RE: RE: Fwd: Re: Simple RF Weapon Can Fry PC Circuits

[David Honig]

At 12:48 PM 5/8/01 -0400, Trei, Peter wrote:
>One gizmo I dreamed up (but have not implemented) is to build a device
>which resembles a windspeed guage, but with cube-corner reflectors 
>instead of cups. If this is placed in the radar beam while rotating in the
>correct direction (even the vehicles wind of passage could do this), from
>the 
>front it would register a strong reflection which is moving much slower 
>than the device as a whole.

This is one of the 'beat the cops' tricks for defeating radar convictions.
Ie, point a radar at an air conditioner (whirling blades) and you get
some fast readings.  So that cop wasn't illuminating *you*, he was
illuminating
that AC or reefer truck behind you.

Its physically plausible.