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flood
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Location: tennesse
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| Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2007 1:04 am Post subject: Re: Rardar Detector |
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Rookie at 53 wrote: Does anybody use R/D anymore and are they legal or not in all states?
can't have one in a cmv so i just use my bearcat8 it will tell me if a cop is within 3 miles,
when i was stoped in NV. last week the cop just looked at it sitting on the dash and didn't say a word. and no i didn't have it on at the time |
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heavyhaulerss
Joined: 29 Jan 2007
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Location: north alabama
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| Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2007 10:54 pm Post subject: |
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| this is what i read. some weigh stations have new technology that will detect a radar detector in a vehicle. even if the radar dedector is off. it senses & recognizes unique components inside the detector. so even if its in a box & no power to it d.o.t. can still get a reading on who has one. not all d.o.t.'s are equipped with this tech. |
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Highwayman
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| Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2007 11:17 pm Post subject: |
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heavyhaulerss wrote: this is what i read. some weigh stations have new technology that will detect a radar detector in a vehicle. even if the radar dedector is off. it senses & recognizes unique components inside the detector. so even if its in a box & no power to it d.o.t. can still get a reading on who has one. not all d.o.t.'s are equipped with this tech.
Sounds like a truckdriver story to me.
If a radar detector is off but still plugged in , then yes it still can be detected in some circumstances. But if a radar detector is off, and unplugged, as in no power going to the unit at all, then i cannot see how it can be detected (unless your truck is getting X-rayed, in which case they actually see the thing). The componentry in a radar detector isnt very different from the componentry of most modern car stereos. It is in fact, a radio receiver, just as your AM/FM is a radio receiver, only the radar detector is tuned to different frequencies. |
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yoopr
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| Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2007 11:21 pm Post subject: |
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ssoutlaw wrote: Long live the passport 8500......lol......
Hell no-Long Live the Old One Eye Fuzzbuster :P |
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Fozzy
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| We had a driver popped while running a radar detector the other day.. while speeding ..OOPS! So much for their effectiveness. To me they are nothing but another toy that makes noise and has flashing lights on it.. add some chrome and the draw is just too much for some super truckers to withstand.. :wink: |
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heavyhaulerss
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| Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2007 8:35 am Post subject: |
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| hey.. i'm not saying the article i read was true. but itt did read that radar dedectors can be dedected even when it is off. maybe false info was fed to news paper to make drivers think they are under stricter surveilance. i'm no tech. i have no idea if this is true or if this can be true... |
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ssoutlaw
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| Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2007 8:44 am Post subject: |
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yoopr wrote: ssoutlaw wrote: Long live the passport 8500......lol......
Hell no-Long Live the Old One Eye Fuzzbuster :P
:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: |
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ssoutlaw
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Location: Indianapolis,In
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| Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2007 8:46 am Post subject: Re: Rardar Detector |
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flood wrote: Rookie at 53 wrote: Does anybody use R/D anymore and are they legal or not in all states?
can't have one in a cmv so i just use my bearcat8 it will tell me if a cop is within 3 miles,
when i was stoped in NV. last week the cop just looked at it sitting on the dash and didn't say a word. and no i didn't have it on at the time
Hate to tell you, the scanner is illegal also... |
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kc0iv
Joined: 03 Feb 2005
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Location: Kansas City, MO
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| Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2007 7:55 pm Post subject: Re: Rardar Detector |
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ssoutlaw wrote: flood wrote: Rookie at 53 wrote: Does anybody use R/D anymore and are they legal or not in all states?
can't have one in a cmv so i just use my bearcat8 it will tell me if a cop is within 3 miles,
when i was stoped in NV. last week the cop just looked at it sitting on the dash and didn't say a word. and no i didn't have it on at the time
Hate to tell you, the scanner is illegal also...
The FCC only address the receiving of cellphone calls. From the FCC website ( http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/consumerfacts/interception.html ) Quote:
This section generally does not prohibit the mere interception of radio communications, although merely intercepting radio communications may violate other federal or state laws.
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The Communications Act also contains provisions that affect the manufacture of equipment used for listening to or receiving radio transmissions, such as “scanners.” The FCC cannot authorize scanning equipment that:
* can receive transmissions in the frequencies allocated to domestic cellular services;
* can readily be altered by the user to intercept cellular communications; or
* may be equipped with decoders that convert digital transmissions to analog voice audio.
As of March 04, 2006 only a few states have laws in respect to scanners.
MN, MI (changing their law effective 2006), NY, IN, KY, and FL totally outlaw the use of a scanner (except those by LE and Hams).
States that have laws on the books that makes their use illegal for the furtherance of a crime are: CA, SD, NE, OK, WV, NC, CT and VT.
MA and MO have pending laws but nothing has been passed at this time.
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ssoutlaw
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| Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2007 8:59 pm Post subject: |
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Fozzy wrote: We had a driver popped while running a radar detector the other day.. while speeding ..OOPS! So much for their effectiveness. To me they are nothing but another toy that makes noise and has flashing lights on it.. add some chrome and the draw is just too much for some super truckers to withstand.. :wink:
Sounds like that guy would get popped anyway...lol They are effective, but like anything else you must know how to use it, and how to use traffic around you. There is an art to using a RD, will they help you every time, NO, but they will pay for themselves most times....
I will tell you something, if you are not smart enough, they wont help you at all....lol |
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ssoutlaw
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Location: Indianapolis,In
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| Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2007 9:00 pm Post subject: |
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yoopr wrote: ssoutlaw wrote: Long live the passport 8500......lol......
Hell no-Long Live the Old One Eye Fuzzbuster :P
Remember the tin foil thing under your car.......lol :lol: :lol: |
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yoopr
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Years ago I was running down near Dallas and ran into a Radio Shack Driver and he Swore that if you took a 3' flourescent Tube and wrapped it with copper wire every few inches from one post to the other and then from the other post back the same way and hung it inside your truck it would absorb all the radiation from Radar.
What he said was that this is the way Microwave manufacturers check for Radiation leaks.
He DID have one in his Truck |
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Jackrabbit379
Joined: 22 Oct 2005
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He used that for a fuzz buster?
Kinda interesting, though. |
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kc0iv
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yoopr wrote: Years ago I was running down near Dallas and ran into a Radio Shack Driver and he Swore that if you took a 3' flourescent Tube and wrapped it with copper wire every few inches from one post to the other and then from the other post back the same way and hung it inside your truck it would absorb all the radiation from Radar.
What he said was that this is the way Microwave manufacturers check for Radiation leaks.
He DID have one in his Truck
The interesting point Radio Shack's driver fails to understand is most of the Radar doesn't hit the fluorescent tube. Nor is the field strong enough once it travels a few feet.
It is a fact that a fluorescent tube can be lite by microwave. You don't even have to attach any wire to the tube.
Microwave manufacturers have calibrated leak detection meters. In addition the harmful radiation level is way below what it takes to light a fluorescent tube.
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ssoutlaw
Joined: 06 Sep 2006
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Location: Indianapolis,In
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| Posted: Sat Mar 10, 2007 9:50 am Post subject: |
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yoopr wrote: Years ago I was running down near Dallas and ran into a Radio Shack Driver and he Swore that if you took a 3' flourescent Tube and wrapped it with copper wire every few inches from one post to the other and then from the other post back the same way and hung it inside your truck it would absorb all the radiation from Radar.
What he said was that this is the way Microwave manufacturers check for Radiation leaks.
He DID have one in his Truck
I have seen a few drivers with the same thing, that was a 80's trick. I didn't believe it so I never made one...lol |
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