muting problem with 3.824(Option 7)

    December 2005
    3.826 - Fix for K-Band bogey lock tone, and ghosting

    July 2006
    3.851 (Hardware Upgrade) - Added digital temperature compensation, increase in Euro-mode frequency coverage.

    I haven't added anything to the list beyond 3.851....

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    And here I scrolled to the bottom of Jim's list to see what had been added from 3.851 to 3.854 and beyond. lol

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    Jim, Thanks for the info...in rev. 3.826 you reference "ghosting"....what is that?

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    Ghosting is when it says there is 4 in the bogey display, but in reality it is only 1 or 2. THe radar signals are just bouncing off everything and the unit is lead to believe there is greater than the # of signals there really is.

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    Thanks for the "ghosting" explanation!

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    Just a suggestion for a thread/sticky with all the info we can gather on each revision just like the one above (thanks, jim), but for the full range of revisions. I know the info is scattered but it would be nice to have in one place.

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    Quote Originally Posted by jimbonzzz
    July 2006
    3.851 (Hardware Upgrade) - Added digital temperature compensation, increase in Euro-mode frequency coverage.
    Hey, Jim, thanks for the list, I just wanted to ask you what is meant by the quoted sentence? Increase in response or sensitivity or just more frequencies covered?

    Thank you!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Clandestine
    Quote Originally Posted by jimbonzzz
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    3.851 (Hardware Upgrade) - Added digital temperature compensation, increase in Euro-mode frequency coverage.
    Hey, Jim, thanks for the list, I just wanted to ask you what is meant by the quoted sentence? Increase in response or sensitivity or just more frequencies covered?

    Thank you!
    Well, I actually quoted someone from VR, and they didn't give an explanation But, I'm pretty sure I know what it is:

    A while back Dilip and nvr2fast did some testing against some photo radar units, Gatsos I think, if you search old posts you'll find it. In Euro more, the V1 would miss these Gatsos, turns out that when they checked with Spec mode on a Belscort, the Gatsos were WAY off freq and outside the photo radar band that the V1 swept (34.3 GHz +/- 100 MHz). They reported this to Valentine Research.

    So, I am pretty sure that Valentine widened the sweep around 34.3 GHz photo radar. So I would say that a user of Euro mode would probably want 3.851 or later just to be safe.

    Jim

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    Hello, Jim, thanks for the explanation. I am aware about this issue and I have also informed V1 about the width of sweep around 34.36 GHz for out-of-tune Multanovas (Ka). Also, there are some Ka band photo radars working on 34.0 GHz and maybe V1 corrected it. I guess they had. Maybe it's time to send it out for an upgrade

    Thanks!!

 

 

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