2006 Over The Hill Testing

	Pages
1	Introduction
2	Instant On
3	Over The Hill
4	POP Mode Testing
5	Long Range Testing
6	Radar Detector Detector Introduction
7	VG-2 Testing
8	Spectre Testing
9	MD-3 Testing
10	Laser Detection
11	Radar Cross Section
12	SWS and Safety Alert
13	Active Laser Jamming
14	Veil Stealth Coating
15	Stealth Hog II
16	Stealth R1
17	Stealth Ninja
18	Stealth Vette
19	Thanks!

Speed Labs

Over The Hill
Radar Detector Testing

The sensitivity of a radar detector, is an important factor in determining its ability to detect a radar signal over a hill. Line of sight reception is much easier and the sensitivity of a detector is directly related to its ability to see around corners or over a hill. The better sensitivity of a detector, the better it performs over the hill.

SML 2006 Texas DPS

Test vehicles were placed 1/4 and 1/2 miles from the base van over a hill. Again instant on and constant on transmissions using all three Ka band frequencies.

During the 1/2 mile test, there were three tests. Y indicates that the detector alerted, and N means that it didn't:

Over the Hill 1/2 Mile
Detector	X Instant	K Instant	Ka Instant

Bel RX65	Y,Y,Y	Y,Y,Y	Y,Y,Y

Bel STi Driver	Y,Y,Y	Y,Y,Y	Y,Y,Y

Bel V995	Y,Y,Y	Y,Y,Y	Y,Y,N

Cheetah *		N,Y,Y	N,N,N

Cobra 9730	Y,Y,Y	N,N,N	N,N,N

Cobra 9430	Y,Y,Y	N,N,N	N,N,N

Escort 8500 X50	Y,Y,Y	Y,Y,Y	N,Y,N

PNI Steel Eye	N,Y,Y	N,Y,N	N,N,N

Valentine 1	Y,Y,Y	Y,Y,Y	N,N,N

Whistler 325	Y,Y,Y	Y,Y,Y	N,N,N

Whistler 560	Y,Y,Y	Y,N,Y	N,N,N

Whistler Fuzion	Y,Y,Y	N,N,N	N,N,N

Over the Hill 1/2 Mile
Detector	X Constant	K Constant	Ka Constant

Bel RX65	Y,Y,Y	Y,Y,Y	Y,Y,Y

Bel STi Driver	Y,Y,Y	Y,Y,Y	Y,Y,Y

Bel V995	Y,Y,Y	Y,Y,Y	Y,Y,Y

Cheetah *		Y,N,Y	N,N,N

Cobra 9730	Y,Y,Y	N,N,N	N,N,N

Cobra 9430	Y,Y,Y	N,N,N	N,N,N

Escort 8500 X50	Y,Y,Y	Y,Y,Y	N,Y,Y

PNI Steel Eye	N,Y,Y	N,Y,Y	N,N,N

Valentine 1	Y,Y,Y	Y,Y,Y	Y,N,Y

Whistler 325	Y,Y,Y	Y,N,N	N,Y,N

Whistler 560	Y,Y,Y	Y,Y,N	N,N,N

Whistler Fuzion	Y,Y,Y	N,Y,Y	N,N,N

During the 1/4 mile test, there was only one test.

Over the Hill 1420 Feet
Detector	X Instant	K Instant	Ka Instant

Bel RX65	Y	Y	Y

Bel STi Driver	Y	Y	Y

Bel V995	Y	Y	Y

Cheetah *		N	N

Cobra 9730	Y	Y	Y

Cobra 9430	Y	N	Y

Escort 8500 X50	Y	Y	Y

PNI Steel Eye	Y	Y	Y

Valentine 1	Y	Y	Y

Whistler 325	Y	Y	N

Whistler 560	Y	Y	Y

Whistler Fuzion	Y	Y	N

Over the Hill 1420 Feet
Detector	X Constant	K Constant	Ka Constant

Bel RX65	Y	Y	Y

Bel STi Driver	Y	Y	Y

Bel V995	Y	Y	Y

Cheetah *		Y	N

Cobra 9730	Y	Y	Y

Cobra 9430	Y	N	Y

Escort 8500 X50	Y	Y	Y

PNI Steel Eye	Y	Y	Y

Valentine 1	Y	Y	Y

Whistler 325	Y	Y	Y

Whistler 560	Y	Y	Y

Whistler Fuzion	Y	Y	N

* The Cheetah was a remote mounted European model radar detector. It did not have X band and it was tuned for Ka Narrow Band.

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Over The Hill Radar Detector Testing

Over The Hill
Radar Detector Testing