[Shotimes] Radar/Laser Detectors

[Russ M.]

  I've owned several over the years.   Most of the earlier ones (Bel,
Cobra?, etc) worked adequately until I replaced them with newer models.
  
  The last four were:
     Whistler (model?)- many false alerts, late alerts
     Whistler 1140- X,K,Ka,Laser- never went off...ever. It went out
the window on the PA turnpike after I was pulled over the second time
with it.
     Uniden LRD2000- X,K,Ka,Laser- worked fine for a few months,  then
more false alerts, then it wouldn't stop alerting.  
     V1- couldn't be happier with it.

  Russ



--- D Potter <jpotter8@bellsouth.net> wrote:
> Oh, I know the rules of propogation and detection very well. I was
> commenting on what seem to be a contradiction, though, in that the
> more
> expensive valentine type units are superior, yet a test consisting of
> two
> exact same cars, side by side on a road, would not be considered a
> valid
> test. When I was in the service, the only thing we counted were the
> real
> world tests.
> 
> Now, if you are getting at the fact that "holes" exist in a
> propogated
> wave's coverage due to reflections and impedances, you are correct,
> but the
> problem with this test is that the cars were moving (at quite a fast
> rate)
> and any "gaps" in the signal would have been passed on the order of
> parts of
> a second. Even if you were to block one car from the signal, it
> should
> stilll pick up reflections coming off cars in the other lane.
> 
>  Yes, quality makes a difference, which is why I suggest Whistler
> after
> ripping mine apart. Is a valentine better? Probably. Do I really need
> the
> 30% extra detection distance the V1 provides? Two miles is plenty of
> distance for me. Does the guy/gal that just tosses their detector up
> on the
> dash "wherever" need a V1? Most likely.
> 
> For a little more than the cost of a V1 you can get a half-decent
> scanner
> and always know when a cop is around by picking up their trunking
> signal. Of
> course, they could be up to 5 miles away, and nowhere near your road,
> but
> you'd know they were there as long as their comms were up and
> running.
> 


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