RE: Valentine versus new Passport

[Todd Phenneger <phen9461@uidaho.edu>]

Cant help you with the Head to Head comparison.  (Unless someone wants to
give me one of each) :-)   But I would be curious to know the results of
one as I get bombarded with Ka daily and Laser every time I go home.  
	Good luck if someone attempts a head to head comparison.  I tried
it with my Dads Passport and my Bel.  Pasport won.  But that was a long
time ago before the Ka/laser introductions. BUT, If you have two Cigarette
outlets then with the modern shielding that most units have (And I'm sure
the V1 and Passport have) then you should get to interference between
units.
	Anyhow, I better go.  L8R

	Todd Phenneger
	1984 4000s quattro / modified/ awaiting Turbo Transplant.
	1985 4000 quattro / Silver / Fixing it Up.
	1987 4000cs quattro / Saphire Metallic Blue/ Girlfriend's
	1996 A6q / Volcano / Dads Car
   *****1985 5kt / PARTING OUT!

On Sat, 13 Feb 1999, Lee M. Levitt wrote:

> At 11:16 AM 2/12/99 -0800, Todd Phenneger wrote:
> >On Fri, 12 Feb 1999, Spire, Ed wrote:
> >
> >> I strongly disagree with Todd on this.  Range isn't the only issue.  The
> >> ability of the V1 to sense radar from the front or rear separately is
> unique
> >> to my knowledge, as is the ability to discriminate the number of unique
> >> signal sources, and the display issues associated with these features puts
> >> the V1 way ahead.
> >> Does the new passport have front and back radar sensors?  Can it count
> >> unique sources?
> >
> >	Yes.  It does all this.  I assume this is why Lee is asking about
> >them.  I saw this new Passport for the first time in a Passport Add a
> >couple weeks ago so it is brand new.  It detects front, back and side and
> >tells you where its coning from and How many hits it is getting and what
> >sources I belive.  BUT, I have never used it so I dont know how well its
> >implementation is compared to the V1.
> >	OF course I bet the V1 still has the better range on at least some
> >bands.
> >
> 
> You guys are correct. The new Passport does look like it more closely
> matches the Valentine on a feature for feature basis, and given the
> relationship between the two companies, I'll bet the Valentine was a direct
> design target for the Passport guys.
> 
> I'd really like to hear some real world experiences with the two of these
> on a head to head basis...or do I have to go out and buy both and do it
> myself? :)
> 
> I don't mind doing the latter, but I (fortunately) don't have much exposure
> to Ka or laser. Yet.
> 
> Lee
>