Re: Radar Love? (+ Radio detectors)

[mark.hogan@triteal.com (Mark Hogan)]

>        On the radio scanners; I have heard great things about the Uniden Beart
>racker, but I know no one who uses it and I can't seem to find them anywhere.

I responded to the earlier post describing my experience with my
BearTracker II, but I'm not sure it actually posted...
They are pretty neat...not failsafe, but a great addition to your radar
detector.  I use mine only on road trips, too many police in metro areas.
I got mine at Crutchfields for $199.

>This unit supposedly will tell you if any police car, or emergency vehicle is i
>n the vicinity, and will designate what it is on the LCD display.  It can tell
>you if it is a local police, a Highway Patrol, or an emergency vehicle.  It det
>ects this by radio frequency, so it can warn you even if they are not using rad
>ar!  This is very usefull to detect a speed trap before they get you with insta
>nt on!

Correct.

I think it might also detect radar, but I'm not sure on that,

No, but I seem to remember hearing that...Maybe the series I did?  That
might explain some of the size difference.  The II is much smaller.


>w you can also listen in to radio frequency channels like a normal scanner as w
>ell.  You just have to punch in the state code for the particular state you are
>in and it will track out the bears.  Also, I know they recently upgraded this m
>odel and the new one is now available.  The new one is supposedly improved and
>smaller.  The only two places I have seen them available from is The Sharper Im
>age and some other mail order catalog which escapes my mind at the moment.  It
>also doesn't need to be mounted near the windshield since it plugs into (and us
>ues) your existing radio antenna.

It also comes with its own antennae...

 So, you can truly hide it.  I have been meani
>ng to try it out and see what it's like (for the 30 days) and then return it, b
>ut I don't want to charge that much to my credit card at the moment, and not ma
>ny places have the Beartracker available.  Has anyone else on this list used, o
>r has experience with the Uniden Beartracker, and wouldn't mind sharing it with
>us?  I am very curious about it.

If you'd like to use mine for a couple of weeks, I have meetings on the
west coast for two weeks coming up...last week of Apr. and first week of
May.  I'd be happy to lend it to you...I'm in DC, so shipping UPS would
probably only be a few bucks each way.

Mark Hogan
Bethesda, MD
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88 Trooper 4wd
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