Laser Radar Detectors And
The Beltronics (TM) Products
By Derek G. Austin
Radar detectors have great importance in the sciences and in the military research since the 1940s but their character and popularity went through a big change during the decades. From the use in the military service and in the sciences they became popular "simple" products of the every days. The high-tech products that were developed in the total secrecy during the war years have reached now the shelves of the electronic stores open for the general public worldwide.
Demand And Supply On The Radar
Detector Market
Radars to use in the marine navigation (it is important and needed equipment in small boats, too) are sold for a narrow layer of the customers. The vast majority of the customers are car drivers. Why motorists are interested in these products? When the police started to use radars to select the motorists driving faster than the allowed speed, engineers started to develop practical, easy-to-use radar detectors that pick up laser radar guns. The detectors discover the police radars and allow the drivers to reduce the speed in due time. The results are two-fold: the drivers avoid speed tickets and the society profits much more: the traffic became safer, the number of accidents diminished.
Beltronics USA
The market in the US is wide and the vendors sell the products of the popular manufacturers like Beltronics USA. The West Chester (Ohio)-based company is leader on the market offering products in a wide price margin and with different technical features. Radar detectors and laser radar detectors are offered as Beltronics(TM) Windshield Mounted Detectors.
Eight radar detectors are offered by the Company (4 from the Vector family, 3 from the PRO series /two RX65, 1 GX65/ and the STi Driver).
Some features are common for the products:
* POP Radar Alert
* Quick Release Windshield Mount
* AutoScan (TM) Filter (with the exception of Vector 940)
* AutoMute on/off
* Startup Fast/Slow
* SWS on/off
* Earphone Jack
* 360 degree Laser
STi Driver Detector
While each radar detector has 2 or 3 city-modes in the US, only 4 (Vector 995, RX65 Red, RX65 Blue and GX65) have Ku-band for Europe. The new STi Driver offers 9 Selectable Features, Dual Radar Antenna Design, Coiled SmartPlug(TM), High Performance Cord, External Amplified Speaker, Hard Travel Case and much more. The most important technical news is the use of TotalShield(TM) Technology.
GX65
The last product in the PRO series has other features. Beltronics USA offers Professional Series GX65 as "the most sophisticated radar and laser detector in the world". GX65 delivers the best long-range warning on all radar bands (X, K, Superwide Ka, Ku). The laser sensors provide 360 degree laser protection. The built-in GPS powered technology offers permanent relief from false alarms. Its database is excellent: the coordinates of thousands of red light and fixed position speed camera locations in North America are preloaded.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Derek G. Austin is emarketer and eBay seller. Read his article about Legal Radar Use in the United States and Canada, and Register for Auction Messages newsletter and download a bonus ebook about "Alternative Fuel".
