Radar guns

[David Kase]

Well there are several things going on here...

Camera radar I believe is K-band, most gun radar is X-band.  And there 
is also ladar (laser) guns (although I don't think they are used with 
cameras).

So, the detector must pick up the band of radar or ladar being "shot" 
from the camera.  Even if you /can /detect the signal being sent, the 
camera radar is generally shooting radar at close range.  So when you 
drive into camera range, your radar detector goes off and the camera 
takes a picture of your plate before you have time to hit the brakes.

This is only a brief overview of some of the issues with radar.  There 
is a lot more that I am sure can be found on the web.  A radar detector 
is only a tool in avoiding speeding tickets.  You must know its limits 
and use your head to avoid tickets.

Dave Kase


egroeg sirrah wrote:

>Now I want the answer to this one. My son moved out
>west to Alberta and they have camera radar. He also
>has a radar detector and thought he was soooo smart.
>He had wracked up $2,000 in tickets before realizing
>what was going on. 
>
>Cheers
>George
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>>Behalf Of Tihol Tiholov
>>Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2006 3:10 PM
>>To: quattro at audifans.com
>>Subject: Radar guns
>>
>>I'm behind on my radar gun reading and could use
>>some direction.
>>On a recent trip around western Canada went a few
>>times through speed
>>traps (unconsequentilally to me) and my more or less
>>classic, about
>>10-year old detector remained, somewhat
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