mzal@pegasus.UUCP (Mike Zaleski) (01/26/85)
Because there has been some discussion about this on net.auto, and because mine arrived yesterday, I thought I'd share a few comments. First, they obviously have quite a backlog of orders, since I ordered mine on November 1. However, it was delivered a week ahead of the day they promised me on the phone about three weeks ago. The unit itself is about the size of a cassette tape and comes with all kinds of cables and attachment devices. I can't say too much about range yet (given that I haven't even had it for a day). I went out last night, but found no police anywhere (usually a welcome situation). The unit did display some of the behavior described in the manual, i.e. appearantly being set off by burglar alarms or other such devices in the area near my apartment. These alarms usually consisted of two or three beeps, but no real signal strength. The only strong signal I measured was while traveling on Route 9 near the Parkway (two major highways in the central Jersey area, for you out of staters). I heard about some bear activity on the Parkway via the CB, but was unable to acutally see anything, so I can't draw much of a conclusion from this. Any other questions or comments can be directed at me via mail: -- Mike^Z [allegra, ihnp4]!pegasus!mzal Zaleski@Rutgers.ARPA