Police Radar Frequency

[CAboi]

Hey Everyone, i recently purchased a radar detector. It contains X, K, Ka and Laser band. If i was to only drive within city area and deerfoot etc. Are there any bands that i could turn off while i drive to reduce false alerts? and what is the common police radar frequency that they use nowadays? also, if the cop doesnt turn on their radar, my detector wont be able to detect them right?

Thanks for everyone's advice! :)

[TYMSMNY]

X is useless.

Ka = po po

[Grogador]

In the city, you want a laser jammer/shifter. Your radar detector might detect the odd photo radar van, but mostly you'll be finding motion-detection door openers. On the highway, watch for cruisers with dash-mounted Ka :D

[CAboi]

so should i be turning x and k band when im driving then? cuz whenever i pass the 64th ave exit on deerfoot, the thing will start beeping alerting K band.

[CAboi]

and isnt laser jammer illegal in Alberta?

[Sentry]

Nope.

[revelations]

Originally posted by CAboi
and isnt laser jammer illegal in Alberta?

ie. lidar interference... no

[bjstare]

^What?! Interesting. Didn't know that before.

[CAboi]

ohhh. ic ic. but nowadays, the cops never turn on the radar unless they think that a car is going fast right? so pretty much the detector is useless?

[Jetta-2.0]

what does the "K" mean? i always slow down when i see the "K" or the "KA" i know the KA is the cops cuz every time it beeps on the KA i look and i see a cop around the area. Also it always beeps KA on the radar vans

[Sentry]

K and X are both bands that used to be in use but aren't anymore.

There might be some old guns at some hick ass towns but in and around the city it's gonna be KA or laser.

[Jetta-2.0]

Originally posted by Sentry
K and X are both bands that used to be in use but aren't anymore.

There might be some old guns at some hick ass towns but in and around the city it's gonna be KA or laser.

I see, i have a cheap cobra one i got for free from my brother in law. It has saved me many times but annoying cuz it beeps alot on K and X band

[e31]

Originally posted by CAboi
ohhh. ic ic. but nowadays, the cops never turn on the radar unless they think that a car is going fast right? so pretty much the detector is useless?

A while ago I was on the #1 West of the city and was passing some slow cars going up a hill. I was doing the speed limit when at the top of the hill my 9500ix goes batshit crazy. I couldn't see any police anywhere until I looked in my rearview and he was right on the bumper. At that moment I'm thinking FFFFUUUUUUU, but as I move to the right lane he floors it and cuts me off to catch the offramp (where there is another cop car on a call already).

That was a relief, but considering I was doing the speedlimit with a $500 detector :facepalm: I had nothing to worry about if I was pulled over.

[Jay911]

Originally posted by CAboi
so should i be turning x and k band when im driving then? cuz whenever i pass the 64th ave exit on deerfoot, the thing will start beeping alerting K band.

Right near the airport you say? Do you know what they do there? ;)

[R&D]

Originally posted by e31


A while ago I was on the #1 West of the city and was passing some slow cars going up a hill. I was doing the speed limit when at the top of the hill my 9500ix goes batshit crazy. I couldn't see any police anywhere until I looked in my rearview and he was right on the bumper. At that moment I'm thinking FFFFUUUUUUU, but as I move to the right lane he floors it and cuts me off to catch the offramp (where there is another cop car on a call already).

That was a relief, but considering I was doing the speedlimit with a $500 detector :facepalm: I had nothing to worry about if I was pulled over.

I have a 9500IX as well, they are good from the back, as are they from the front 360 actually, have you come across photo radar with it yet?? It picks them up really good as well, I picked photo radar a block away from the side of it, he was facing south and I was facing east.

[Awd-Tsi]

my x50 blue has laser as well, I have seen cops point it at me and it works, kinda need a jammer for this to be effective though. KA i have noticed is ALWAYS a cop.

[bituerbo]

K-band is used heavily ouside of urban areas. As soon as you hit the highway, turn K back on. Ka/laser in the city. And to be truly 'covered' get a laser jammer. If a detector goes off on laser, it's already too late.

The two best names in the game are:
Blinder M27/M47 (difference is 2 jammer heads instead of 4)
Laser Interceptor

I haven't received a ticket since July of 2009, which was when I installed my Blinder M27.

[m3doozie]

Originally posted by bituerbo
If a detector goes off on laser, it's already too late.

Not totally true. If the officer is tagging people up ahead, it will go off and warn you. If you are the only car, yes it is probably too late. My laser went off last week in the deep south, and approx 1/2 km ahead he waved someone over with the gun still in his hand (this is a V1 unit).

The KA is dash/trunk mounted radar in the police traffic vehicles. I have noticed that X and K go off on red light cameras, MN trucks here in town (with a V1), but usually they are electric doors at Co-op for example, or if you have a high priced detector, it will pick up the 50.00 visions detectors from other cars and them out as X or K. The Escort and V1's will also pick up small amounts of radar that come off some of the newer cars' rear lights. The V1 also gets tricked from the driver assists on newer Cadillacs and report it as laser.... although it flashes sorry for getting tricked.

