Pro 78se 35.5Ka video 9/3/2009

[mikeslc]

It's probably a combination of tons more traffic, terrain and location and a s**tload more false alerts. If I attempted to use filter mode, I'd get a full blast Ka alert about every 15-20 minutes or so.

Your area could be the perfect test ground for Michael B. to try to figure out the cause of those Ka9 alerts. There must be something in your environment that is triggering them. Might be easier to narrow down the possibilities when you get a Ka9 alert every 15-20 minutes.

[Freebird]

I am almost certain the ka9 falses are coming from other rd's. I only get them in heavy traffic. I had the same falses in heavy traffic in San Antonio and Houston. This would explain why Mike you are not getting as many as we do here in LA due to lighter traffic in your area I drove around an hour this morning, traffic was light and I did not have 1 ka false. I was able to locate a local running 35.5 and my unit is working fine.

[djrams80]

I am almost certain the ka9 falses are coming from other rd's. I only get them in heavy traffic.

You're probably right. During a typical drive on any LA freeway, you and I probably pass more cars and RDs in an hour, than mikeslc passes in a month.

[Freebird]

They have heavy traffic at morning and evening rush hours, but it is noticeably lighter than here in his videos.

[djrams80]

They have heavy traffic at morning and evening rush hours, but it is noticeably lighter than here in his videos.

I've been to Salt Lake City at least 20 times. I would love to have their heavy traffic.

[mikeslc]

I've been to Salt Lake City at least 20 times. I would love to have their heavy traffic.

Then, why do you think it's all flat here and no traffic? Did you only visit the Salt Flat all those 20 times?

[mikeslc]

I am almost certain the ka9 falses are coming from other rd's. I only get them in heavy traffic.

You're probably right. During a typical drive on any LA freeway, you and I probably pass more cars and RDs in an hour, than mikeslc passes in a month.

I've been to LA many many times and I know how bad it could get. But, we do have heavy traffic here as well. Maybe there are a lot more Cobra RD users out there in LA.

[mikeslc]

They have heavy traffic at morning and evening rush hours, but it is noticeably lighter than here in his videos.

OMG, what's with djrams80? Do I have to show videos of our traffic jams now?

[djrams80]

They have heavy traffic at morning and evening rush hours, but it is noticeably lighter than here in his videos.

OMG, what's with djrams80?

You quoted Freebird here, so I'm not sure if this comment was meant for me or not.

Do I have to show videos of our traffic jams now?

None of this Ka band false alert stuff is about traffic jams. Whatever causes these false alerts, it seems to be about poplation, cars, RDs, towers or something of that nature. Basically, the more the people, the worse the false alert problem seems to be on these Whistlers. You obviously don't have near the problem with these false alerts there in Salt Lake City, as Freebird and I have seen here in LA. That makes sense, because you can't really compare the [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salt_Lake_City"]Salt Lake City Area[/ame], with a population of about 1.2 million, to that of the Greater Los Angeles Area, with a population of about 18 million. That number rises to more than 21 million, if you include the [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Diego"]San Diego Area[/ame], where I visit several customers quite often, including my largest.

[Michael B]

I would have to add a Filter 3, 4, and 5 to get rid of those alerts and make the response timing more in line with some of the other brands but the downside is that the ability to alert to brief signals of radar would be hampered as well just like the some of the other brands.