120+ MPH Speed Caught on Radar!

[FDandH]

Wow, this guy was moving, I couldn't catch him!:mad:
http://s148.photobucket.com/albums/s13/crzybkr/?action=view&current=190.flv

[gabriel]

hehe good one.. may be next time?

[Optimus Prime]

Nice! haha

[Nor-Cal hopeful]

I did not see that coming. Good one. Hey on similar note, does anybody know if the radar would interfere with a plane's guidance systems?

[chp36]

Nice!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[PH3N@M]

Hey on similar note, does anybody know if the radar would interfere with a plane's guidance systems?

When I got certified with radar they said it may interfere with an aircraft, and we were told it was against department policy to shoot radar at an aircraft.

[G-Man]

When I got certified with radar they said it may interfere with an aircraft, and we were told it was against department policy to shoot radar at an aircraft.

+1, we were told that when we get Lidar certified not to point it at military planes, apparently they don't like that very much. I don't understand why not. :rolleyes:

[cg+fd2chp]

I wonder if it would indicate some kind of weapon was locked on them...

[Nor-Cal hopeful]

There was some kind of mythbusters or something type show that I was watching about this a few months ago. There is an urban legend of a trooper almost being fired on when his radar gun activates the missile defense system of a fighter jet on maneuvers. Something like he would point the gun at inanimate objects in a certain dirrection and it would read that the rock was going like 500 miles per hour or something.
http://www.mycarcheck.com/news/2007/02/13/mycarcheckcom-reveals-most-popular-urban-motoring-myths/

[FDandH]

Checked policy and a departmental radar instructor/guru. Pointing radar at aircraft doesn't violate policy.:wink:

[HwyChaser]

I've done the exact same thing with the crop duster. By the way, an AMTRAK train can hit 80 MPH in open country.

[Jeff Rhea]

The frequency we use is not the same type of radar used by anti-aircraft missle systems and would not be detected by military aircraft defense systems or initiate a defensive response.

Radar does not interfer with avionics, and neither does cell phones on passenger aircraft (so says a commercial pilot friend).

[Dan]

Two traffic patrol officers from North Berwick were involved in an unusual incident while checking for speeding motorists on the A-1 Great North Road. One of the officers used a hand-held radar device to check the speed of a vehicle approaching over the crest of a hill, and was surprised when the speed was recorded at over 300 mph. Their radar suddenly stopped working and the officers were not able to reset it. Just then a deafening roar over the treetops revealed that the radar had in fact latched on to a NATO Tornado fighter jet which was engaged in a low-flying exercise over the Border district, approaching from the North Sea.

Back at police headquarters the chief constable fired off a stif complaint to the RAF Liaison office.

Back came the reply in true laconic RAF style:

'Thank you for your message, which allows us to complete the file on this incident. You may be interested to know that the tactical computer in the Tornado had detected the presence of, and subsequently locked onto, your hostile radar equipment and automatically sent a jamming signal back to it. Furthermore, an air-to-ground missile aboard the fully-armed aircraft had also automatically locked onto your equipment. Fortunately, the pilot flying the Tornado recognized the situation for what it was, quickly responded to the missile systems alert status, and was able to override the automated defense system before the missile was launched and your hostile radar installation destroyed.
Good Day'...

I received this by e-mail the other day ... I sure its fake, but still kind of funny.

[Ratty]

This myth is busted here...........

http://www.snopes.com/horrors/techno/radar.asp

[chp7747]

http://tv.jubii.co.uk/video/iLyROoaftMux.html


Wow, this guy was moving, I couldn't catch him!:mad:
http://s148.photobucket.com/albums/s13/crzybkr/?action=view&current=190.flv

[Horizon1015]

Hey all as a Military cop (Air Force) and I private pilot I can answer this pretty well. If you pointed an X or K band radar at an older military aircraft such as an F-4 it could possibly detect it as hostile. The hostile ID would basically be a beep and a warning light for the pilot. We are instructed to not point our Ka Band radar units or Laser units at A/C's. At my old base I had a good friend that was a KC-135 tanker pilot we wanted to test the theory. He had he's electronic counter measures set to passive mode meaning there would be no active jamming and the a/c would not automatically release Chaff or Flares. The radar didn't pick anything up on him until he was rolling on the ground at about 110 mph. The audio Doppler was very scratchy. The laser would only give me a distance reading until he was about 50 ft above the runway. The speed it would give was pretty random though. He never got any type of warning that he was being irradiated by a Radar or Laser. Ka Band has short range and is not the best at penetrating rain or fog therefore would make a poor choice for a military to use for Anti A/C purposes. Ku band (used in Europe) on the other hand could work. He couldn't explain the details but he told me Laser on the 820-950 mw scale is also not a threat. Couldn't explain why though.

Finally Cell phones in planes. They don't effect jack crap, from old school VOR, Loran and NDB navigation to modern GPS. A/C radios work fine and so does all the other electronics. I've tested this in anything from a 1967 Cessna to a early 2000's Cessna Citation X (Biz Jet). The story i've heard is that the Cell phone companies don't want you useing them because of the amount of cell towers you contact. You could prevent other users from getting on and there also could be billing errors.

Hope this helps

[cal911gal]

The story i've heard is that the Cell phone companies don't want you useing them because of the amount of cell towers you contact. You could prevent other users from getting on and there also could be billing errors.

Hope this helps


I always thought they simply didn't want to lose the revenue they got from having you use those expensive as hell air phones imbedded in the back of the seats....."They" being whoever it is that bills you for it :)

[dw]

The story i've heard is that the Cell phone companies don't want you useing them because of the amount of cell towers you contact. You could prevent other users from getting on and there also could be billing errors.Well, yes... Technically the agency responsible for laws associated with "no cell phones on commercial flights" is the FCC, not the FAA, though the FAA restricts transmitters in general on commercial flights.