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Radar Detector Test 2008 - Multanova 6F 34.3GHzIf you have been following our radar detector tests over the last two years you are more than likely used to how we test. Pretty simply, we line up each of the radar detectors and one at a time (with only one powered up at a time to eliminate interference) we drive past the Multanova a couple of times and measure the warning distance. We know all to well that the poor quality detectors do little more than give you enough time to smile for the photo, but with a power output that can be set as low as 0.2mw even the best detectors only give a couple of hundred meters warning. Compare this to the several kilometres warning you can get on a high powered dash mounted mobile radar in a Highway patrol car, and you can appreciate the deadliness of these speed cameras. The US is fortunate (so far) in that they have yet to adopt this European style photo-radar, on a wide scale, although reading the forums it seems it is inevitable to come to the US at some time soon. If you're a some-what seasoned radar detector hobbyist driving in an area that deploys these Multanova speed cameras, you'll already know that a radar detector that has the ability to reduce the Ka-band spectrum at which it needs to scan [for the 34GHz signal] known in the industry as Ka-narrow band gives you a much greater warning than a "conventional" or Ka super-wide band scanning detector. You see in the USA there are 3 main Ka band frequencies used, corresponding to the 3 largest police radar manufacturer's; MPH's 33.8. Stalker's 34.7GHz and Kustom Signal's 35.5GHZ Therefore a radar detector made for the US market (and let's face it, most detectors manufactured are done so aimed at the US market) needs to scan all the way from 33.8GHz up to 35.5GHz in order to be able to detect all 3 main US manufacturer's frequencies. K-band (24.15GHz) does not enjoy the same wide spectrum (2.6GHz to be exact) that the Ka-band has allocated. That is why there is only 1 K-band frequency, but yet several Ka-band frequencies In Australia, the ACMA has only allocated a range of 34.1 to 35.1Ghz for the use of police radar (as well as the older 24.1GHz K-band frequency) which means you won't find a MPG Bee 33.8 operating in Australia, and you won't find a Kustom operating at 35.5GHz. In Australia Kustom signals has made a specially tuned Ka-band radar at 35.1GHz with reports of a 34.9GHz in existence. Only Stalker at 34.7GHz doesn't need to modify it's operating frequency to use in Australia. Decatur Genosis in Australia also operates at 35.1GHz So on to our test. You may recognise the location of the speed camera in these videos from previous tests. It seems we've found a spot they like to frequently set up a Multanova speed camera, which makes it handy when we need to test radar detectors. With the release of the Escort Passport 9500ci, the Rev c software from the Whistler group, and a few models sent over from China & Japan, we just had to line them all up against the camera for a 2008 show down. The tests made are as per most of our previous methods. The camera has been set up facing oncoming traffic - in other words taking a photo of the front of the car just before you pass the camera. In most European countries, the camera is set up opposite - in other words facing the direction of traffic flow, so it is taking a photo of the rear of your car after you have passed the camera. In this scenario it is much harder to detect the camera since the radar beam is firing in the opposite direction to you, and thus you're relying on the radar beam reflecting of objects, and coming back towards your radar detector antenna Unfortunately due to the positioning of this camera, we were not able to make these "rear facing" test shots, but you can be assured, that the results would be even worse if the camera was set up in this fashion. 2008 Multanova 6F 34.3GHz Speed camera test Results shown by table:
Click on any of the Radar Detector names in the table above to watch the corresponding video of the test. Notes: Pro78 Rev A & Rev B tests were conducted the year before - we have simply added the results in to this table for your reference. Rizen RZ-730 was on a different day to the other tests, with the camera set up approx 100m further than the other tests, however we have included the results in this table as a comparison.
Results shown by table:
Click on any of the Radar Detector names in the table above to watch the corresponding video of the test. Results shown by graph: 2008 Ka-band 35.1GHz Dash Mounted Radar test Results shown by table:
Click on any of the Radar Detector names in the table above to watch the corresponding video of the test. * The Bel 966r cannot detect Ka 34.7, 35.1 or 35.5GHz Results shown by graph: 
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