Ok...Lot's of typing so excuse any typo's (or spell checker errors):
>From the back of the manual:
"Rocky Mountain Radar's products comply with all FCC regulations. They are
reflective receivers that leak no radio energy into the atmosphere. Rocky
Mountain Radar scramblers are legal in all states except OK. MN. VA. CA. NE.
and Washington,D.C. The Phantom conforms to all federal regulations. Part
15 of the FCC code regulates consumer products which may transmit or leak
radio frequency energy into the atmosphere."
More information:
Rocky Mountain Radar's scramblers disable Radar or Lidar guns up to three
miles away from a squad car all the way down to the last 50 to 200 feet. At
that point, the squad car will be within your sight and you can adjust your
speed accordingly.
Since the Phantom is not a transmitter, we can disregard that section. What
it does is take the signal transmitted by a radar, couples noise onto it and
reflect on incoherent signal back to the radar. This renders the radar
unable to display a speed reading. The radar is effectively disabled. The
Phantom, then is a radar interferent.
The Phantom is a passive radar jammer. It has an FM chirp (Doppler frequency
shift) circuit, a mixer diode, and a dual ridge waveguide antenna for all
three radar bands - X, K, and Ka (superwide). The Phantom also transmits a
modulated infrared beam that confuses the computer in Lidar units up to the
maximum range of the gun making your vehicle invisible to the laser gun.
The Phantom is a reflective receiver. It receives the police signal and
reflects it back to the radar gun. Part 15 also controls the levels of radio
frequency leakage from products designed to comply with this statute.
(1) The Phantom has no radio frequency emissions.
(2) The Phantom fully complies with part 15.
(3) The Phantom is banned in MN, OK, CA, NE, and Washington DC.
(4) There are no laws banning light emissions.
There have been some tests performed on the Phantom, Phazer, and Spirit by
independant labs/groups and all but the Phantom failed at long range...this
is where they get you everytime. That's the main reason I purchased the
Phantom...the Detector was also a plus. (The other two don't have that
feature.)
- Bernd
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-dakota-truck@buffnet4.buffnet.net
[mailto:owner-dakota-truck@buffnet4.buffnet.net]On Behalf Of The Man
From Utopia
Sent: Thursday, September 30, 1999 5:52 PM
To: DML
Subject: DML: (radar jammers)
<snip>....Can you quote FCC Part and chapter?The reason I ask is that at
certain
frequencies and wattages you are allowed to run a radio station. The
wattages on these things are so small that the FCC may not even restrict
usage of these devices. With CB for example(up until they did not require
licensing) you can use a 100mW transceiver without a license. The FCC has
allocations for unlicensed broadcast use at very low wattage(good for a
couple of city blocks).
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