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We just got the scoop on a new product from Whistler that we are expecting to be available sometime in 2009. We don't have all of the details at this point, but thought we would share some basic specs and a few images.

Whistler RLC-100

Whistler RLC-100 Red Light Camera Detector
First is the new Whistler RLC-100 red light and speed camera detector. The RCL-100 compares your current GPS location with an on-board database of red light and speed camera locations and alerts you when you are near one. The MSRP is $139.95.

Features:

• High Sensitivity GPS Antenna
• Updatable Camera Database
• Dual Alert Display
• Current Speed Reading with Max Hold Feature
• 100 Location Manual Entry

The RLC-100's database is updatable from the internet using the integrated USB port. You can also connect the RLC-100 to a Whistler radar detector if you use the optional interface cable (not included). You can specify MPH or KPH and a speed warning notification. The RLC-100 also has a digital clock and trip meter.

Well spring is finally here. A lot of you are avid boaters, as some of us here are, and are in the process of getting your boat ready. In addition to testing your safety equipment, planned upgrades, and checking your radios, there is another safety item and tool that many find very useful you may want to learn more about.

Night vision equipment is a great tool for any boater that is out at night. Especially if you enjoy night fishing, or heading out early in the morning before dawn.

While we do hope you have plenty of light sources with you, night vision enables you to see even farther and more clearly. They are great for navigation, piloting around obstacles, and are indispensible in an emergency situation. The ability to find someone overboard at night is difficult, especially if you are just using spotlights and flashlights. Night vision equipment may be one of the best tools you have in that situation.

We have a great line of night vision binoculars and monoculars for every budget and situation, from the casual fisherman, to those caught out unexpectedly after sunset. Contact us and we will be glad to help you find the night vision equipment for your specific need.

If I think back to my school or college days, especially the classes, all I can remember is fervently taking down notes during lectures. I remember my classmates joking about the fact that whatever the instructor said was written down. Though I could write fairly fast to keep pace with the lecture, it was often quite hard to think about the lecture topics and write them down at the same time.

Even today, when I attend official meetings or conferences, I still feel the same. I considered carrying a tape recorder along, but due to the short record time and poor quality it is just not an option, and the biggest disadvantage is that I can't load the recording onto my PC. That is why I now use a digital voice recorder. Here are just some of the great features:

* The first is that with a portable digital voice recorder you can completely concentrate on the lecture or meeting without having to worry about taking down notes.

* You can download your recording directly to your computer. The ability of having it in a digital format opens up a lot of possibilities.

* There are many models of digital voice recorders, like the Olympus WS-100, which are capable of storing any type of file. In fact this particular model can even double up as a standard USB drive to transfer files from one computer to another.

* You get to choose from different recording quality modes.

* You can even adjust the playback speed, so that you can playback a recording faster to finish it in half the time and still understand it.

* Organizing the recordings using the highest quality digital voice recorder is easy with the different folders available.

* Setting up index marks, which act like bookmarks and help you return to a specific point in the recording, is also possible.

Driving the car in heavy traffic is a grueling task. The most annoying thing, at least for me, is to watch my stuff on the dash sliding from one end to the other every time I make a turn. Ok, I admit that I am not a very organized person. I leave my mobile phone, sunglasses, house keys, and even loose change on the dashboard. So, you can imagine everything goes topsy-turvy inside the car.

I am sure only a hapless person like me could have thought of a product like the Cell Mate Dash Pad. It keeps anything and everything in place. The other day, a dog ran right in front of my car. I slammed on my brakes hard but even then my Cell Mate Dash Pad didn't budge and more importantly neither did the things on top of it. The best part is that this non-slip dash pad doesn't use any sticky adhesives, so it leaves no residue. You can easily move it from one place to another on your dashboard. It is compatible with any vehicle, even those with painted dashboards. You can also wash the Cell Mate Dash Pad when it gets dirty.

Have you always hated the sight of your radar detector mounted on the windshield? You don't have to do that anymore. You can easily rest your detector on the dashboard and the Cell Mate Dash Pad will keep it in place. Only make sure that nothing obstructs it, because that can lower the performance of your detector.

So readers, keep yourself from flying off the handle with this non-adhesive Cell Mate.

If you are living in an area that is likely to be hit by storms or tornadoes, then a weather radio is a must-have. Because safety is more important than anything, I use the Midland WR-300 Weather Radio and I can assure you that it is indeed a life saver. Trust me, if it had not been the timely warning alert from the Midland WR 300 Weather Alert Radio last year, I wouldn't be talking to you now.

These Midland WR 300 Clock Radios come with S.A.M.E. technology (Specific Area Message Encoding) to help you pre-program the weather radio to get alerts that are specific, or exclusive to your local area. You have the option of choosing from 23 programmable county codes so that you can receive alerts not just about one county but several. The Midland WR 300 AM/FM Weather Alert Radio has a single speaker that sounds a clear, loud 90 dB siren. Details about the alert are clearly displayed on the blue, backlit LCD screen.

The PLL (Phase-Lock Loop) technology in these weather radios helps you to tune correctly and with the 10-alert memory, you can easily add, edit, or delete unwanted alerts. One of the best things about Midland WR 300 Weather Alert Radio is that it allows you to disable the audible alerts for watch/warning except those like tornado warning, biological hazard warning, etc. that are life threatening.

