What causes Ka band false alerts?

These false alarms come from moving vehicles with advanced safety systems . Some examples of these systems include auto-pilot, radar cruise control, adaptive cruise control and blind spot monitoring systems. These systems emit K band radar signals which will confuse the radar detector.

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What can set off Ka band?

A short K-band signal that quickly disappears could well be from Blind Spot Monitoring radar in a passing vehicle . If it’s a Ka-band alert, most likely it’s instant-on radar working traffic up ahead. With the radar on hold, the officer triggers it at close range and gets a speed almost instantly.

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What is K band on a radar detector?

K band radar are radar waves that fall between 18 GHz and 27 GHz , with most of the law enforcement radar guns operating at 24.125 GHz and 24.15 GHz. Police radar began detecting with K band a few decades after X band was introduced. The biggest problem with the K band is that it leads to a lot of false alerts given.

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What band do police radars use UK?

In the UK only to radar frequencies used, K band and Ku band (in a very limited way). Coverage of other frequencies other than these bands will cause the detector to false alarm, devices such as traffic lights supermarket doors, mobile phones and transmitters often operate on the X band.

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