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Lately, my 3.8952 V1 has been giving me some real short Ka-band detections. And in most cases, I'm pretty sure that it's C/O, but the range I was getting an alert was... frightening.
The last couple of Ka-band alerts I've been getting, I'm seeing the cop with my own two eyes before the V1 goes off and I would have been toast if it wasn't for Waze. The one before last was a NJ State Trooper on the side of the road with a customer. It was obviously C/O because he wasn't in the car at the time, he was out talking to the motorist. My V1 didn't go off until about 800 feet away, even though the cop car was clearly visible.
The last one was a park ranger running 35.5 Ka-band, sitting on the side of the road. My V1 didn't go off until I was quite literally close enough to see his hair style. Again, almost positive that it was C/O because he was on his cell phone talking to somebody as I passed, not paying attention to passing traffic at all.
What's most disturbing is that I won't get maximum alert on the V1 until I'm literally 10-20 feet in front of the cop, if even that. I've passed cops running Ka-band C/O and even though I got within 15 feet of them, the V1 never "maxed out".
So far, K-band detections seem fine, but Ka-band has shown a drastic drop-off in range the past two months or so. I've been holding off sending it in for repair to see if the "new" V1 was coming out, but it looks like I'm going to have no choice now.
Very disappointing.
The last couple of Ka-band alerts I've been getting, I'm seeing the cop with my own two eyes before the V1 goes off and I would have been toast if it wasn't for Waze. The one before last was a NJ State Trooper on the side of the road with a customer. It was obviously C/O because he wasn't in the car at the time, he was out talking to the motorist. My V1 didn't go off until about 800 feet away, even though the cop car was clearly visible.
The last one was a park ranger running 35.5 Ka-band, sitting on the side of the road. My V1 didn't go off until I was quite literally close enough to see his hair style. Again, almost positive that it was C/O because he was on his cell phone talking to somebody as I passed, not paying attention to passing traffic at all.
What's most disturbing is that I won't get maximum alert on the V1 until I'm literally 10-20 feet in front of the cop, if even that. I've passed cops running Ka-band C/O and even though I got within 15 feet of them, the V1 never "maxed out".
So far, K-band detections seem fine, but Ka-band has shown a drastic drop-off in range the past two months or so. I've been holding off sending it in for repair to see if the "new" V1 was coming out, but it looks like I'm going to have no choice now.
Very disappointing.