re best radar detector valentine from article apr sequent com by troy sequent com troy wecker earlier i commented on the valentine and jimf centerline com replied about the value of the units bogey counter i didn t really go into why i called this feature a gimmick so here is more explanation thanks jim for the good comments and opinion from what i understand the valentine can only tell if these microwaves are coming from the front rear or both there are only two antennas if they are coming from both this in interpreted as a side bogey bogey counts are determined as sources by their relative strength to one another even if they are reflections of the same source it sounds like your analysis is based on hypothesis and not actually using the valentine i d like to give some feedback based on real life experince i keep the valentine in advanced logic mode and it rarely lights up as a christmas tree the only time it does is when i am in the middle of a major shopping area and then it makes sense that is does since there are sources coming from many different directions i have found the valentine to be consistent in its reporting of bogeys regardless of any moving cars in the area i have found the directional indication to be very useful in one case there was two radar traps set up within one mile of each other as i passed the first radar trap the direction indication changed then the detector was set off again pointing in the forward direction with other radar detectors i would have assumed that this was due to a reflection but with the valentine i knew there was a high probability that there was another trap and there was on other occasions the directional helped discern a false alarm from a true alarm for example as i pass a source the direction indicator changes the directional also allows me to focus my attention as to where the signal might be coming from instead of having to look all over the place when a car is approaching me from the rear with a detector that leaks i can tell that the signal is coming from the rear and as the car passes me i can verify the source with other detectors i would have been unable to do this and would have had to assume that there was a radar trap when there was none i ve had the valentine for several months now and find its added features to be useful and not gimmicks barry barry frishberg blf apollo ch hp com chelmsford uk expert center tn chelmsford ma
