Radar Jammers work differently I thought. Rather than make it return zero it returns wildly inaccurate results. Something about rather than absorbing the ray Jammers actually emit the pulses in a succession to throw the internal accuracy check of the equipment off
1 Like
Yes exactly they emit interference signals. Consider what the jammer is trying to doā¦ the speed measurement device emits a pulse signal and waits for the return and calculates time of flight between multiple pulses to determine speed. If the speed measurement device is receiving return signals the very instant it emits a pulse then the measurement performed over several pulses will be zero because the rate of change is zero between each measurement attempt.
There might be some cheaper Jammers out there that do not emit pulses fast enough and there may be a chance that the speed measurement device gets enough of a randomized delay between measurement attempts that it will be able to calculate some sort of speed but modern jammers generally work well enough that the speed measurement device cannot determine any significant change between measurement attempts and therefore registers a zero speed.
1 Like
I tried - he doesnāt seem to want to respond
2 Likes
He probably gets so many messages it is unreal.
1 Like
Or his brain is too fried ā¦
Well that and he has a whole life and family so his time is already divided.
rant warning
Gotta love corporate, and their lazy-assed āOh, weāll get that done laterā BSā¦
Started out here in Aspen last Sep, we were supposed to get season ski passes (like $2500+ worth) as a bonus. Never happened. Finally in April (almost at the end of the season), they said theyād just give us bonus on ānext paycheckā which would have been around $1200. That hasnāt happened yet. Havnāt gotten end of season safety bonus yet either. Got promotion back on June 1st, havnāt gotten my $2/hr raise for that yet.
Our season readiness date is Sep 1st, and weāre supposed to have all our equipment etc ready to go 30 days prior. 1 of our 3 trucks doesnāt work. All 3 still have annual PMs etc that have to get done. We just sent out fluid samples the other day, that takes a week or more to come back.
And today, got pulled over in company vehicle, Registration is 2 years out of date, tags expired Oct of 2023.
Still waiting on word to know if we are even getting the contract for next season. Company paid housing (which is up at end of Aug), but they havnāt renewed that lease yet either, because waiting on work contract first.
Multi-billion $$ company and they canāt get their shit together.
4 Likes
Thatās a lot of red flags thereā¦ when a company starts acting bankrupt, it usually means they are, for one reason or another. I had a client for 8 years pay on time every time and then all of a sudden payments were late and assurances were plentiful. Because of their history I let things accrue for months until I finally just had a straight discussion with the owner. The owner swore up and down I had been paid, theyāre accountant assured them that I had been paid properly. Turns out the accountant embezzled tons of money and skipped town, leaving my client totally bankrupt. They lost their business and everyone got screwed.
5 Likes
Ewww, that sucksā¦
My case is a bit different, they have the $$, they just donāt want to pay it out 
This is a small start-up station (last year was first year here in Aspen) of a world-wide company, and they apparently āprioritize larger stations firstā.
shrugs If they cancel us here, I have 4 other large stations that want me because Experience.
5 Likes
While we are ranting
I do quality inspection stuffsā¦ and Iām also a customer of our products both before and currently
My patience is about run out
I said the quiet part out loud to my boss other day before I could stop myself
Boss: yea we are starting to see XYZ cosmetic issue regularlyā¦ we are going to come up with standard of whatās acceptable
EQ: can we come up with a standard about not deviating from our standards? Maybe then it will matter
A newer product that has some cosmetic aspects that they have been super lax about, and Iāve been vocal that customers will flip if they get xyz
Well some other inspector failed a part for the same, and was over ridden because āthe customer wonāt careā
Surprise surprise, the customer cared a lotā¦ and posted a lot about it on forumsā¦ and almost immediately thereās a new standard and push to correct this issueā¦
ā¦that Iāve been bringing up for months
So Iām left wonderingā¦ maybe itās actually the most constructive thing to intentionally send some bad parts since they donāt listen to me, only irate customers 
5 Likes
there is a term for that. I cannot remember it but its something like intentionally releasing known bad issues to hide arger ones. there is also a term for introducing small bugs to squash to appear busy. i cant seem to find these anywhere.
2 Likes
Oh I meant,
ME intentionally sending a few choice bad parts, since they donāt listen to meā¦ but they will listen to irate customers
If youād jump on the bandwagon (with Gusto!) when they want to do stupid stuff, you could call it Malicious Compliance.
3 Likes
I need to use gusto more professionally.
3 Likes
My favorite thing that Iāve been throwing back in their faceā¦ which Iād love to call malicious complianceā¦. But really itās just targeted sarcasm
Lately thereās been a slew of defects relating to illumination settings, they look worse at higher settingsā¦
Higher ups have decided defects are ok so long as they are only visable at the upper illumination settings
My usual reply is, cool so are you going to tell the customer they canāt use that setting? Or are they just supposed to not be mad because its only visable at power 6 and up , you know because 90% are just going to crank it to max power and never touch itā¦
Thatās my usual sarcasm
Me upping is is when someone inquires wether a blemish on something completely unrelated to illumination
Random: ā hey is this ding on the outside big enough to be concerning, or just character?ā
Eq: āidk what illumination setting is it on?ā
Random: āā¦ā¦ what?.. ā
2 Likes
Light level 5
Thatās the extent of my cooking abilitiesā¦
2 Likes
