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- From: dbushong@wang.com (Dave Bushong)
- Newsgroups: sci.electronics
- Subject: Re: Radar detectors
- Message-ID: <bs5e8t.1na@wang.com>
- Date: 29 Jul 92 11:22:00 GMT
- References: <1992Jul28.164032.854@yvax.byu.edu>
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- martin@yvax.byu.edu writes:
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- >I heard about a device that would 'confuse' radars making them think
- >that the car is going at lower speed; does anyone know anything about
- >this?.
-
- There was a gadget on the market briefly around 10 years ago that
- did this - it transmitted a modulated 10.525 GHz signal with the
- modulation freq set by a knob calibrated in MPH (jeeze!) but later
- produced with the calibration in Hz. It required a ham radio license
- to operate it. I haven't seen this thing on the market in a long time.
-
- There was an article in one of the hobby electronics magazines (Pop. Elec.,
- etc.) at roughly the same time that used a coffee can as the cavity,
- and passively reflected the radar signal with some new modulation on
- top of it (that is, any speed you select).
-
- I wish I had more details about issue number, manufacturers, etc., but
- you might try one of those online magazine database services and look
- for some of the keywords that would apply.
-
- Hope this helps!
-
- Dave
-
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