Kustom FALCON User manual

FALCON
HAND-HELDTRAFFIC RADAR
OPERATOR’SMANUAL
P/N006-0336-00
REV. 1
KUSTOM
SIGNALS,
INC.
A SUBSIDIARYOF PUBLIC SAFETYEQUIPMENT, INC.

Copyright1992
KustomSignals, Inc.
All rightsreserved
PrintedintheUnitedStatesofAmerica
Thepublicationmaynotbereproduced, storedinaretrievalsystem, ortransmittedinwhole
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otherwisewithoutpriorwrittenpermissionofKustomSignalsInc., 9325 Pflumm, Lenexa,
Kansas66215-3347.

TABLE OFCONTENTS
INTRODUCTION..............................................................................1
CONTROLSAND INDICATORS
RearView.....................................................................................2
SideView.....................................................................................4
INSTALLING THE RADAR.............................................................5
TEST SEQUENCE
PowerOn......................................................................................7
LampTest.....................................................................................7
AutomaticCircuitTest..................................................................7
TuningForkTest..........................................................................7
MovingTest..................................................................................8
DopplerAudio..............................................................................8
SYSTEMOPERATION
ControlSelections.........................................................................9
MonitoringTargetSpeeds.............................................................9
LockingandReleasing Targets...................................................10
HoldFunction.............................................................................10
GENERALINFORMATION
TheoryofOperation....................................................................11
Interference.................................................................................11
PowerSource fortheFALCON..................................................12
RecommendedCareandMaintenance.........................................12
MicrowaveEmission...................................................................13
TROUBLESHOOTING GUIDE.......................................................14
TECHNICALSPECIFICATIONS....................................................15
REFERENCES
CaseLaw....................................................................................16
FCC Rules..................................................................................17
WARRANTY...................................................................................18
RADARLOG...................................................................................19

INTRODUCTION
1
YournewKustomFALCON radarcombinesthelatestinengineeringexpertisewithease
ofoperationtogiveyouatrafficradarsystemtomeetall yourstationaryradarneeds.
Toavoidpossibleoperatorconfusion, andinaccordance withNHTSAModel
Performance Specifications, theFALCON'sdisplaywill blankifstrongRFinterference
ispresent, orifvoltageistoo lowforproperoperation, orifthesystem'sinternalcircuit
checkfails. Forgreatereaseofoperation, LEDindicatorswill lightifanyofthese
conditionsisencountered.
TheFALCON ishand-held, andoperatesonK-Band, whichenablesittopickup targets
atgreaterdistance, updatespeedsquicker, andselectbetweenmulti-lanetargetswith
greateraccuracy.
AnotherFALCON featureistheHoldMode, whichenablestheoperatortoescape
detectionbyradardetectiondevices. Foroperatorconvenience, anLEDindicatoronthe
displaywill lightwhentheHoldModehasbeenactivated.
TogetthemostfromyournewFALCON, weurgeyoutoreadthisoperator’smanual
carefully. Whilethismanualisnotintendedasatrainingmanualandcannotreplace a
trainingclass, itdoesdescribetheFALCON’scontrolandtheirfunctionsaswell asgive
informationonoperatingprocedures. Ifyouhavequestionsorexperience operating
difficulty, contactyourKustomSignalsrepresentativeorourCustomerService personnel
forassistance.

CONTROLSANDINDICATORS
2
REAR VIEW
A. POWER/VOLUME (ON/VOL). DualpurposecontrolforON/OFF andtargetDoppler
audiovolume. Turnthecontrolclockwisetoactivatetheradarandtoadjustthelevelof
theDoppleraudio.
B. LAMPTEST. WhentheLAMPTEST buttonispressed, thesystemwill illuminateall
displaysegments. Thedisplaywill register"888"andthefourLEDindicators(XTAL
ERR, LOVOLT, RFI, HOLD)will light, indicatingproperfunctioningofall lighting
segments.
C. LOWVOLTAGE INDICATOR(LOVOLT). Whenlit, indicatesbatteryvoltagehas
droppedbelow10.8volts, resultingintheinhibitingoffurtherspeedmeasurementsand
blankingofthetargetdisplaywithin2-3seconds.
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D. CRYSTALERRORINDICATOR(XTALERR). Whenlit, indicatesdualcrystal
comparisonhasfailed, resultingintheinhibitingoffurtherspeedmeasurementsandthe
blankingofthetargetdisplaywithin2-3seconds.
E. RFIINDICATOR(RFI). Whenlit, indicatesthepresence ofstrongRFinterference,
resultingintheinhibitingoffurtherspeedmeasurementsandblankingofthetarget
displaywithin2-3seconds.
F. HOLDINDICATOR. Whenlit, indicatestheHOLDswitchhasbeendepressedandthe
microwavesource isturnedoff. Audioisautomaticallyturnedoff.
G.TARGET DISPLAY. Three full digitswhichdisplaytargetspeedsbetween
approximately10 and199 MPH. Therightmostdecimalpoint(centerdecimalpointfor
tenthsunits)will illuminatetoindicatewhentheunitisreceivingpower.
H. TEST. Pressingthisbuttoncausestheradartoperformaninternalcircuittestresultingin
areadoutof"32"inthedisplay. Thiswill beaccompaniedbyabriefaudiosignal. This
testreadoutcannotbelockedinbytheoperator.
I.RANGE. Allowstheoperatortoreduce orextendtheeffectiverangeoftheradar. Fully
clockwiseisthemaximumrangeposition.

CONTROLSANDINDICATORS
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SIDEVIEW
J. SQUELCH/UNSQUELCH. Providesmanualoverridetothenormalaudiosquelchwhen
thedisplayisblank. IntheSQposition, audiowill onlybeheardwhileatargetspeedis
beingdisplayed.
K. AIMING SIGHTS. Enablestheoperatortocorrectlyaim theFALCON antennatoobtain
maximumeffectiverange.
L. HOLD. PressingthisbuttonplacesthesystemintheHoldModetoavoiddetectionby
trafficradardetectors. All microwaveemissionwill beshutoff, thedisplaywill blank,
andtheHOLDindicatorwill light. ThisbuttonalsoreleasesthesystemfromtheHold
Mode.
M. LOCK/RELEASE (TRIGGER). Pullingthetriggeronce will lockatargetvehicle's
speedintothedisplay. Thedisplaywill flashandashort500 Hztonewill beheard.
Audioisautomaticallyunsquelchedwhileareadingislocked. Pullingthetriggera
secondtimewill releasealocked-inspeed.
NOTE:Somelocalitiesdonotpermittheuseofanyspeedlockingfunction.Forthisreason,
yourunitmaynotbeequippedwiththeLock/Releasecapability.(Thetriggerwill
bepresent, butwill notbefunctional.)
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