Just remember, cops don't use laser from moving vehciles, can't hit you from the sides, and will always sit at the same spots that they have picked out where their signal won't get messed with (like under bridges, long straights...)

[toastgremlin]

Originally posted by m3doozie
The V1 also gets tricked from the driver assists on newer Cadillacs and report it as laser.... although it flashes sorry for getting tricked. The V1 apologizes to you?

[Awd-Tsi]

Originally posted by m3doozie


The V1 also gets tricked from the driver assists on newer Cadillacs and report it as laser.... although it flashes sorry for getting tricked.

damn I wish mine said sorry when it goes off for every bank.

[m3doozie]

Originally posted by toastgremlin
The V1 apologizes to you?

Yep then it hands you a beer.

[LEGiiT]

Most of the time laser jamming systems don't work because the laser 'beam' (for lack of a better word) does not hit directly on the jamming bar, like it is supposed too. I personally have an x50 blue, saved my ass on highway with Ka, but I do get the odd Laser in the city or in the bushes of the highway luckily I'm not doing more than 10 over. My mom has the 9500ix installed with the laser jammer's -- good feature about that is it is GPS and will tell you all the of photoradar so you can think twice about running that yellow light :)

[R&D]

Originally posted by bituerbo
K-band is used heavily ouside of urban areas. As soon as you hit the highway, turn K back on. Ka/laser in the city. And to be truly 'covered' get a laser jammer. If a detector goes off on laser, it's already too late.

The two best names in the game are:
Blinder M27/M47 (difference is 2 jammer heads instead of 4)
Laser Interceptor

I haven't received a ticket since July of 2009, which was when I installed my Blinder M27.

Did you every get your blinder checked by someone with a gun??

Glad to hear you have not gotten a ticket for so long.

[R&D]

Originally posted by Awd-Tsi
damn I wish mine said sorry when it goes off for every bank.

The Escort 9500IX does, it recognizes false signals, and stores them in it memory bank, till and if it doesn't read it there any more then it reinstall es the stored signal, does your V1 do that???

I am sure the V1 has +'s as does the 9500IX over the V1.......:)

[boarderfatty]

I have the 9500ci and love it, the laser jammer I believe emits something not absorbs the laser I think, I know it has worked for me. I find Ka is what 99% of the guns police use are. but I find that most of the photo radar (in Edmonton anyways) still uses K band, I have only found 2 radar trucks in the city that use Ka band so far.

[Awd-Tsi]

Originally posted by R&D


The Escort 9500IX does, it recognizes false signals, and stores them in it memory bank, till and if it doesn't read it there any more then it reinstall es the stored signal, does your V1 do that???

I am sure the V1 has +'s as does the 9500IX over the V1.......:) My x50 is like "lol fucked up again, nothing I can do about it"

[AaronK]

I have been looking into getting a laser/radar jammer but have no clue which one to get. This thread has helped a lot so far, thanks guys

[bituerbo]

Originally posted by R&D


Did you every get your blinder checked by someone with a gun??

Glad to hear you have not gotten a ticket for so long.

No but I used a sony handycam with Nighsthot (picks up the infrared light) to aim the heads, and verified working with a TV remote.

I'm up in area code 780 this week and next if you happen to know someone with a gun, or want to do a mini meeet.

[RC-Cola]

There is some mis-information on this thread.

I have a 9500ix and blinder M27 fitted on to my car. It doesn't provide 100% coverage but about as close as you can get.

Here is what you need to know:

City Cops - if they are stationary they are using laser. A radar/laser detector (like the 9500ix or V1's) will inform you that you are being painted, however by that time it's too late and you'll be busted. Photo radar vans and trucks on teh side of the road use Ka band exclusively. My 9500ix detects them from about 500 meters away which normally gives you more than enough time to slow down. Where I find the 9500ix the MOST useful is detecting roaming undercover cops on the deerfoot/crowchild that turn on their radar to snapdetect a car. Most DO NOT leave their radar on all the time, however the 9500ix detects from a long ways away so when they paint another car at distance you'll know about it.

The laser jammer works VERY well, but needs to be mounted properly to work. It needs to have a clear view of the road in front of the car at a high viewing angle. So far I can say it has definately prevented me from getting at least 6 tickets this past summer. Nothing is better then having a cop hit your car with the laser to get JTG (Jam To Gun) signal and slap the side of the laser gun! I have been pulled over twice by cops asking why they couldn't get a reading on my car. That being said if I get hit from a high angle (bridge deck) or from behind I'm screwed. You can get the M47 version which covers front and back of your car at twice the cost.

Highway - Most cops use Ka with some using K bands. Typically if they are lazy they leave the radar on and you'll know they are there from miles away. However watch out for smarter cops who snap on their gun while driving the opposite direction. Nothing will protect you from that! The only thing that you will get from that is notice you're about to get a ticket!

In the end you have to decide what type of driving you do. If you cruise the deerfoot and highways alot buy a radar detector. I liked the 9500ix as it has GPS so you get warnings on stop light cameras (not radar based) and learns false hits so you get less alarms all the time. If you drive in the city 90% of the time by a Jammer. I got mine from Tunerworks and after I installed it they tested it for me while I drove down the street with their laser.