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- Newsgroups: ne.general
- Path: sparky!uunet!aw.com!world!spike
- From: spike@world.std.com (Joe Ilacqua)
- Subject: Re: flavors of MA cops: what the hell is the registry police?
- In-Reply-To: djstracher@ccs1.bbn.com's message of 8 Jan 1993 19:35:38 GMT
- Message-ID: <SPIKE.93Jan8163150@world.std.com>
- Sender: spike@world.std.com (Joe Ilacqua)
- Organization: Software Tool & Die
- References: <RG.92Dec25185605@nymph.msel.unh.edu> <1992Dec30.185427.10831@news.cs.brandeis.edu> <1992Dec30.195840.1@deep-13.gizmo.com> <1992Dec31.181350.27918@primerd.prime.com>,<SPIKE.92Dec31155808@world.std.com>
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- Distribution: ne
- Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 21:31:50 GMT
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- In article <lkrlsaINNkju@news.bbn.com> djstracher@ccs1.bbn.com writes:
- <Since radar detectors are passive in nature it would not be possible to have a
- <radar detector detector. ( YES I have heard about these devices but don't
- <believe they exist or can exist).
-
- The "rec.autos" FAQ claims the work, and are very common in
- Canada. Radar Detectors may be passive, but apparently the have a
- identifiable RF signature.
-
- <The cop detectors you describe probably exist but it sounds like the cop has to
- <be transmitting for them to "detect".
-
- So long as anyone else is transmitting the repeater transmits
- TO the hand held radio. Apparently, they leave the repeaters on even
- when they are in the car.
-
- ->Spike
-