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Old 03-03-2009, 09:14 PM   #19 (permalink)
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being up that high, does it effect the range?
something you guys might want to think about is having it mounted so high up. cops use your reflectors in order to hit you with lasers and other radar guns that they use. mostly laser and KA band i believe. the signal for lasers most of all is going to be aimed at anything on your car that reflects. hence why radar companies tell you to put the radar detectors square center of your windshield mounted as low as possible without the windshield wipers blocking it. being up this high slows the reaction time technically, though it might not be enough to matter to some of you, this is the explanantion to why companies tell you to mount them low and centered...
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