chris96camaro 10+ year member
Foreign and Domestic
Which one out right now would you say is the best?...by best i mean will pick up everything the cops will shoot at you...and how much does it cost?
i mean i dont drive very fast over the limit, about like everybody else i guess...i just want one to know when there is a cop around just to be safe...http://www.radartest.com/article.asp?articleid=9090
i have the Escort 8500 X50, works fine for me. picks up anything on the highway. in the city, its tough to know what its detecting, but now that im familar with whereever i go, i know when its gonna be an false alarm. if im in an area that im familar with and it detects something unusual, i pay close attention to it.
IMO, i would keep the $300 and try not to speed anymore. just leave the house 3-5min eariler and drive the limit. if i could get my $300 back for the escort, i would return it now that i drive the limit now.
They also have detectors in the $300+ range that are better.beltronics makes some solid radar, i beileve they are not that much either, around the 100-200 range
Not all of Cobra's detectors are garbage...but most are, sadly. Nothing they make comes close to Escort and Bel's top offerings.cobra makes garbage
The V1 isn't an incapable performer...but it's behind the times, really.ne thing by beltronics depending on budget, escort, and valentine 1 are tops on my list, i have a beltronics for about 1 1/2 years, hasn't failed me yet..
I will assume that you know, Jack, that the enforcement capabilities of the FCC against illegal transmission equipment are limited at best and, in some locales, non-existant at worst. I neither now nor have I ever held an amateur license in any grade. That doesn't stop me from being able to acquire and use pretty much any kind of gear I like. I've never been game to actually talk on the dedicated amateur frequencies (as I do not hold a license obviously I have not been issued a call sign) but I can certainly listen as much as I like. In my hometown in all the years I have been a part of the 11-meter community I have only seen evidence of the FCC cracking down ONCE. That was an individual who had sufficient gear to interfere in the use of televisions, radios, telephones, and pretty much any other type of device susceptible to RF interference within a several block radius. (his final drive amplifier required 3-stage 220v). It's all in storage now but I had better than 1Kw of output in the last 'decent' mobile setup I used and I never received any adverse attention from it. Shoot - I know where several NIB RCI-2950s are for sale right now for under $200 with the conversion to give it no skips from 26mHz to 32mHz already done!Also helps that I have a license to operate something like this near the major police radar bands //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif
Here's the one I found the most humorous after seeing the first sentence in snb778's post.Some more interesting reading...
http://www.google.com/search?q=passive+radar+jamming&hl=en&lr=&safe=off