Hey Bill,
Thanks for the response and the link.
I guess the key is not to be driving so fast that you can't react before
the 200'
and to react as fast as possible. Thats what I have been doing and so
far I've been OK
I have gotten some funny looks from the cop in the patrol car
Thanks
Bob
Bill Knight wrote:
>http://www.auto-radar-detectors.com/newphantomii.html
>According to the above referanced article the "Phantom 2" and other passive
>jammers do not make your vehicle invisible between 50 and 200 feet all the
>time. As you get closer to the gun the signal from the gun will be stronger
>and it will take more power, which is regulated by the FCC, to confuse the
>radar. In other words the farther away from the gun you are the harder it
>will be for the radar gun to get a lock on you speed. Because of the weak
>signal it is easy to put a cancelling signal on the same frequency to
>confuse the computer. The closer you get the more power you will need to do
>this. Another analog for those that remember them is the "Mr Microphone".
>You could tune to an active radio station and if the signal was weak enough
>the "Mr Microphone" would over ride the radio station's signal. I apologize
>for the log explanation but I was wanting to make sure I found a way to
>simplify it for the non-electronically inclined.
>"bob" <bocd@OPTONLINE.NET> wrote in message
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>>Anyone using one of these?
>>I have a friend who is a cop and I asked him to see if he could get a
>>reading on my speed.
>>Turns out his radar unit beeps but takes a few seconds to get the
>>reading....but he does get the reading.
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>>I made a few runs to try to slow down so he couldn't track me above the
>>speed limit...but no dice.
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>>Whats the deal?
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>>The mfr states if you hit the brakes when you first get the
>>signal....your safe.
>>I haven't gotten a ticket since I have it (1 yr)....but I expected more
>>time to slow down...maybe I've just been lucky?
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>>Bob
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