Radar enforcement question
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From: Fort Worth Texas
Radar enforcement question
I'm wishing to turn off the X band on my Escort and have been tempted to do so for a few years, but....
Does anyone know of any police department, sheriff or state trooper that still uses the X band?
Does anyone know of any police department, sheriff or state trooper that still uses the X band?
Pro
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From: Deltona Florida
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From: Chirper Island
AFAIK, Indiana and NJ are the only states who still use it, but many county and local law enforcement still have and use X band. One of my neighboring counties still uses it.
Leave it enabled, unless you feel 100% xertain they don't use it where you are.
Leave it enabled, unless you feel 100% xertain they don't use it where you are.
Racer
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From: Odessa Florida
I live in the Tampa Bay Area and disabled the X band and FHP and HCSO don't use x.
The drug stores and stationary speed signs drive me up a wall. If anybody in the Tampabay area thinks otherwise ......Please advise! Thanks
The drug stores and stationary speed signs drive me up a wall. If anybody in the Tampabay area thinks otherwise ......Please advise! Thanks
Melting Slicks
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From: Fort Worth TX
St. Jude Donor '14-'15
You all do know that the Escort 9500ix has GPS and will remember all those annoying drug stores and security systems on the 3rd pass by them.....best system since corn flakes 
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Melting Slicks
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From: Visalia CA
I haven't used xband on a detector in a decade. But I'm in California, 99% KA band in the city and CHP are exclusive KA band and LIDAR. Heck, I don't even use kband anymore with all the damm collision avoidance radars. But I don't recommend that unless you are in CA.
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From: Northern Virginia
You can eliminate most of the x-band annoyances without completely turning X-band off by using the Logic or Advanced Logic modes. From the V1 manual:
Computer Modes: A new way to interpret alarms
In the All-Bogeys® ( ) mode, all bogeys will be reported
as soon as they are detected. Use your judgment to decide
whether or not they are threats.
In the Logic® ( ) and Advanced-Logic® ( ) modes, you are
deferring to the internal computer which will use its own
logic to screen bogeys before reporting them to you.
In Logic, X-band bogeys the computer judges to be
non-threatening will be reported at the “muted” volume. If
they become threatening, the audio warning will upgrade
to the “initial” volume before you are within radar range.
In Advanced-Logic, X-band bogeys that the computer has
reason to believe aren’t radar will not be reported at all.
One exception: To be failsafe, the computer will always
pass extremely strong signals along for your judgment.
This mode is particularly useful in metro areas.
The computer is smart: It never operates the receiving
circuits at less than maximum sensitivity and it knows that
Instant-on is a greater threat than ordinary radar. So it will
always warn you immediately at the “initial” volume when
those radars are detected, no matter what mode you’ve
selected.
To change modes, press and hold the Control **** for
one second.
In the All-Bogeys® ( ) mode, all bogeys will be reported
as soon as they are detected. Use your judgment to decide
whether or not they are threats.
In the Logic® ( ) and Advanced-Logic® ( ) modes, you are
deferring to the internal computer which will use its own
logic to screen bogeys before reporting them to you.
In Logic, X-band bogeys the computer judges to be
non-threatening will be reported at the “muted” volume. If
they become threatening, the audio warning will upgrade
to the “initial” volume before you are within radar range.
In Advanced-Logic, X-band bogeys that the computer has
reason to believe aren’t radar will not be reported at all.
One exception: To be failsafe, the computer will always
pass extremely strong signals along for your judgment.
This mode is particularly useful in metro areas.
The computer is smart: It never operates the receiving
circuits at less than maximum sensitivity and it knows that
Instant-on is a greater threat than ordinary radar. So it will
always warn you immediately at the “initial” volume when
those radars are detected, no matter what mode you’ve
selected.
To change modes, press and hold the Control **** for
one second.
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http://www.valentine1.com/v1info/junk_k_fighter/
Drifting
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From: Appleton Wisconsin
I live in WI and have turned of X band on my escort for the last 15 years and never had a ticket. It would be annoying with all the false alerts I also leave the escort on city mode all the time to help the false alerts.
Drifting
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From: Appleton Wisconsin
I live in WI and have turned of X band on my escort for the last 15 years and never had a ticket. It would be annoying with all the false alerts I also leave the escort on city mode all the time to help the false alerts.
Melting Slicks
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From: Visalia CA
The latest V1's have something called Junk K fighter designed to minimze alerts from mobile K band sources. I don't know how well it works, yet.
http://www.valentine1.com/v1info/junk_k_fighter/
http://www.valentine1.com/v1info/junk_k_fighter/
Intermediate
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From: Longview Texas
Not sure how up to date this is. This is for my state but the other states have similar charts
Last edited by pharmade; Jan 3, 2016 at 11:56 PM.
Safety Car
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In recent Cali times the only place I have seen X band used was up in Mono County along US 395. Mono County Sheriff had an x band detector in use. I think that was in 2014. Most everyone in California uses Ka however CHP and a few other agencies are switching over to Lidar. Its an expensive tool though so the change over is slow and is purchased mostly through state and federal grants.
Burning Brakes
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Safety Car
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Just trying to provide info for all forum readers. Not all of whom are in California.
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