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Originally Posted by samq45  After another week of comparing it to my regular Sti it seems the off axis and over the hill detection is better with the remote - both with K and Ka band. In those situations the remote alerts first. When the radar is more direct or straight on, the remote alerts first most of the time but the Sti is not usually far behind and sometimes they alert at the same time. I have had 4 or so other encounters where both detectors would alert to a K false and then the remote would pick up a Ka hit 4-5 seconds before the STi would. Going past a grocery store and then by a police station, with the cars parked about 75 degrees to the road. |
This is very interesting. It seems to me that the difference between a STi-R and STi-D is going to depend partly on the variables of any given specific vehicle setup - e.g. where/how are each mounted? Are there any properties of the windshield which might reduce radar reception (i.e. some windshields will partially block radar due to how they are made; some window tints also reduce radar reception)?
Overall, it seems to me that you ought to get better reception from a remote mounted unit provided that the sensors are not installed behind metal parts of the car. But then again on the other hand mounting higher is supposed to be better for radar reception. Perhaps remote mounting trumps the height of position, based on what you've described.
I would different folks will get slightly different experiences based on their particular car and mounting position of the STi-R. Still, this is very interesting and I look forward to reading others' experiences.
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Originally Posted by samq45 I have tried turning Ka superwide on and off, but without a stable Ka band source to test it against it is not possible at all to tell the difference. |
Why would you want to do that? It seems to me that you would block out reception of all the U.S. based Ka bands. Isn't that right (someone who knows for sure please chime in)? My recollection is that the Ka used in the U.S. is 33.4-36.0 Ghz (or more specifically freqs of 33.8 / 34.7 / 35.5).