ARE YOUR RADAR UNITS TRULY CERTIFIED???  

Calibration, by definition, requires adjusting a radar unit to meet a manufacturer’s set of specifications on frequency and power of the microwave and setting levels in the amplifier and display circuitry.  Proper calibration will result in the greatest possible performance of a radar unit.  Also it will provide documentation in court that the radar meets its manufacturer’s design specifications and all applicable government specifications.  

Calibration is achieved by a process of aligning the microwave frequency, power, and receiver sensitivity.  The microwave is the transmitter and receiver of a radar.  After the desired levels have been achieved in the microwave, another process of checking out the amplifier and displaying circuits follows.  In most models, this requires some tuning for maximum performance.  

Calibration to manufacturer’s specifications can only be achieved by disassembling the radar and aligning each of these stages as the manufacturer requires.  This process requires thousands of dollars of test equipment and years of experience and training.  Proper and true calibration can only be achieved by this process.

Many so-called “mobile-calibration” companies offer on-site “calibration”.  With these companies, true calibration is not achieved, since they simply generate a tuning fork type signal as their calibration method.  The radar is not disassembled and no tuning or aligning is done on the radar.  As previously described, calibration is more than holding a signal generator in front of the radar and saying the radar works in the X or K band.   

The radar manufacturers do not authorize these companies to work on or calibrate their radar units.  At best, the “Certificates of Calibration” issued are considered suspect in court cases.  Many departments across the country have lost court cases because their radar units’ calibration by this process was considered unacceptable.  

P B Electronics is a “factory authorized” service and warranty center and has FCC Licensed technicians.  P B Electronics has repaired and certified thousands of radar units for over 27 years without having ever lost a court case due to improper calibration procedures.