What are the “different radar bands” all about?
Currently there are two ways police can electronically measure your speed: Radar & Laser You need to understand the difference between the three radar bands plus laser to get the most out of your radar detector. Police radar comes in three different bands, or frequencies. Similar to different radio stations, different radar bands occur at different frequencies of the spectrum. ‘X-band’ radar was the first type (frequency) used to measure speeds of vehicles and this can be compared to a radio station on the AM band. X-band radar is no longer used in Australia (or most parts of the world) so you can essentially turn this feature off with your radar detector. Some older detectors are not able to turn off X-band, in which case you need to ignore signals on X-band. ‘K-band’ radar was the second frequency of radar to come out. K-band is definitely used in Australia, but unfortunately there are many other things that also share this frequency (such as automatic opening doors at petrol station
