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- From: dlubell@.engr.trinity.edu (Daniel R. Lubell)
- Newsgroups: rec.autos.driving
- Subject: Re: Police transmitter detectors
- Keywords: Radar
- Message-ID: <1993Jan27.171943.18443@ringer.cs.utsa.edu>
- Date: 27 Jan 93 17:19:43 GMT
- References: <1508@fozzy.UUCP> <1993Jan25.194239.23031@noose.ecn.purdue.edu>
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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 do
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- I think you mean the CHIPS detector sold out of some company in Calif. Check old
- Road and Tracks and you might find the number back there. The signal they picked up was
- the repeater from cop portable radios to their cars that connected them to the
- radio system they used. There was some problem aboout it not being usable in all
- states. They detector might also require a radar detector to be fully useful.
-