radar detector detectors here s one i hope some knowledgeable readers will make a comment or contribution to in the state of virginia radar detectors are illegal period if you are caught with one it will be confiscated on the spot and will not be returned until after you appear in court and pay your fine the fine for having a radar detector accessible in a motor vehicle even if it is not on is sorry tourist ignorance of the law is no excuse they will get you too it used to be that the only way the law could be enforced was for an officer to actually see the radar detector not any more many law enforcement agencies are now using radar detector detectors right a super sensitive receiver that is capable of picking up rf from the radar detector itself my first reaction was no way but guess again these little buggers really work and the police are writing citations right and left for people using radar detectors one news story quoted an officer as saying that he had found the radar detector in all of the cars he stopped except one and he could never figure out where it was but he knew it was there this tends to make one assume there are few false arrest now before i get flamed please understand that i do drive at or near the speed limit i do not need a radar detector to keep me from getting a speeding ticket but i do like to know when my speed is being clocked or a speed trap is functioning my radar detector now stays locked in my trunk when i am in virginia which is what they want and yes what the law says and i intend to obey the law and is only used in states where it is legal for my fellow hams i am not a microwave person my mind only works in the hf spectrum between and meters microwave enlightment may be necessary so the questions are what do the radar detector detectors actually detect would additional shielding grounding bypassing shield stray rf generated by a radar detector or is the rf actually being emitted by the detector antenna are any brands quieter than others randy t agee ars wb bzx at some point you probably pondered the p o box th floor meaning of life and you came up with a virginia department of education satisfactory answer which has or has not richmond va stood the test of time or you shrugged phone mightily muttered beats the heck out of ragee vdoe vak ed edu me and ordered a cheeseburger
