V1 vs. X50 - X50 wins!!

[Ven0mizer]

I own a V1 3.858 and an escort 8500X50 rev. 5. They are neck and neck in K band period. V1 is better in all remaining bands and laser.

X2 to that, I actually get a TAD...and I mean TAD better K band performance with my V1 over my old rev 5 X50

[Hols]

why noone is talking about RX65?

[<<JAZZY>>]

why noone is talking about RX65?

Probably because the topic is, "V1 vs. X50 - X50 wins!!"

[Accordr]

Hi Mikego

Do you have activated the extra features (a...f or whatever). There is a automute setting for K Band in a adjustable range of 3....30s :wink:

If you disable these feature settings, the V1 will maybe respond earlier. But usually K Band has such a good range...i've set the mute to 30s and auto wake up at a signal strength of 4 indicators. Thats erarly enough and will shorten falses (in switzerland all falses are only K Band. I never had a Ka, Ku, X Band or Laser falses in switzerland since over six years (and 2 Valentines...v1.7 and V1.8 3.824)

[SmokeX50]

Hi Mikego

Do you have activated the extra features (a...f or whatever). There is a automute setting for K Band in a adjustable range of 3....30s :wink:

If you disable these feature settings, the V1 will maybe respond earlier. But usually K Band has such a good range...i've set the mute to 30s and auto wake up at a signal strength of 4 indicators. Thats erarly enough and will shorten falses (in switzerland all falses are only K Band. I never had a Ka, Ku, X Band or Laser falses in switzerland since over six years (and 2 Valentines...v1.7 and V1.8 3.824)

he said the v1 was in A Mode, which disables k-band automute and does not hurt range like l and L modes do

[mikego]

The only thing I did was turn off pop mode.
I did somewhat expect some defensiveness but really don't mean this to be a slam on V1. Just thought it was interesting since the GOL tests all report V1 as tops on K band.

[V1 Dave]

Possibly slightly out of tune?
What version is your V1?

[Virion]

The only thing I did was turn off pop mode.
I did somewhat expect some defensiveness but really don't mean this to be a slam on V1. Just thought it was interesting since the GOL tests all report V1 as tops on K band.

You may have to send the V1 in. The heat took it's toll on mine after a few years of never taking out of the window. K band detection had decreased significantly. I sent it in and it came back better than ever. I've noticed that my STi outperforms my V1 in 35.5 Ka by a slight margin, but my V1 is top dawg in K band detection by a decent margin.

[carter840]

why noone is talking about RX65?

Also the RX65 is a little weaker on Kband compared to The V1 and the X50, but it eats Ka like no other.

[jimbonzzz]

It can happen...

For example, run #3 of the "8500 X50 #2" beat ALL of the "Valentine One #1" and "Valentine One #3" test runs, and beat one of the test runs against "Valentine One #2".

But real-world conditions can vary... a LOT. So when you do several test runs and average them they can come out a lot different than the results from a single test run.