Radar"X" band
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From: Blaine Minnesota
Radar"X" band
I live in MN, own a beltronics 995, seems to work great. I am wondering if any police still use "X" band? In MN? Anywhere? I would like to turn it off in the options if its not used, because it seems that it only pops X for false alarms, never state/city police or sheriffs. Thanks
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I turned mine off a long time ago.
There were some posts in our Regional Forum about LEO's using X-band in isolated areas of Oregon.
Never seen any other posts about X-band tickets, I think you're pretty safe.
There were some posts in our Regional Forum about LEO's using X-band in isolated areas of Oregon.
Never seen any other posts about X-band tickets, I think you're pretty safe.
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From: Tonawanda New York
Driving through Arizona in 2009 I encountered the cops using X band on my Escort 9500ix,only turn it off if your absolutely sure they do not use it in your area.Here is a valuable link to speedtraps by state...
http://www.speedtrap.org/
Found this...
In the Escort Radar Detectors Technical Solutions (https://www.escortradar.com/school-tutorials-tech.php) page under the City, Highway, Auto Mode (https://www.escortradar.com/school-t...ls-tech.php#t7) section it says "In a nutshell, the City, Highway and Auto Modes affect X-Band sensitivity ONLY. X-Band is in very limited use in the US. There are only three states that still use X-Band radar guns in any numbers (OH, IN, NJ)."
http://www.speedtrap.org/
Found this...
In the Escort Radar Detectors Technical Solutions (https://www.escortradar.com/school-tutorials-tech.php) page under the City, Highway, Auto Mode (https://www.escortradar.com/school-t...ls-tech.php#t7) section it says "In a nutshell, the City, Highway and Auto Modes affect X-Band sensitivity ONLY. X-Band is in very limited use in the US. There are only three states that still use X-Band radar guns in any numbers (OH, IN, NJ)."
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I rolled up on an unmarked somewhere in TN I think running X band...I was like WTF??
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Could be that some small towns or counties that don't have a lot of money in their budgets still use X band. As long as it works for them and the results stand up in court, they may not see a need to spend money on newer equipment.
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This is what you're looking for: http://www.patzcatz.com/radarbands.html
It's a database of radar bands used, broken down by state and town.
It's a database of radar bands used, broken down by state and town.
