Rain makes detection worse??

ok the California fires are over now.

Get the RD detectors ready! hehehe

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Originally Posted by laserblaster

Water absorbs both radar and laser so yes you may get worse detection in bad weather, but lot's of other factors appear when detecting radar like how much has entered the antenna.

How much sensitivity the rd has, how much radar is reflected your way, is the radar source pointing towards or away from you, plus did your window wipers block radar from entering the antenna?

Windscreen wipers blocking instant on radar, thats even more of a worse sinario, i'm not sure how much radar they can block but having metal strips waving passed the front of the antenna isnt a good idea when trying to ''catch'' radar in your detectors antenna, but what can you do when it's raining!

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Use RainX. :P

Love that stuff!

When I'm going over 30 I barely need my wipers it just glides off. :D

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Originally Posted by Azonehits

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Originally Posted by robster66

As a LEO in New Zealand, I can tell you that the rain definately affects the Police radar. We use Stalker Duals and DSR's predominantly (dash mounted) and if it is raining, it is nearly impossible to get an accurate patrol speed.
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Don't you guys use the VSS cable?

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I wouldn't even have a clue what a VSS cable is so I guess we don't use it. Most of our stalker and all of our Eagle units are getting really old and probably need to be replaced but as in most Police Dept's, cheapest is best, so I won't hold my breath.

VSS = Vehicle Speed Sensor. It can be mounted on the gearbox, driveshaft or a wheel (preferably a non-driven wheel to avoid wheel-spin or slip error). Generally more reliable than the dual radar horn solution, but may be less accurate if tire rotations per mile are off for any reason (such as new versus old tires, or P versus non-P sizes, or brand change, etc.).

Oh OK, we definately don't use those. All our units are dash mounted, (usually just on velcro so when we crash they brain us). We have no handheld radar guns as such but plenty of Prolaser 2 and Stalker laser guns. The Prolasers are pretty lethal as they can detect up to 1.4kms but the Stalkers are limited to only about 400 metres which I understand is some sort of internationally agreed distance as longer than this it is too difficult to stand up in court and say that your target was definately the vehicle you stopped etc.

I have detected vehicles at 1200+ metres going away from a motorway overbridge but coming at me only up to about 1000 metres.

Off topic but can anyone tell me if I open my RX65 to try and fix the selfcal issue, will it void the warranty?

Cheers, Mike

Finally managed to get through to Bel, they tell me that the warranty will be voided if the case is opened so I will just send it to them to get it fixed.