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?
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?
(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....
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
Jim, Thanks for the info...in rev. 3.826 you reference "ghosting"....what is that?
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.
Thanks for the "ghosting" explanation!
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.
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?Originally Posted by jimbonzzz
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:Originally Posted by Clandestine
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
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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