T&T: Radar Detectors at Sea

[Patrick And Margie Connor]

I've received a couple of comments from folks who drive around marinas and 
haven't gotten any detections on their radar detectors.  I also got a reply 
from a gent who used to use them on offshore sailboat races with good 
success.

I suspect that to reduce false alarms, the newer generation of radar 
detectors have become a lot more sophisticated in the way they detect 
doppler traffic radars.   They are able to discriminate between a doppler 
radar and a simple pulse radar.  I received another comment that the new 
detectors are very directional.  My current unit is advertised to detect 
traffic radars either in front or behind your vehicle.  The directional 
problem could be solved with a simple wide-angle reflector, but if the units 
can discriminate between traffic and marine radars there's no point.

I'm going to see if I can find an old unit to test along side my fairly new 
detector.  No real point in this other than to keep an idle mind busy.

Patrick Connor
"Cheers"  Prairie 36
Fort Myers, FL