X band radar-do police still use it?
02-19-2002, 10:02 PM
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X band radar-do police still use it?
Since you can disable the X band warning on the BEL 980, I was thinking of doing it. Do many police still use X band? Or should I disable it? How about the Chicago area-does anyone know if any police around there still use X band?:wow:
02-19-2002, 10:04 PM
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Depends on where you do your driving. Many of the poorer rural cops still use X band. The poorer municipalities dont spring for the newer K and Ka band equipment......
02-19-2002, 10:13 PM
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I completely disabled X-band on my V1 in Kansas City. Now I drive more false-alarm free and it is more pleasant. I did this only after two years of making sure there was no X-band radar in use. I feel completely safe that within the metro area in and around Kansas and Missouri, I'll be fine. When I leave town, I turn X-band back on.
02-20-2002, 10:07 AM
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Originally posted by Indyjenks
Depends on where you do your driving. Many of the poorer rural cops still use X band. The poorer municipalities dont spring for the newer K and Ka band equipment......
Depends on where you do your driving. Many of the poorer rural cops still use X band. The poorer municipalities dont spring for the newer K and Ka band equipment......
On the other hand, a large department (like a state agency) may have hundreds of units and replacing all of them at once is an expensive prospect. Usually they are replaced on a rotating basis as they die or are broken beyond repair.
Near where I live, many of the small towns have state-of-the art K, Ka and lidar units, whereas the bigger cities (and the state) are using outdated K-band units. I haven't seen an X-band unit in use in a long time, but I'm sure they are still out there. I think K is probably the most prevelant, followed by Ka, then X, then lidar.
02-20-2002, 01:05 PM
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Originally posted by mitch
How about the Chicago area-does anyone know if any police around there still use X band?:wow:
How about the Chicago area-does anyone know if any police around there still use X band?:wow:
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02-21-2002, 01:09 AM
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Depends on where you do your driving. Many of the poorer rural cops still use X band. The poorer municipalities dont spring for the newer K and Ka band equipment......
02-21-2002, 02:03 AM
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Originally posted by mbeebe
You must remember those small and rural towns are the essence of a speed trap. They make alot of money catching out of towners just flying through. If this is how they make the most money, they are going to want the best equipment and like pianoman said, it isn't very expensive to replace a few units as opposed to a few hundred.
You must remember those small and rural towns are the essence of a speed trap. They make alot of money catching out of towners just flying through. If this is how they make the most money, they are going to want the best equipment and like pianoman said, it isn't very expensive to replace a few units as opposed to a few hundred.
