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Identifying Alarms From Junk Detectors

Here are a few clues for spotting offending detectors.

You may get a brief K warning just as you meet an

oncoming car. Or a lingering K, nearly constant strength,

as you move with traffic. Big hint: a direction change on

the Radar Locator as you pass another car. Look for a

detector in the windshield. But stay alert until you know

for sure. See page 28 for what “Dee-Dah-Do” tone means.

• Ka band: Watch out! Most of the new-tech radars

operate on Ka. Expect some contamination from cheapie

detectors, just as with K (clues above also apply to Ka).

Do not

dismiss Ka alerts until you’ve positively identified

the source.

How To Identify Bogeys

Look first at the Radar Locator. If it points to the side, the

bogey is non-threatening — radar can’t get you from the

side. If the Locator points ahead or behind, try for visual

identification. And when the Locator changes from Ahead

to Beside and then Behind, you can be sure the bogey is

safely behind you.

Check the Bogey Counter. Because many non-radar devices

occur in multiples. For example, most microwave door

sensors have at least two transmitters (for In and Out). Often

such an installation will have multiple doors too, so there

will be many transmitters. When you see two or more

on the Bogey Counter, and particularly when you see it

counting up quickly to four or more, you’ve likely found

a nest of door sensors.

Burglar-alarm microwave sensors are often multiples too,

because a single transmitter is not enough to safeguard an

entire building. But microwaves from alarms are less likely

to leak out of buildings. So alarms may appear singly or in

low multiples.

Single bogeys must be regarded as threats until you see

them or put them safely behind you.

Remember, too, that radar beams are easily reflected.

Buildings, overhead signs and passing traffic are all

good reflectors. When you have a strong signal from one

direction, don’t be surprised if the Radar Locator shows

brief flickers from another direction also as you drive

by reflectors.

And never forget that a brief alert, acting alone, may be

Instant-on radar zapping other traffic.

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