file.newsgroup.cars.103780 Maven / Gradle / Ivy
From: [email protected] (eliot)
Subject: Re: Best Radar Detector - VALENTINE-1?
re: extended Ka bands.
I recently bought a 2 band detector. You guys must all think I'm
nuts, right? Well, I did a little research into Ka usage in this
area and found out that Ka is not currently being used in this state
as well as surrounding states. Here's how I found out:
- A cop friend who did spend time nailing speeders doesn't even know
what Ka is. He's heard of K, which is what they use here and I
explained that Ka is used for photo radar etc.. He then said, yeah,
"Ka stands for K automatic"... duuhh. He then went on to say that
plans were being made for getting laser guns as far as going high
tech were concerned, but he didn't know too much.
- My 8 year old 2 band whistler was consistently going off at speed traps,
even the real sneaky ones.
- When I called the Escort Shop, they confirmed that Ka is not used here
or in surrounding states. They did claim that Laser was being used
a lot here, which I was quite skeptical of.
So in the end, instead of spending a lot of money and/or waiting
months for a state of the art detector, I got a low priced, high
performance 2 band Escort 2200. Incidentally its performance is equal
to their top of the line model in X and K band detection. I know that
Escort has been surpassed by other brands lately, but I've never fully
relied on a detector and I was convinced that the Escorts would be at
least quite good, which was good enough for me and my wallet.
eliot