How To Beat the Multanova Speed Cameras
I have been getting a number of email inquires from our friends in South America on how beat the new Multanova photo enforcement cameras that have been sprouting up all over.
First off the Multanova is one tuff camera to detect, let me explain.
The Multanova is manufactured in Switzerland and it is a classified as MulaRadar unit.
Their type C models operate on 24.100 and their type 6 models operate on 34.4 Ghz, so they are within the frequency range of most high-end radar detectors.
However, the power output of the Multanova is only 0.5 mW where a typical police radar gun’s output is 20 to 40 mW.
Also the radar beam is angled at 22 degrees across the roadway and often NOT in the direction of approaching traffic.
Another feature of the Multanova that I have also seen in the Redflex system that has been deployed here in Arizona is that the beam is polarized vertically, rather then horizontally (as most police radar guns), making it even more difficult for even the best radar detector to detect.
The Surprise Police department here in Arizona has one of these Redflex cameras that also use many of the same principles of the Multanova, so I have had an opportunity to test various radar detectors against their system.
Here are some things I have learned:
1) To even have a fighting chance at detecting these photo radar cameras with any type of advanced warning you will need at least an Escort 8500 or Bel RX65.
The detectors that have fared the best have been the Escort Redline and the Beltronic STi
2) And 1 tip is something I learned from our friends in the UK and Holland and that was to tilt my detector at a right angle, which increased the detection range by as much as 50%
Do you have any tips or suggestions that you would like to share with our radar detector community? If so please use the comment area below.
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What about the Valentine 1?
What about the V1?
Too be honest, have not tested the V1 against the Redflex here in Arizona to know how it would perform
Question….if the device is angled at 22 degrees across the oncoming traffic, how is it getting an acurate speed reading? Doppler radar (relation of speed to the device) is greatest when direct head-on. OR….does the device have the ability to account for the cosine error (normally only seen on Radar in Fighter jets, etc)?
With the cosine angle effect the reduction of the registered speed is known, so this is programmed into the unit to register an accurate reading
Thanks for the advice good to know. When you say tilt do you mean roll it along the longitudinal axis of the detector or do you mean rotating it along the vertical axis to point towards the edge of the road. I wasn’t sure if it was to improve angle or to improve polarization.
Flip it over to its side with the antenna still pointing forward out the front window. The reason for doing this is for the polarization. If and when you do come across one of these detectors just pull off the side of the road and try it and see if it improves the range
Roy, with tilting the detector, does this hold true in general or just for these cameras?
Just for the cameras
ahh ok thanks.
I am considering the Escort 9000ix and was wondering have you tested it against the Mississippi Highway Patrol. Do they use a Ka band or what type of radar are they using?
@John Baker yes, been tested in Mississippi.
Drove through there last year on I-10 and was surprised to see that X band was still in use in some areas
Roy,
I went to school in avondale,AZ. Their use to be tons of REDFLEX photo out their. I have the 9500i installed in a silverado. Also i had your m25 laser also. I could not pick up anything. I even pointed the radar at the gun and nothing. Driving out their from delaware, I drove around D.C. which also has the camera. They were detectable with the 9500i but only like 300ft away maybe shorter, just a estimate. The one I saw on i395 was mounted on a side of over pass. They looked much more like the picture above. I think it would be interesting to look into the washington D.C. area which has all kinds of of police measuring devices, and unlike arizona they are not set up the right way by any standard.
@steve Yes, DPS had a bunch around I-10 and the 303. If and when I get out to DC I’ll check out what they have out there
Dear Roy,
First, I’m really impressed with how good and complete is the information on your website, and even more with how you take your time to individually answer everybody’s questions. You’re one of the few website owners making the internet a more “humanized” place.
I’m a journalist and photographer actually living in Ecuador, South America, and having trouble (we are many, actually) with a new photo speed enforcement law, very severe, you can actually go to jail for 3 days (no bail, and 300 USD fine) if caught going faster than 38 MPH everywhere on cities.
Speed enforcement never existed before in Ecuador, so there is no market or knowledge at all about radar detectors around here. And no law forbiding them.
The problem now is that the police is only using last generation Multinova photo radars, wich I know are really difficult to detect.
Here are a few pictures of the units:
http://www.ant.gob.ec/index.php/noticias?start=5
http://www.todoradares.com/foro/saludos-ecuador-t22519.html
My question is simple: what is your advice for dealing with this radars. What is the best detector, the best technique for installing and programming them. We are at least 10-15 people desperately needing them, can we get a discount buying that quantity from you?
I really think Ecuador is a good bussiness oportunity, nobody wants to go to jail for going 40 mph! You can do some research and sell detectors around here!
Thanks a lot for your time, greetings from the middle of the world,
Pablo
Thanks for your comments
I have a full article here on the Multinova’s http://www.radardetector.org/how-to-beat-the-multanova-speed-cameras/
As far as buying I don’t sell detectors and I am at a loss from who you could buy from who would ship to you, sorry
first before anyting let me say i love the great service provided by radar roy and i am also a proud customer of roy as for the notorius multanova 6f or 6fa (mobile version placed on the grill of a police car) the only detector that can give an alert in time is the v1!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yg79qFCg6GE