# cop radars **URL:** \ **Category:** Shift518 Automotive\ **Created:** [August 25, 2011, 1:17pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cop-radars/260163 "2011-08-25T13:17:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![bennyfizzle](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bennyfizzle/32/6291_2.png) [@bennyfizzle](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bennyfizzle)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2011, 4:05pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cop-radars/260163/21 "2011-08-25T16:05:04Z")
On the flipside, Steve Klopman’s passport has picked up radar WELL before my V1.8 (most recent version as well btw) in ‘A’ (“All” mode, aka no filter, with x-band turned off) mode got a hit. Also, I seem to encounter an issue when multiple detectors are around where the V1 will give a significantly reduced signal strength, or not giving a hit at all. Weird. ---
**Author:** ![Mark355](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mark355/32/6528_2.png) [@Mark355](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Mark355)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2011, 4:28pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cop-radars/260163/22 "2011-08-25T16:28:19Z")
Run an 8500 X50 here. Very happy with it. Can’t go wrong with the V1, but it looks like something made in the 1970s. Ugly ass thing to have in your car. ---
**Author:** ![kramerbuccs24](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/kramerbuccs24/32/6397_2.png) [@kramerbuccs24](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/kramerbuccs24)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2011, 4:40pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cop-radars/260163/23 "2011-08-25T16:40:30Z")
8500 on a budget, v1 if you’re ballin. anything else is useless. ---
**Author:** ![CDecker0218](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5daacb/32.png) [@CDecker0218](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/CDecker0218)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2011, 5:20pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cop-radars/260163/24 "2011-08-25T17:20:24Z")
I have the Passport x50 and the v1. both are great. I would pick the v1 over the the passport though. ---
**Author:** ![slickshift42](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/slickshift42/32/6680_2.png) [@slickshift42](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/slickshift42)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2011, 5:35pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cop-radars/260163/25 "2011-08-25T17:35:41Z")
thanks a lot guys, a big help! ---
**Author:** ![ninety1two40](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ninety1two40/32/6332_2.png) [@ninety1two40](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ninety1two40)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2011, 7:27pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cop-radars/260163/26 "2011-08-25T19:27:42Z")
> [@Custom 1/18 Scale Trans-bird](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/custom-1-18-scale-trans-bird/44881/5): > > by the time your detectors gone off, the cop already has the mph back at his car…just my 2 cents false :lol valentine one or escort passport 8500 x50 (has better range than the valentine, its been documented) ---
**Author:** ![Eatonualive](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/eatonualive/32/6442_2.png) [@Eatonualive](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Eatonualive)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2011, 7:30pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cop-radars/260163/27 "2011-08-25T19:30:33Z")
i actually pull over down the street and laser the cop right back…first one to stop doing a burnout is declared the loser ---
**Author:** ![ninety1two40](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ninety1two40/32/6332_2.png) [@ninety1two40](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ninety1two40)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2011, 7:32pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cop-radars/260163/28 "2011-08-25T19:32:01Z")
Far as I know it’s not illegal to jam laser ---
**Author:** ![DannyboyUpstate](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/dannyboyupstate/32/6313_2.png) [@DannyboyUpstate](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/DannyboyUpstate)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2011, 7:41pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cop-radars/260163/29 "2011-08-25T19:41:32Z")
I have a V1. It’s served me well. Couple of saves. I don’t drive like a maniac all the time though. The key to ANY radar detection regardless of brand/technology; is to understand what ways the police use different speed detection equipment, and the manner in which they operate. ---
**Author:** ![ninety1two40](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ninety1two40/32/6332_2.png) [@ninety1two40](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ninety1two40)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2011, 7:45pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cop-radars/260163/30 "2011-08-25T19:45:41Z")
> [@The "Oil Prices" thread.](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-oil-prices-thread/44739/128): > > I have a V1. It’s served me well. Couple of saves. I don’t drive like a maniac all the time though. > > The key to ANY radar detection regardless of brand/technology; is to understand what ways the police use different speed detection equipment, and the manner in which they operate. Agree 100%. You have to understand how the radar works, and the fact it can reflect off of other objects and that the cops can adjust the power output of their radar guns. ---
**Author:** ![slickshift42](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/slickshift42/32/6680_2.png) [@slickshift42](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/slickshift42)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2011, 7:47pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cop-radars/260163/31 "2011-08-25T19:47:29Z")
what do you mean by jamming a laser? like making it radar too? or…? ---
**Author:** ![jdaniels](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jdaniels/32/6399_2.png) [@jdaniels](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/jdaniels)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2011, 7:51pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cop-radars/260163/32 "2011-08-25T19:51:22Z")
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**Author:** ![TurboTravis](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/turbotravis/32/6406_2.png) [@TurboTravis](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TurboTravis)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2011, 7:52pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cop-radars/260163/33 "2011-08-25T19:52:41Z")
V1\>, and its legal to jam laser, not radar. ---
**Author:** ![Vovchandr](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/vovchandr/32/6275_2.png) [@Vovchandr](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Vovchandr)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2011, 8:01pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cop-radars/260163/34 "2011-08-25T20:01:33Z")
> [@Bernanke: "...We're \*\*\*\*ed"](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bernanke-were-ed/44892/35): > > V1\>, and its legal to jam laser, not radar. Passive radar jamming is legal but useless. Active jamming works but is illegal. Laser jamming ftw. ---
**Author:** ![ninety1two40](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ninety1two40/32/6332_2.png) [@ninety1two40](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ninety1two40)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2011, 8:08pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cop-radars/260163/35 "2011-08-25T20:08:32Z")
passive jamming? any decent power transmission of a signal at the frequencies used by the police radar bands (K, Ka) is illegal per FCC ---
**Author:** ![kramerbuccs24](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/kramerbuccs24/32/6397_2.png) [@kramerbuccs24](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/kramerbuccs24)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2011, 8:24pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cop-radars/260163/36 "2011-08-25T20:24:33Z")
well the FCC wont let me be or let me be me so let me see ---
**Author:** ![slwrthnu](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/slwrthnu/32/6296_2.png) [@slwrthnu](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/slwrthnu)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2011, 8:37pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cop-radars/260163/37 "2011-08-25T20:37:20Z")
v1 or an escort passport. if your not spending 300 bucks on a radar detector you might as well light your money on fire because your wasting it. ---
**Author:** ![twomodified4u](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/twomodified4u/32/6568_2.png) [@twomodified4u](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/twomodified4u)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2011, 8:48pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cop-radars/260163/38 "2011-08-25T20:48:33Z")
I have a whistler pro 78se best bang for the buck has auto silence mode and led mode. Has saved me alot of hassles. ---
**Author:** ![Mk4\_30R\_Ban](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mk4_30r_ban/32/6347_2.png) [@Mk4\_30R\_Ban](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Mk4_30R_Ban)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2011, 9:43pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cop-radars/260163/39 "2011-08-25T21:43:25Z")
> [@Good deals on external hard drive?](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/good-deals-on-external-hard-drive/44888/9): > > I’ve had the V1 pick up Ka and beep away for a long time before the patrol car is visible. Plus it’s fun backing off and having another car zip by quick and get nabbed :haha all the time, just happened monday on the thruway, was doing 72-74 cruising. silver 996 went buzzing by probably 85-90. 10 minutes later i went right by him with the yellow and blue behind him :lol ---
**Author:** ![ramairetransam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/58956e/32.png) [@ramairetransam](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ramairetransam)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2011, 4:23am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cop-radars/260163/40 "2011-08-26T04:23:53Z")
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