Police radar frequencies differ the world over. US: X-Band = 10.525 GHz (Long range, Hi-way, mostly) K-Band = 24.150 GHz (Short range, city) Ka-Bnd = 33.4-36.0 GHz (Photo Radar, legality in dispute) Canada: = US France: ?-Band = 9.91 GHz Others? Germany: ?-Band = 9.41 GHz Others? UK & Scandinavia: Mostly same as the US. Some photoradar frequencies different Others? Rest/Continent: Unknown, probably 9.41 GHz. Rumored US frequency are becoming more common to save cost (mostly handheld units). All this means that US Radar detectors are unlikely to work in most of Europe. Certain US radar detectors can however be adjusted or converted to receive other frequencies (e.g., Some Whistler Spectrum, some Cincinnati MicroWave products), others require to be made specifically for a specific set of frequencies. Also rumored is that police in Europe is not too terribly picky whether the radar gun is accurately set at the required frequency. This has as consequence that even compatible detectors may not be effective. The situation with Laser based speed measuring equipment (Infra Red) is unknown. They are being used more frequently in the US. Currently available Laser detectors are not very effective due to the high accuracy and low dispersement of the laser beam. DISCLAIMER: Radar detectors are legal in most of the US. They are however HIGHLY illegal almost anywhere else. This posting has absolutely no guarantee to be correct. The author, moderator or whoever posted this message does not condemn or condone the use of radar detectors, and implies absolutely no responcibilty or liability to the contents or the possible consequence of this message. From deegvm0@ps.uib.es Tue Oct 29 03:51 PST 1996 Received: from mailer.ug.eds.com by fshpp1.ug.eds.com with SMTP (1.38.193.4/16.2) id AA10825; Tue, 29 Oct 1996 03:51:14 -0800 Return-Path: Received: from usc.edu (usc.edu) by UG.EDS.COM (PMDF V5.0-7 #15834) id <01IB790I2C28009KY5@UG.EDS.COM> for jan@UG.EDS.COM; Tue, 29 Oct 1996 03:45:38 -0700 (PDT) Received: from lipari.usc.edu (root@lipari.usc.edu [128.125.3.3]) by usc.edu (8.7.6/8.7.2/usc) with ESMTP id DAA24462 for ; Tue, 29 Oct 1996 03:45:47 -0800 (PST) Received: from ps.uib.es (ps.uib.es [130.206.33.5]) by lipari.usc.edu (8.7.6/8.7.3/usc) with ESMTP id DAA19343 for ; Tue, 29 Oct 1996 03:45:42 -0800 (PST) Received: from 130.206.131.124 by clust.uib.es (PMDF V4.2-14 #4598) id <01IB7RRDQU4W8WY3UV@clust.uib.es>; Tue, 29 Oct 1996 12:42:42 +0100 (MET) Date: Tue, 29 Oct 1996 13:55:28 +0000 From: deegvm0@ps.uib.es Subject: (no subject) To: jan@lipari.usc.edu Message-Id: <01IB7RRDSZAQ8WY3UV@clust.uib.es> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.1N (Macintosh; I; 68K) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Url: http://alicudi.usc.edu:80/~jan/ Status: RO Dear Sir, I have read your page with information related to radar frequencies. I live in Spain and I was told that police used 9.41GHz and 9.90 Ghz, besides 10.525. However, most of detectors sold are for US frequencies, with the problem you comment that they become useless. However, there is an interesting information in your page: there are several brands that are "re-tuned" in order to detect them. I would be very pleased if you could send me more information about that: if you know if those companies sell modified detectors, or if there is a company in Europe which modifies them, etc.as I am desperately searching for a detector able to detect those frequencies and I can't find any. Thank you very much. Sincerely, Biel :)