West Coast Testing

[Clint Eastwood]

Regarding rear jammers... we will test them but in CA there is currently no threat to rear shots. I've been on this bandwagon for a few years and no one has proven me otherwise.

[RedRocket]

30 mph is better for testing, and I believe the 'hard pan' area of the flats will be dust free.

My thoughts on this are it's not a best practice(IMO) if this is what DJrams does & I prefer my 'victim's' to come at me ~40-45mph (1000'). The Laser Diodes have a finite life cycle & I like to keep the firing period to a minimum(reduced heat build-up). Approaching from 1500' @ 30mph is a very long duration...30sec.+ of run time will surely get the Transponder quite HOT especially the enviroment your Meet is taking place. - Try putting your fingers on the Transponder after one of these 1500' 30mph runs.

Regarding rear jammers... we will test them but in CA there is currently no threat to rear shots. I've been on this bandwagon for a few years and no one has proven me otherwise.

Tactics are evolving w/ LE, I see it here & have no doubt it will spread elsewhere. Driver mirror shots were extremely rare but not anymore where I drive, Rear attention will be next.

[modsl55amg]

My thoughts on this are it's not a best practice(IMO) & I prefer my 'victim's' to come at me ~40mph. The Laser Diodes have a finite life cycle & I like to keep the firing period to a minimum. Approaching from 1500' @ 30mph is a very long duration...30sec.+ of run time will surely get the Transponder quite HOT especially the enviroment your Meet is taking place.

Tactics are evolving w/ LE, I see it here & have no doubt it will spread elsewhere. Driver mirror shots were extremely rare but not anymore where I drive, Rear attention will be next.

Hi RedRocket, I understand your thoughts and concerns regarding a lengthy "pass" driving towards a "shooter" in a test situation. A shorter "pass" will have the Laser Diodes actually firing for a shorter period of time, thereby keeping the Transponder cooler. Hopefully that will prolong the life-cycle (life-span?) of the Laser Diodes. So, that deals with a heating, or possibly an over-heating situation. If the Laser Diodes actually do have a finite life-cycle (life-span?), what are your thoughts regarding the number of times a Laser Diode actually fires? In other words, if a member tests his car's ALP systems every couple of months with an array of different Lidar guns, in order to confirm that the transponders are still positioned correctly and successfully perform their function, would or could that amount of testing eat into the life-cycle (life-span?) of the Laser Diodes and/or the Transponder?

While I rarely have an encounter with actual Lidar, (I have actually encountered Lidar only in NY, CT, and MA, when driving to and from your area), maybe the more often testing I perform on my systems might equate to members who have numerous actual Lidar encounters but who rarely test their systems.

What are your thoughts or advice? Should I keep the actual testing down to a minimum, in order to conserve the number of remaining life-cycles available, for actual Lidar encounter situations?