Radar Scrambling

[John Hess]

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From:  Tim Drury[SMTP:tim.drury at gtri.gatech.edu]
Sent:  Tuesday, April 22, 1997 9:21 AM
To:  'diy_efi at coulomb.eng.ohio-state.edu'
Subject:  Re: Radar Scrambling


>I know this is ludicrously off-topic, but the people in this 
newsgroup seem to know engineering, electronics and cars --
>does anyone have any good/bad experiences with any police radar 
scramblers?
>
>geoff

Never used one myself, although they seem deceptively easy to build. 
 But for those of us
in the US the penalty is 10yrs in jail and/or $100K in fines for 
illegal broadcasting.  I think
an active jammer would be easy to detect and see when your pulled 
over.

And the FCC takes this very seriously.  They have stopped the police 
in some states from
putting broadcast radars on overpasses/bridges.  Those were being used 
to keep your detector
running non-stop for miles.

Passive radar evasion on the other hand....  Why do you think the 
radiator on the LT-1 cars
is tilted back and not at a right-angle with the road?

Actually, to lower the hood line and still get the correctly sized 
radiator in the car.

 Why do you think Vette's and F-body's are almost entirely fiberglass? 

In the case of the 'vette, it is as much tradition as anything else. 
 Would you believe that it is faster and cheaper (to meet the federal 
impact regs and) to manufacture these parts in plastic than in metal 
(for the size of the production run)?

I'm sure they didn't build these cars with radar evasion as a
top priority, but it seems like an awfully nice side-effect.

-tim