Use for a now illegal vehicle radar detector?

[coopec]

I bought myself a car radar detector to avoid speeding fines but now the devices are illegal

It certainly s picks up police radar but also service stations set it off(?) and for some reason when I'm going along a country road it sets off in the same place every time. Why? Before I throw it into the rubbish bin is there a use for it on a boat?

Supposing a ship picked my yacht up on it's radar? That's a possibility but I can't think of anything else.

 

[Bilgediver]

If it can receive the two frequencies used by ships radar sets then it would warn you of the proximity of ships especially in busy shipping lanes. Maybe helpful in fog or poor visibility.

 

[Spirit (of Glenans)]

I constantly see references on these forums to "binning " electrical and electronic devices. Is there no knowledge over there of W.E.E.E.
Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE).
Don't your local authorities have "Bring Centres" where they accept household recycling, including W.E.E.E items free of charge, and other items for a fee?

 

[coopec]

I constantly see references on these forums to "binning " electrical and electronic devices. Is there no knowledge over there of W.E.E.E.
Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE).
Don't your local authorities have "Bring Centres" where they accept household recycling, including W.E.E.E items free of charge, and other items for a fee?

You mean give it away? (I'm too miserable for that)

I wonder if it would pick up a ships radar?

Apparently we do have a WEEEE

Government E-Waste Solutions - Improving Australia 1 Suburb ...
www.ewaste-recycling.com.au › government-e-waste-s...
WEEE (Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment) Directive. The Australian legislative framework is not quite similar to the European Community in which the ...

 

[pandos]

I bought myself a car radar detector to avoid speeding fines but now the devices are illegal

It certainly s picks up police radar but also service stations set it off(?) and for some reason when I'm going along a country road it sets off in the same place every time. Why? Before I throw it into the rubbish bin is there a use for it on a boat?

Supposing a ship picked my yacht up on it's radar? That's a possibility but I can't think of anything else.

I wonder is the technology in that device the same as in a card device..
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&sou...FjABegQIAhAB&usg=AOvVaw2Q2qGXYhFL_Qu09FJ4GSyY

I suppose the real question is what bands can it detect...

 

[coopec]

I wonder is the technology in that device the same as in a card device..
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&sou...FjABegQIAhAB&usg=AOvVaw2Q2qGXYhFL_Qu09FJ4GSyY

I suppose the real question is what bands can it detect...

Thanks for that Pandos.

I think if mine doesn't work the idea is good so I'll look into it. (Can't be expensive)

 

[Slowboat35]

I doubt it would pick up a ships radar or those detectors would be useless in coastal areas

In any case marine radar works on 2900-3100 MHz, 5470-5650 MHz, 8850-9000 MHz and 9200-9500 MHz. and as far as I can tell police radar cameras - when they had them, work on 24GHz. There is no chance of any compatability there.

Additionally nowadays most cameras I believe (certainly mobile ones) _ are LIDAR - ie laser light.

 

[penberth3]

I constantly see references on these forums to "binning " electrical and electronic devices. Is there no knowledge over there of W.E.E.E.
Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE).
Don't your local authorities have "Bring Centres" where they accept household recycling, including W.E.E.E items free of charge, and other items for a fee?

Agreed, you shouldn't bin it. Send it to a third world landfill instead.

 

[pandos]

Agreed, you shouldn't bin it. Send it to a third world landfill instead.

it will probably end up in the back streets of India where some poor chap has a barrel of acid that will take the copper off the PCB...(along with some of his skin)...then the plastic goes to the landfill

 

[coopec]

I doubt it would pick up a ships radar or those detectors would be useless in coastal areas

In any case marine radar works on 2900-3100 MHz, 5470-5650 MHz, 8850-9000 MHz and 9200-9500 MHz. and as far as I can tell police radar cameras - when they had them, work on 24GHz. There is no chance of any compatability there.

Additionally nowadays most cameras I believe (certainly mobile ones) _ are LIDAR - ie laser light.

You are probably right but our Australian police radars apparently use

Frequency tolerance for Ka band radars typically ±100 MHz. Frequency, System. 33.3 GHz, Genesis II. 33.4 GHz, "Photo Radar". 33.8 GHz, BEE ...
Frequency: System
33.3 GHz: Genesis II
34.70 or 34.94 GHz: Stalker ATR
34.3 GHz: TMT-6F photo radar and Multanova


Specification:

Item Model:V8 Car Radar Detector
Input VoltageC 12V
Lanuage:English & Russian
Dection Mode:City , Highway
Dection Range:200-800Meters
Support Universal X K Ka VG-2 band
VG-2:11.150GHZ +/- 175MHz
X-band:10.525GHz +/- 25MHz
K-band:24.150GHz +/- 100MHz
Ka-band:33.890GHz +/- 750MHz
Frequency:
X-BAND: 10.525GHz±100MHz, detectable distance: 1500-2500m
K-BAND: 24.150GHz±175MHz, detectable distance: 1200-2500m
Tripod K-BAND: 24.150GHz±175MHz, detectable distance: 250-1200m

My detector is "12 band" - not sure what that means

 

[coopec]

Agreed, you shouldn't bin it. Send it to a third world landfill instead.

That is just so sad.

Toxic E-Waste Dumped in Poor Nations, Says United Nations ...
ourworld.unu.edu › toxic-e-waste-dumped-in-poor-nati...

An old-style CRT computer screen can contain up to three kilograms of lead, for ... An indication of the level of e-waste being shipped to the developing world ... TVs, mobile phones and computers are all being replaced more and more quickly.

 

[Rum Run]

That is just so sad.

Toxic E-Waste Dumped in Poor Nations, Says United Nations ...
ourworld.unu.edu › toxic-e-waste-dumped-in-poor-nati...

An old-style CRT computer screen can contain up to three kilograms of lead, for ... An indication of the level of e-waste being shipped to the developing world ... TVs, mobile phones and computers are all being replaced more and more quickly.

Three kilograms of lead! seems unlikely, any idea where in a CRT it would be? Any lead in the glass is not very bioavailable.
I don't approve of shipping toxic waste to the third world but prefer campaigns to be accurate....

 

[LadyInBed]

Three kilograms of lead! seems unlikely, any idea where in a CRT it would be?

It does seem unlikely in a CRT unless it is used in the EMC screen.
Early 80's 'Mini' computer 6ft cabinets had about three 3x3x12 inch bars of lead put into the base at the rear to help stop a single cabinet tipping forward if several (3) draws were extended out at a time.
The were not needed in multiple cabinets bolted together. They were a good source for diving weights

 

[coopec]

I wonder is the technology in that device the same as in a card device..
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&sou...FjABegQIAhAB&usg=AOvVaw2Q2qGXYhFL_Qu09FJ4GSyY

I suppose the real question is what bands can it detect...

I think the Collision Avoidance Radar Detector has been replaced by AIS. Maybe I should be thinking of something like this?
QUARK QK-A021 AIS Receiver USB Dongle (Excl antenna) | eBay

 

[penberth3]

it will probably end up in the back streets of India where some poor chap has a barrel of acid that will take the copper off the PCB...(along with some of his skin)...then the plastic goes to the landfill

Apart from a bit of copper and solder, and possibly a tiny bit of gold, the semiconductors and everything else goes to the landfill, not just the plastics.