V1 and road signs

[Lee Levitt]

"Suffolk GameServer LAN" <suffolk.associates at verizon.net> writes:
>
> If its the SIgns with programmable words like "Lane Closure" or "work
> ahead", etc....... which are towed to a spot, they have a circle near the
> lower box where the motor/generator is (not the word display of the sign)
> and they: "the circle area" house a K band radar unit antenna.  They are
> solely to slow down radar detector types in traffic zones.

Rat bastards aren't licensed for this. They're in violation of federal law.
Someone should take them to court.

> (though I suppose they could log speeds for avergaes and vague stats)
> -Scott in BOSTON X -band modified Speed Gun owner, range: 8-211 MPH
>
> One major PITA is that a number of New England
> states use roadsigns that set off the Valentine. I *think* this is an
> emergency signal rather than simple radar, and probably can be turned off,
> but haven't looked into it yet...

3 modes on the V1, none for K band, they only tone down X band. And if these
are standard K band units, there's no way that you could configure the unit
to ignore them. :(

Here's what the V1 website says:

"One more fact: some folks think those highway warning signs, usually on
trailers, that alert your detector are Safety Radar. Not true. Instead, they
are shams to get around the FCC prohibition on drone transmitters (the
anti-speed forces love the idea of drones as a way of annoying detector
users). There's no encoded message here, just plain old radar."

The interesting thing is that they don't set off my old Passport, but do set
off the V1.

Lee
'95.5 S6 avant
'96 A6 quattro avant