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What’s the difference between the different bands in a radar detector?

Posted on 24 January 2009 by admin

Lexus-Nut asked:


Hey guys, i only paid for a brand new radio detector detector for my car, it is means of detecting multiform opposite bands… POP Alert, X Band, K Band, Ku Band, VG-2 Alert as well as Spectre 1 Alert. Which a single of these should i have activated during all times as well as what a disproportion in between them? Thanks

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4 Comments For This Post

  1. people are idiots Says:

    The OFF band should be activated at all times. Don’t speed and you won’t need a costly radar detector.

  2. Victor Lustig Says:

    turn them all on and dont speed

  3. godsdarkwarrior2000 Says:

    The different bands on radar are like stations on a radio. Different police forces use different bands of radar, to deal with different conditions.

    By default, they should all be on all the time

  4. Charlie T Says:

    It depends on which radar bands are used in your city. You can find a list here:

    X Band is not widely used by the police and gives radar detectors false alerts because it is also used in door openers.

    Ku Band is not yet being used in the United States. As of right now, it is only being used in Europe.

    POP Alert is not a band. POP is a short burst of radar used to defeat radar detectors. Police are not supposed to issue tickets using only POP radar. They must also use Constant On radar to confirm the results of the POP reading.
    VG-2 and Spectre 1 Alerts are both alerts for radar detector detector. If you live in a state where radar detectors are legal, you should turn these off. VG-2 and Spectre 1 are not widely used anymore anyways. Most departments use Spectre 3 and 4.

    I would turn off POP and X (depending on what is used in your area), Ku, VG-2, and Spectre 1.

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