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Hidden Radar Detectors
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I want a hidden detector, with the receiver remote-mounted
down in the grille, but you don't make one. Why not?
- B.L., Florida
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I want a remote too, but I don't want to give up any
protection. For the same reason you see high radio
towers, the detector antenna needs to be high in the car;
it sees over hills better, increasing range.
Mounting down in the grille amounts to a low tower. You
also have the problem of traffic ahead blocking the signal.
The only time I've seen a grille mount outperform a
windshield mount was a case where the detector could look
under the truck just ahead. Normally, a high mount has an
advantage because it's up where it can see through the
windows of other traffic.
Another thing; the really sophisticated direction finding
and bogey counting that V1 has requires perfectly
synchronized information from the front and rear antenna.
It's possible to maintain that synchronization when the
system in broken apart into units at the front and rear
of the car, but you pay F-15 prices. My best compromise
between maintaining performance on the one hand, and
hiding the detector on the other, is the Concealed
Display. This keeps V1 in the window where it works great,
but operates "dark;" all the light-up warnings are
transferred to a small Display that you can locate where
only you will see it.
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Your Concealed Display looks like exactly what I've
been looking for, a way to keep my detector warnings all to
myself. How hard is it to wire up?
- S.S., California
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Not hard at all.
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