Can the windshield's mounting bracket arms interfer with a radar detector's field of view, or block incoming radar signals?
Darn!Yep.
--Mark
It would depend on the type of radar.Can the windshield's mounting bracket arms interfer with a radar detector's field of view, or block incoming radar signals?
Thanks! That was just about what I was hoping to hear. The broad radar signal will not be so degarded to be rendered usless, and the lazer detection is, as I am learning, a signal that you have been POPPED! oliceST:... . . LOL.+1 tom's comments regarding laser. personally, i don't concern myself with laser because odds are if your detector signals you, it's already too late. unlike laser, though, radar's footprint is much larger so i wouldn't be too concerned about the windshield arms as long as the radar doesn't butt up against them.
i have my v-1 in an electronic enclosure and mounted above the clutch reservoir. no noticeable degradation of capability.
Then when I speed I'll have to leave the windshield all the way down. Bummer!Trust me ... It doesn't take a great deal of metal to soak up or reflect RF at 10 GHz (X Band). It takes even less at 24 GHz (K Band) and less than that at 35 GHz (Ka Band). This isn't to say that you won't get energy from other directions, but for your detector to do the best job it can, you don't want the antenna obstructed.
Semi-related story: A couple of years ago, I bought the new version of the RF exposure monitor that I use in the field to make sure I'm not getting hit with microwaves. I commented to the sales rep that I liked the new black color better than the old yellow color. He told me they had to toss their initial run of the cases because the coloring they used soaked up RF above 90 GHz. Oopsie...
--Mark
Not if the radar detector's antenna is mounted in the forward most part of the fairing.Can the windshield's mounting bracket arms interfer with a radar detector's field of view, or block incoming radar signals?
It rests on a small top-of-dash-level mini-shelf (from Turbocity) and it is pointed forward through the windshield right where the right side bracket arm.Not if the radar detector's antenna is mounted in the forward most part of the fairing.
Ray