2007 False Alarm Radar Testing

	Pages
1	Introduction
2	All Band Detection
3	False Alert Test
4	POP Mode Testing
5	Radar Detector Detector Testing
6	Laser Detection
7	Long Range Testing
8	Photo Enforcement Camera GPS Systems
9	Integrated Systems
10	Thanks!

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False Alert
Radar Detector Testing

The chief complaint with radar detector owners are false alerts. This year SML performed an extensive test on a two mile section of I-10 in downtown El Paso Texas that is saturated with X and K band false alerts that come from shopping centers, gas stations and alarm systems.

Ten common false alert locations were identified prior to the test.

False Alert Test

A series of four tests were performed with each detector in different settings that included Highway, City, City No X, and City No X No K.

Highway Mode
Detector	ﾠ

Bel STi	7 X alerts/ 1 K

Cheetah *	5 X alerts

Cobra DXRSR7	4 X alerts/3 Ka alerts

Escort 9500i	1 X alert/1 K alert

Q3 RH SM ***	3 X alerts

Q3 RH SB3 ***	6 X alerts/4 Ka alerts

Q3 RH SE ***	13 X alerts

Valentine 1	8 X alerts/2 K alerts

Whistler 78	2 X alerts/ 3 K alerts

Whistler 690	2 X alerts

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City Mode
Detector	ﾠ

Bel STi	4 X alerts

Cheetah *	0

Cobra DXRSR7	1 Ka alert

Escort 9500i	0

Q3 RH SM	NA*

Q3 RH SB3	NA*

Q3 RH SE	NA*

Valentine 1	4 X alerts/4 K alerts

Whistler 78	2 X alerts

Whistler 690	2 X alerts/1 Ka alert

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City Mode No X
Detector	ﾠ

Bel STi	0

Cheetah *	0

Cobra DXRSR7	1 Ka

Escort 9500i	0

Q3 RH SM	0

Q3 RH SB3	2 Ka

Q3 RH SE	0

Valentine 1	4 X alerts/6 K alerts

Whistler 78	2 K alerts

Whistler 690	1 K alert

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City Mode No K
Detector	ﾠ

Bel STi	0

Cheetah *	2 X alerts

Cobra DXRSR7	0

Escort 9500i	0

Q3 RH SM ***	NA*

Q3 RH SB3	2 Ka alerts

Q3 RH SE	2 X alerts

Valentine 1	NA*

Whistler 78	2 X alerts

Whistler 690	2 X alerts

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City Mode No X no K
Detector	ﾠ

Bel STi	0

Cheetah *	0

Cobra DXRSR7	0

Escort 9500i	0

Q3 RH SM	NA*

Q3 RH SB3	2 Ka alerts

Q3 RH SE	0

Valentine 1	NA*

Whistler 78	0

Whistler 690	1 Ka alert