MPH units were dogs... I know I repaired and recertified them for several years. At least in FL X band (10 GHz) was not valid even before 1993. I am saying that I THINK X band was out of the picture nationwide at that time but I never saw it in writing so I cant bet my life on it.
I too was in Law Enforcement till' I learned how much better the pay was in electronics and I got tired of the BS lawsuits all the time. There are a lot of good natured people out there that can go over board with what we call "wannabe stuff" and there are others that are just looking for trouble. Yes that was a MPH on the dashboard, yes the antennas, the radar and the car did make it like an unmarked car. Does this justify a tongue lashing ? Yes, trial or even a ticket no... If he is looking for trouble continue with the MPH on the dashboard, but if not put it away and continue on, if he get's hassled again then it actually is unfair BUT looking at the whole picture the K-55 on the dash did put it over the edge in my eyes 10 GHz allocation or not. I just had to put my 2 cents in sorry but I think even though amusing discussion it's way off topic for this long of a thread. Rich -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Jim B. Sent: Monday, July 18, 2005 3:52 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: OT: NC man charged with 'driving a cop car' due to ham antennas Frank R. Vondra wrote: > As an amateur radio operator and 30 year law enforcement > veteran, I agree with you Lance. After blowing up the > photo of the 1995 Caprice displayed on the jars webpage, > I'm somewhat curious to know why the defendant has an > MPH K-55 mobile radar unit mounted on the dash? I'm sure > it's not for chasing DX on 10,525 mHz. Seems to me that > the police and prosecutor are probably on the same page > with this case and the arrestee is trying to play the > "ham card" as a defense. > Frank - WB0QQK I *believe* the K-55 is the unit that is no longer accepted for law-enforcement speed use. I know there was one older 10Ghz unit that was very unreliable-it would indicate various speeds in reaction to things like blower motors in the car, etc. So I don't believe any dept should still be using them. I know NO ONE here in NE Ohio that uses 10Ghz radar anymore. My father was pulled over by a local dept many years ago. While sitting on the side of the road, with no other vehicles in sight, the radar unit indicted abt 35 mph. When the radiator fan on my fathers '81 Escort stopped (it would run at any time, even with the ignition shut off), the radar went to zero. They were told to junk all of those units (he worked for the company that cal'd them for that city). Would you believe they tried to get him again more than a year later with the same unit??? I don't know for sure if it was a K55, but I do know it was 10Ghz. -- Jim Barbour WD8CHL Yahoo! Groups Links Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Repeater-Builder/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
