Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: Notesfiles; site uiucuxc.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!mgnetp!ihnp4!inuxc!pur-ee!uiucdcs!uiucuxc!paul From: paul@uiucuxc.UUCP Newsgroups: net.consumers Subject: Re: radar detectors - (nf) Message-ID: <34200009@uiucuxc.UUCP> Date: Sat, 11-Aug-84 16:07:00 EDT Article-I.D.: uiucuxc.34200009 Posted: Sat Aug 11 16:07:00 1984 Date-Received: Sun, 12-Aug-84 06:54:39 EDT References: <368@rocheste.UUCP> Lines: 25 Nf-ID: #R:rocheste:-36800:uiucuxc:34200009:000:1159 Nf-From: uiucuxc!paul Aug 11 15:07:00 1984 #R:rocheste:-36800:uiucuxc:34200009:000:1159 uiucuxc!paul Aug 11 15:07:00 1984 I've used the Escort for two years now and have been quite happy with it. Two features that are especially useful are the different audio sound for K and X band radars, and the beeping frequency increases with signal strength. Of course all radar detectors are essentially passive devices. With the best defense being a good offense, it's time for civilian ECM (Electronic Counter Measures). Get yourself a microwave transceiver (look in the hobby mags) that works just beneath the X band. Modulate the sidetones to lock the radar gun to whatever speed you wish. It won't do to set it to 55. Instead make the gun read 155. They'll know you were speeding, but no judge in the world is going to believe a Honda Civic can do that. A simpler solution is to burn out the gun entirely with a pulsed source that triggers on a strong signal. A couple of watts radiated power through a horn antenna in the front grill will do nicely. Everything in the second paragraph is illegal so be careful. Paul Pomes uucp: {ihnp4,pur-ee}!uiucdcs!uiucuxc!paul harpo!uiucuxc!paul US Mail: University of Illinois, CSO, 1304 W Springfield, Urbana, IL 61801