RE: Valentine versus new Passport

[lee@wheelman.com (Lee M. Levitt)]

At 05:09 PM 2/12/99 -0600, Spire, Ed wrote:

>I just went to escort's web site and read their user manual for the new
>unit, the passport 7500.  When you run it in its "expert" mode (which they

>The above would mean that the unit is seeing one strong Ka signal, two
>strong K signals, and two strong and one weak X signal.  I doubt that this
>will communicate as well as the signal strength meter, flashing arrows and
>numeric display you get on a V1, but the passport is limited in size and
>this is all they have room for.  I suppose this is why they make it optional
>and steer new customers away from it.  If it worked well, it would be SOP.
>
>I also saw absolutely no display that indicated if the signal was coming
>from the front or the rear, so even though they apparently are detecting
>this, they don't have room to display it.

As a long time RD user, I can state that just by the change in signal
strength, I can pretty well guess if I'm coming up on a site, or being
overtaken. 

>
>It is smaller and cheaper than a V1, and it may work out well in use for all
>I know.  It will be interesting to see the next comparison test done by C&D

Smaller is good. Cheaper is okay. Performance is important. :)

Lee