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| grantsfo |
 Jul 11 2005, 12:16 PM
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Arrrrhhhh!  Group: Members Posts: 4,327 Joined: 16-March 03 Member No.: 433 Region Association: None  |
Just caught this on a Babbler Board - solar powered radar drones being installed along Nor Cal roads.
http://www.radarbusters.com/news/current/r...adar-drones.asp |
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| TonyAKAVW |
Jul 11 2005, 03:38 PM
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That's my ride. Group: Members Posts: 2,151 Joined: 17-January 03 From: Redondo Beach, CA Member No.: 166 Region Association: None |
Visible vandalism won't cure the problem. It will be obvious that something has been done and then it will get repaired. Instead, how about either snipping the wire to the solar panel or covering the antenna opening with a piece of foil. Or if its a horn antenna just stuff some alumium foil in there.
Better yet, these things are probably cheapo Gunn diode oscillators in a cavity that is tuned by a screw. It would probably be tough to get into the thing and tune the screw, but you could probably tune it well out of the K band that radar detectors look for. This would still show up as a functioning unit when they go to check them if all they are looking for is some microwave energy. The chances that they use a 24 GHz frequency counter to verify operation is probably low. -Tony |
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grantsfo Holy #$# Radar Drones! Jul 11 2005, 12:16 PM
balljoint Glad to see that they didn't go with the first... Jul 11 2005, 12:20 PM MikeP nothing a .22 rifle won't take care of Jul 11 2005, 12:24 PM grantsfo Jul 11 2005, 12:26 PM bperry That's kind of interesting. I'm assuming t... Jul 11 2005, 12:43 PM nebreitling yup. i've noticed this already on my drives f... Jul 11 2005, 12:46 PM ClayPerrine A can of black spray paint will render the solar p... Jul 11 2005, 01:39 PM redshift http://www.914world.com/bbs2/htm... Jul 11 2005, 01:43 PM grantsfo I just wonder how long before night time raids on ... Jul 11 2005, 01:52 PM nebreitling ... Jul 11 2005, 02:42 PM Brando I'd be happy to help organize some re-painting... Jul 11 2005, 02:54 PM fiid I sent an email to SNAFU alerting them of this. S... Jul 11 2005, 03:16 PM ClayPerrine Do these little monsters sit right next to the roa... Jul 11 2005, 03:18 PM richardL My wife commutes along 280 and uses the 911 in nic... Jul 11 2005, 03:49 PM nebreitling these things are located way up high on overhead s... Jul 11 2005, 03:51 PM Midtowner Here's what a friend found on the Los Altos po... Jul 11 2005, 04:09 PM chilli http://www.914world.com/bbs2... Jul 11 2005, 04:14 PM Midtowner I wonder if a CHP officer has any communications l... Jul 11 2005, 05:12 PM Midtowner Oh yeah, one more thing: They call it Hwy 280 beca... Jul 11 2005, 05:14 PM Brando I'm usually on the freeway doing 80... keeping... Jul 11 2005, 05:16 PM bd1308 why have them solar powered if they are actually b... Jul 11 2005, 06:09 PM Red-Beard I doubt they are legel if they are nothing more th... Jul 11 2005, 09:04 PM Midtowner Found in today's San Jose Mercury News. They ... Jul 12 2005, 02:43 PM cnavarro I swear that the "deer warning system" i've se... Jul 12 2005, 02:56 PM Midtowner Okay, so it's for traffic reporting only howev... Jul 12 2005, 03:12 PM ! Hmmm, very timely thread. My detector was having ... Jul 12 2005, 04:06 PM redshift Soon, they will be tagging, and then releasing us ... Jul 12 2005, 04:33 PM Tom73 Jul 12 2005, 04:43 PM Brando ... Jul 12 2005, 06:09 PM scotty b http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/... Jul 12 2005, 06:26 PM dgw the trouble with is that the real idiots are unaff... Jul 12 2005, 10:11 PM jkeyzer The whole idea of using radar drones to set off ra... Jul 12 2005, 10:17 PM snflupigus This is retarded.... somebody made a few grand sel... Jul 12 2005, 10:43 PM ! Yeah....makes sense.....guy/gal in a hotrod crams ... Jul 12 2005, 11:17 PM
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