Pro 78se 35.5Ka video 9/3/2009

[mikeslc]

Very nice videos and range ! Your videos just keep getting better I can tell the SE platform is very noticeable on Ka 35.5 forward facing compared to my Pro 78. Keep it up Mike. I have half of the cost of a Pro 78 SE saved and will be able to purchase one within a month or so. Money is tight since my fiance hasn't got a job yet since she has been out of school. As for the V1 it has arrows but no Ka id. I would rather have the ID instead of arrows. The arrows take all the fun out of the cat and mouse game.

Many people have talked about how chatty V1 is, so I might not like that at all. I still have the K band turned off, so my Pro 78se is super quiet most of the time.

How is the economy in Texas? Are jobs hard to find there? I know lots of people have lost their jobs around here and Utah is supposably better off than most other states.

[Freebird]

I heard FT worth and Dallas are ok on jobs. The V1 with 30 second mute and the control knob to make the k-band alerts lower volume is nice. I ran mine in little l mode with rear mute, 30 second mute at any strenth, and this works well.

[mikeslc]

Why not just run two Whistlers: One on the front windshield, one on the rear. Depending which RD alerts first, it should give you a pretty good idea of where the source is.

Maybe Michael B. can design small remote antennas that you can buy and add to the main unit. Sell them as "add a antenna kit" for the rear or add a couple more antennas for the sides. Have a display like how some car have for showing which doors are ajar. Didn't Cobra get around the patent with the plug-in GPS module?

[mikeslc]

BTW, the settings I used today on my Pro 78se were: X-OFF, K-OFF, Ka-MaxID, LSR-LSID, SR-OFF, POP-OFF and Filter 1.

[Jag42]

economy here is fair ! The V1 is very sensitive but my experience with one was like a pet parrot that wouldn't quiet down in heavily populated city's. My x50 was just as bad.

[djrams80]

Going into programming mode on my old V1 made my STI alert to 35.5. Only in programming mode could I find and interferance.

With Ka guard off my V1 falses Ka to my 9500ix when they are antenna to antenna. My 9500ix never made a pep. With Ka guard on the V1 is also quiet.

I'd bet money that you are suppressing detection on one or both of your RDs. The V1 is obviously detecting some Ka band from your 9500ix, as you noticed with Ka guard turned off. This raises the noise floor, which is almost assuredly hindering detection on your V1.

[djrams80]

Really, why would anyone want detection better than your video!

For long-range I/O detection. If every LEO used C/O radar all the time, almost any cheapy RD will be good enough.

[mikeslc]

Really, why would anyone want detection better than your video!

For long-range I/O detection. If every LEO used C/O radar all the time, almost any cheapy RD will be good enough.

Hmm, a expansive RD = a good RD. A cheapy RD = a bad RD. I simply can't agree to that.

I heard your arguments before about I/O at long range. So, are you saying that my Pro 78se can't detect a I/O radar, even when it can detect a C/O radar at 3+ miles? You've seen my 3+ miles of 35.5Ka detection on video before. Here it is, in case you don't remember:
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnKSnKNVu4U]YouTube - Whistler Pro 78se 35.5Ka 7/31/2009[/ame]

Oh, I guess that was too easy of a condition for any detector. Yeah, wait a while and I might just get a long range I/O detection on video. Long range I/O detections are hard to proof, since a RD could pick up a false signal and then see a cop later on a long ways off. I've seen videos like that (I don't care for speculations).

Whistler Pro 78se is not perfect nor expansive, but I guess it works just fine for me in what you would call an "easy for any cheapy detector environment".

[Divewjason]

Since we are talking about interference. During my testing of the 9960G(Which right now I'm still having to use because the gf used the 695 and fell in love with it.) The Whistler 695 stayed silent while my Cobra alerted. I'm very sure that the 695 would leak less than the 9960G. Does anyone have any sort of explanation for this?

[TRun]

The cobra may leak on a different frequency that the whistler ignores, maybe around 11ghz??