Radar Detection Question
12-26-2011, 10:49 PM
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Radar Detection Question
So I got my first ever radar detector for xmas. (I know, I'm a gadget guy in my 50's and I've never had a detector. Go Figure). Passport 9500xi.
At any rate, we headed to our Bay House in Galveston this afternoon. Had the detector going just to get the feel of it. I wasn't haulin' ****, but there are a couple of regular speed traps along the way and I want to learn how it reacts before I put it to a real test.
It alerted me well ahead of a couple of radar setups, and caught all the red light cameras. Not bad.
At any rate, coming off the Galveston Causeway I got a strong K band hit at 5 bars. It basically stayed that way for about 10 miles dropping in intensity only when I went past a big building. It finally dropped the signal when I hit Galveston State Park.
In thinking about it, I was making a loop around Scholes Airfield the whole time the K band was off the charts. Will an airport's radar set these things off?
At any rate, we headed to our Bay House in Galveston this afternoon. Had the detector going just to get the feel of it. I wasn't haulin' ****, but there are a couple of regular speed traps along the way and I want to learn how it reacts before I put it to a real test.
It alerted me well ahead of a couple of radar setups, and caught all the red light cameras. Not bad.
At any rate, coming off the Galveston Causeway I got a strong K band hit at 5 bars. It basically stayed that way for about 10 miles dropping in intensity only when I went past a big building. It finally dropped the signal when I hit Galveston State Park.
In thinking about it, I was making a loop around Scholes Airfield the whole time the K band was off the charts. Will an airport's radar set these things off?
12-27-2011, 12:43 AM
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Yes, airport surface movement radars can be K-band.
A police K-band running in always-on mode and following along the same route can trigger the readings you were getting. I'm not familiar with your radar detector, but with a V1 the arrows would have been a good indication of whether or not the signal was coming from the airport.
A police K-band running in always-on mode and following along the same route can trigger the readings you were getting. I'm not familiar with your radar detector, but with a V1 the arrows would have been a good indication of whether or not the signal was coming from the airport.
12-27-2011, 01:06 AM
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That must have been it. I'll have to drive back by it a couple of more times and it should eliminate that particular frequency in that location
I went back and forth between the V1 and the 9500ix. They seem to be equal in terms of detection from the reviews I read. I like the directional indication of the V1, but the location and learning features of the 9500ix sold me in the end.
BTW. I did get a Ka band hit while this was happening and it was a LEO coming at me on Seawall Blvd.
I went back and forth between the V1 and the 9500ix. They seem to be equal in terms of detection from the reviews I read. I like the directional indication of the V1, but the location and learning features of the 9500ix sold me in the end.
BTW. I did get a Ka band hit while this was happening and it was a LEO coming at me on Seawall Blvd.
