[mvpel]

Just got myself a Cobra 6870 11-band, and bought my brother a 10-band Cobra for his birthday a month ago. Just yesterday he managed to avoid a CHP Ka gun on his way to Sacramento - the detector paid for itself right there.

One interesting thing, though, is that the San Francisco Bay Bridge seems to generate a large amount of X-band hits. Our theory is that they're using automated X-band devices for traffic flow measurement, so they can tell when and where traffic suddenly slows down due to an accident or some such.

[Constitutionalist Conservative]

Our theory is that they're using automated X-band devices for traffic flow measurement

I wonder -- would it be cost-effective for a city to set up x-band devices in problem areas just to "ping" cars with radar detectors and get them to slow down? Dunno if anyone does that already.

[GATOR NAVY]

One interesting thing, though, is that the San Francisco Bay Bridge seems to generate a large amount of X-band hits.

X-band includes the 3 cm radars used on most ocean-going ships. I wouldn't be suprised if you're picking up shipboard emmissions reflecting off the cables on the bridge.