[Author Prev][Author Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Author Index][Thread Index] Re: Radar/Lser detector
>Laser (this could be the vg band you refer to) - is used like the >instant-on K band described above, but has a very tight beam, so that >only the targeted vehicle can detect the signal, so you can't see the >officer a couple of blocks ahead of you sampling traffic. This stuff >is very rare and expensive, I've only seen a suspected actual laser >signal once, in Oak Park, a suburb of Chicago. > Actually, VG2 is the radar detector detector used in some of the more oppresive states, provinces and D.C. to detect radar detectors. Most radar detectors emit radio signals themselves. These signals (usually on the Ka band I believe) are used by the VG2 to detect the presence of a radar detector. I have seen two ways around this type of detection 1. emit or change the frequency of the emissions. I have a Bel 745 sti that accomplishes "invisibility" this way (I live in MD but am about 2 blocks from the DC line (where they use VG2) and work in VA where they also use VG2, so I have learned a few lessons about this from a friend in the business). 2. Some radar detectors can detect the signals that the VG2 unit emit (yes, they also leak...can you see this going down a very complicated, deep hole in the future? A VG2 that can detect a VG2 detecting radar detector, then a radar detector that can detect a VG2 detecting radar detector, ad infinitum....). Once detected, the unit actually turns itself off for a few seconds..... Somewhat related, in terms of "counter surveillence" techniques, I also use a Uniden Bear Tracker. This is more or less a scanner that has pre programmed the local, county, and state police, as well as emergency and state DOT frequencies. You tell it what state you are in and it tells you when you are within about 3 miles of a state trooper (it is a beeping warning). It doesn't tell you about local police, but I use this primarily on the hwy. And of course if you get tired of listening to country music (seems that all I get out in the sticks of VA, MD, WV, PA and NC anyway) you can alway listen to the audio of transmissions. You get to here some pretty interesting stuff...All of this and it was only $200 through Crutchfields... Usual disclaimers apply to the above...just an electronic geek trapped in a software salesman's body.... Mark
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