Need opinion re: Radar Detector/Jammer

[drdon326]

my old radar detector went out (old BEL).

Was going to get a new BEL 985 but then i noticed this new

ROCKY MOUNTAIN RADAR DETECTOR AND JAMMER !!
http://store.yahoo.com/spy-cameras-hidden-spy-online/radjamrm.html

Does anyone have any experience with THIS or Any ROCKY MOUNTAIN Radar detectors??


jammers??


A----N-----Y HELP WOULD BE APPRECIATED.

[Ian David]

1. I've heard the jammers are a scam. They make you EASIER to detect

Here's one source:

http://www.dansdata.com/danletters094.htm
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Nope. No "passive radar jammer" does anything at all. They're a complete waste of money. If they worked, the US Air Force would be strapping 'em onto fighter planes.

And yet, as you say, they're often illegal, generally because the FCC (or other similar regulatory body, in other countries) simply takes the fraudulent claims of the manufacturers literally, determines that a device that does what this device is claimed to do would be illegal, and so bans them!

Here's an example of such a ruling, against a better-known brand of passive jammer, which also didn't actually work.
http://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Compliance/Orders/1997/fcc97404.txt



http://www.escortstore.com/jammer.htm

[drdon326]

3. i thank you.....but...

2 out of the 3 were from 1996 and 1997 respectfully and i wonder if that applies 8 years later....but i do thank you.

[Deja Q]

2. 100% WORTHLESS WASTE OF MONEY:

Lasers work at a straight line and MUST HIT the detector to even register. Only if the sensor is placed in very close proximity to the license plate or headlight will it really register; and by then the laser detector's got you pegged.

As for radar? Oh yeah, a 1 mile distance is great... but increasingly the fuzz is using airborne methods of detection, particularly around well travelled roads. Your radar detector can be 360 degrees on the X axis, but it doesn't know there's a Z axis.

Waste of money.

$100 for a cruise control option would be money better spent, IMHO.

[drdon326]

4. I guess i've been lucky....

my old detector has saved me at least 20 times.

[drdon326]

5. kick

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[drdon326]

6. NEW DAY....NEW OPINIONS

kick

[BiggJawn]

7. "Jammers" are illegal.

Even if they don't work (which, as a "passive" device, they don't)
It's the INTENT, not the actual function that gets the FCC involved. They market it as a "jammer", so by golly, a jammer it IS...
And all a laser detector does, to qoute the owner's manual of my Escort, is to inform you that blinking lights will be following you soon.

Detectors can't keep up with changes in tactics, no matter how good they are. Now, cops wait until you're close enough to get an instant reading before they trigger their radar, so when your bird dog yelps, it's too late...

[drdon326]

15. only in like a few states

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[drdon326]

8. kick

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[drdon326]

9. kick

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[Book Lover]

10. My two cents is to go Valentine One

Never heard of Rocky Mountain; not that that means anything, of course. I have always been pleased with the performance of the Valentines, though. I'm only talking about detectors here; BL don't know 'bout those jamming claims.

I heartily recommend checking out Car & Driver's website message boards; also Automobile's baords, though heavily moderated and controlled, may be useful to you.

[drdon326]

11. COOL

THANKS

[drdon326]

12. kick

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[jdots]

13. go for the cloaking shields from Klingon co.

they cost a ton of money but i never get popped for speeding in my 75 Gremlin with it activated.

[LeftyMom]

14. OMG

Comic Shop Guy is that you?

[drdon326]

16. kick

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[drdon326]

17. Last kick for any other opinions.

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