2003 Radar Detector POP Testing

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Speed Labs

Bee III POP
Radar Detector Test

MPH has developed POP mode for use in their police radar guns. POP mode allows an officer to send a quick "burst" to allow an officer to get a quick and accurate speed checks without alerting approaching vehicles. MPH claims that 95% of all the radar detectors in use today cannot pick-up their radar guns while being operated in their POP mode.

Radar Roy evaluating the MPH POP 3 hand held radar gun

However when an officer uses this POP mode, he is unable to lock a violators speed into his gun, nor is he able to establish a tracking history of the target vehicle, until he switches over to conventional mode.

Many radar detector companies have been discounting the importance of POP radar because of the officer's inability to lock on or to establish the tracking history. However POP is gaining in popularity as evidenced with the Nevada Highway Patrol now outfitting their patrol cars with POP radar.

The following are the Bee POP results from the 2003 Speed Measurement Laboratories testing:

POP MODE Ka - 1/4 mile test
Detector	Test 1	Test 2
Attowave 2	Not Detected	Detected
Bel 985	Detected	Detected
Cobra 9210	Not Detected	Not Detected
Cobra 9870	Detected	Detected
Escort 8500	Not Detected	Detected
Escort SR7	Not Detected
MRD1000A	Not Detected	Not Detected
MRD1000B	Not Detected	Not Detected
MRD1000C	Not Detected	Not Detected
MRD 2000	Not Detected	Not Detected
PNI Zodiac A	Not Detected	Not Detected
PNI Zodiac B	Not Detected	Not Detected
Rocky Mountain Radar DSL102	Not Detected	Not Detected
Valentine 1	Not Detected	Not Detected
Whistler 1783	Not Detected	Not Detected
Whistler 1793	Detected	Detected
Whistler 3400	Not Detected

POP MODE K (hand held) - 1/4 mile test
Detector	Test 1	Test 2
Attowave 2	Detected	Detected
Bel 985	Detected	Detected
Cobra 9210	Not Detected	Not Detected
Cobra 9870	Detected	Detected
Escort 8500	Not Detected	Not Detected
MRD1000A	Not Detected
MRD1000B	Detected
MRD1000C	Not Detected	Not Detected
MRD 2000	Detected	Detected
PNI Zodiac A	Not Detected
PNI Zodiac B	Not Detected
Rocky Mountain Radar DSL102	Not Detected
Valentine 1	Detected	Detected
Whistler 1783	Detected	Detected
Whistler 1793	Detected	Detected
Whistler 3400	Not Detected	Detected

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