[s-cars] Hardwired V1

[LL - NY]

One problem with a laser based, laser "jammer" (besides the legal
"obstruction" issue if caught, fortunately not the FCC) is the finess of the
beam. If your "quarry" is even "just outside" of your countermeasure, your
countermeasure will fail completely. Way back when laser was first
implemented, Car and Driver did a test of resistance and found that 100W
high beams (NOT HID, to color temp hot, won't work at all!) and one of those
laser absorbing plate covers (they use thin film interference, like a camera
lens) seemed to limit the effective range of the laser guns to much less
than visual straight line distance, IOW, gave you a fighting chance to slow
down. They considered, but did not test mounting something like Hella
Ralleye 2000's on the car's bumper with IR filters from Edmund Scientific in
them. They only problem would be the large reflector area would make you a
much better radar target. Of course none would work, as our own Mr. Speedy
Krasusky has found out, if everytime the HP sees you, your car's nose is
buried into the pavement and smoke is pouring off the rear tires
intermittently with every ABS pulse.

LL - NY

On 3/8/06, pkrasusky at ups.com <pkrasusky at ups.com> wrote:
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> Charlie hoped to fry:
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> <<<From: Charlie Smith <charlie at elektro.cmhnet.org>
> Subject: Re: [s-cars] Hardwired V1
> To: t44tqtro at gmail.com (Taka Mizutani)
> Cc: Audi S Car List <s-car-list at audifans.com>
>
> Earlier, Taka Mizutani wrote:
> >
> > I'm still waiting for someone to develop a directional EMP generator-
> then I
> > can just fry the radar gun and everything else and not worry about
> being
> > pulled over.
>
> A friend used to work for a rental / charter LearJet outfit here
> in Columbus.  His job was electronics support and maintenance on
> the planes.  He always wanted to take an old non-flight-certified
> weather radar and mount it in a car ... for exactly that purpose.
>
> He was concerned that it would probably fry the cop along with the
> radar gun, so this never came off.
>
>     - Charlie>>>
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> I love it.  Awesome.  Tho *highly illegal* obviously.  Emitting a radar
> signal is, emitting a laser signal is not.
>
> Hmmm...  I just 10 minutes ago learned a buddy of mine here has a laser
> gun.  Don't ask, but a damn funny idea was hatched.  Does have something
> to do with "fightin da powah - Man's keepin me DOWN!".  Double standard
> bastards.  Not had good luck here lately, I'm thrilled.  So I'm sure
> further plan hatching will occur soon over many beers, and we'll be
> recruiting volunteers for future mission.
>
> All kidding aside (or not), I gave up on a better detector and
> countermeasures years ago.  See the last bunch of mine had nothing to do
> with radar or laser.  Fast 'looks' fast, period.  Hard to hold water
> when fought, but they like to cramp your balls here wherever they can.
> So, 2 more meetings it seems with the "drive as fast as I damn well
> please" club moderators, and pay my annual membership dues to do so
> (worth every second of it).
>
> Just less than they're currently trying to charge for subscription heh
> heh...
>
> -Paul been said before and will be said often again - I have issues - K.
>
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