Alpine,
Well said. I'm listening. What you're saying makes sense.
I've seen a lot of complaining on other boards regarding what's often normal behavior of various detectors. Many people expect them to work miracles and with today's modern radar units and more frequent use of instant-on, it's just much tougher for detectors these days. At first I thought this discussion was in that direction.
What makes you certain that the problem is not just with your unit? It sounds like Valentine Research has discussed it with you to some extent, or is at least not just blowing you off. But I am curious about other experiences. You have me thinking that I should acquire an STi and try mounting them in the same car at the same time, and then find some good tests. Has anyone else tried this to compare?
I have the current software gen V1. I used to own a 1.7 version, but lost it. I have noticed that at times the older V1 seemed to alert better to Ka, but now that I've been using the 1.8 for a few months I'm not so sure.
The radar used in the areas where I drive frequently is 35.5 mainly, and occassionally Decatur (I'm not sure which band theres use).
I searched on rd.net, but didn't find your info there. The rd.net search does not seem to work on a combination of author + a text search term. Annoying. And (to your credit) you have many posts there. I did not want to spend all day searching for it.
RN