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- From: rjwade@rainbow.ecn.purdue.edu (Robert J. Wade)
- Newsgroups: rec.autos.driving
- Subject: Re: Police transmitter detectors
- Keywords: Radar
- Message-ID: <1993Jan25.194239.23031@noose.ecn.purdue.edu>
- Date: 25 Jan 93 19:42:39 GMT
- References: <1508@fozzy.UUCP>
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- In article <1508@fozzy.UUCP> jcross@aud.alcatel.com writes:
- >Several years ago, I used to see adds for a little box folks were
- >selling that would detect any police in a 2~3 mile range. It
- >worked on the simple priciple that the highway patrol folks had
- >a radio transmiter in their cars that they left on most~all the
- >time. I don't recall why the X-mit device existed or why it was left
- >on, but that's not really important. What is important is, does
- >anyone know if & where you can get on of these nifty little things?
- >I'm sure someone could make one (if they know the proper frequences)
- >but I'm not all that into electronics (try to stay w/ Software.)
- >Are they still effective or did the cops just start switching off
- >the transmitter once they realized what they were doing.
- >
-
- is this box perhaps filled with a half dozen creme-filleds or just glazed?
-