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From: zeek@pyramid.UUCP (Jim Zeek)
Newsgroups: net.auto
Subject: Re: radar detectors
Message-ID: <66@pyramid.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 9-Nov-85 22:49:20 EST
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Posted: Sat Nov  9 22:49:20 1985
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References: <130@necis.UUCP> <386@gcc-milo.ARPA>
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Organization: Pyramid Technology, Mountain View, CA
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In article <386@gcc-milo.ARPA> john@gcc-milo.UUCP (John Allred) writes:
>In article <130@necis.UUCP> geo@necis.UUCP (George Aguiar ext. 224) writes:
>>
>>Having resently acquired a radar detector I have the following questions.
>>
>>1.  Is it true that the police can tell you are using a radar  detector  or
>>is  this  just  hype  that they would like you to believe??
>
>In the sense that the detector radiates something that gives you away, no.
>However, in states where radar detectors are illegal,a cop will drive up behind
>a suspect car, turn his radar on, and see if any lights in the target car turn
>on with the radar.  If they do, you're busted.
>

A radar detector is a transmitter as well as a reciever, just like your
FM radio. It generates a signal of the same frequency internally and 
compares it to the incomming signal from o'll smokey. A radio does the same
thing. That is why cheap radar detecters like radio shack models set off
other models. If someone has a sensitive reciever they can detect your
detector.
					Jim Zeek @ Pyramid Technology
					(pyramid!zeek)