Other interesting features in the Midland WR-300 Weather Radio are AM/FM tuning options, alarm facility, and full calendar display. This radio runs on four AA batteries or AC power adapter.

You don't have to stay awake at nights monitoring NOAA weather stations when bad weather is anticipated. You can safely rely on the Midland WR 300 Weather Alert Radio and sleep peacefully!

The sound of the wind when one drives a motorcycle may be noise to others; but to me it is music! I'm always on the lookout for products, or rather accessories that would make my passion for riding a trouble-free one. I recently came across helmets that have radar and laser detectors with wireless LED displays. Sounds interesting, doesn't it? Check out the Cheetah VizAlert Helmet Interface (Bel STi Driver).

With the Cheetah VizAlert Bel STi Driver, you can be assured of getting a visual warning for almost all types of radar/laser speed traps. It does not matter if your helmet is a full or flip face helmet, VizAlert Motorcycle Radar Detector helmet display systems can be easily installed. They can be mounted inside the helmet, between cheek pads and the helmet skin. For open face or cruiser helmets, just get a boom arm. Once you have placed it inside the helmet, you're all set. Whenever your radar detector picks up a signal, an alert is transmitted wirelessly to the receiver and the LED flashes.

The Cheetah VizAlert Helmet Interface comes with a 6-color LED display, where different colors are assigned for different radar bands or laser signals. This helps you to stay away from specific threats. The flash rate increases as you get closer towards the signal source. These wireless radar detectors have an automatic dimming facility to reduce the intensity of the LEDs at night. The VizAlert receiver shuts down automatically if there is no motion for 10 minutes. With a battery back-up of more than 100 hours, who wouldn't enjoy riding with the VizAlert?

Are you planning for a long road trip but worried about getting a speeding ticket? The Whistler XTR-695 Radar Detector might just be the device that you were looking for. This product is the upgraded version of its predecessors, XTR-690 and the Pro-78. This Whistler high-performance radar detector comes with Radar Signature ID (RSID) as well as Laser Signature ID (LSID). The radar ID displays known Ka gun frequencies whereas the laser ID displays Pulses Per Second (PPS) transmitted by Speed Laser or other forms of laser sources.

So, what is special about this Whistler XTR-695 Radar Signature ID? With the RSID in place, you can check your speed as it indicates Ka 33.8, 34.0, 34.3, 34.7 or 35.5 on the display when police radar alerts are found in these common Ka speed radar windows. Any alert falling outside these windows will be reported as Ka.

You need not take your eyes off the road or bother to look at the detector as the voice alert in the Whistler XTR-695 Laser-Radar Detector, clearly announces the immediate threat, well in advance. These devices come with a programmable 7-color backlit LCD text display to attract your attention.

Navigating through menu options has never been as easy as with the Whistler XTR-695 Radar Detector. All you have to do is keep pressing the Menu button till you get the option that you were looking for. You can turn on or off any feature as you wish. Other features included in the Whistler XTR-695 Radar Detector to tempt you are twin alert periscopes, INTELLICORD controls, patented POP Mode Detection, selectable vehicle battery saver, patented VG-2 Cloaking Technology, and much more.

Get the Whistler XTR-695 Radar Detector, it is worth every dollar!

In the last post we discussed the Midland GXT900VP4 Two Way Radios. So how about making it more customized to suit your preferences? My business keeps me on the road a lot. Though I have a car, being a motorbike freak, I prefer my motorcycle to my car. I also prefer carrying all my gadgets and gizmos, so that I don't lose touch with anyone, not even for a minute. I can tell you what a pain it is to take a call while riding, even with a headset for my cell phone. When it comes to walkie talkies it is no better, if not worse. I was thrilled when I heard about Midland motorcycle headset kits for two way radios.

The Midland AVP-H2 Helmet Headset Kit is a popular model with riders. For all those of you using close-faced helmets, there are speakers as well as a dot microphone that go inside your helmet. For your convenience, the push-to-talk button is mountable on the handlebar of your motorcycle itself with a Velcro strap. The Midland AVP-H2 Helmet Headset Kit is very easy to install and comes with extra long cable.

I can't stand closed helmets. The air in my face after all, is part of the fun of riding a motorcycle. Midland AVP-H1 Open-faced Helmet Headsets are the choice for people like me. In addition to two speakers, which attach inside the helmet, a boom microphone that conveniently fixes on the outer side of the helmet is also provided. Both these models are compatible with Midland FRS/GMRS radios.

Midland Radio Corporation is a leading manufacturer of wireless two-way and weather/hazard alert radios for commercial as well as domestic purposes. Among their many products, I especially like Midlands GXT900VP4 Two Way Radios. They combine the functions of both a two-way as well as a weather/hazard alert radio.

The Midland GXT900 VP4 Radio Pack includes everything you need to use the radio. There are two Midland GXT900VP4 Walkie Talkies in the pack with a high-power output of 5 watts, which gives them a range of up to 30 miles under optimal conditions. They come with 22 standard FRS/GMRS channels, each of which supports 142 privacy codes. Another 20 extra channels are also available for users who require more bandwidth. Midland GXT900VP4 Two-Way GMRS Radios support NOAA weather channels and NOAA weather alerts to keep you up to date on any drastic weather forecasts and other emergencies.

The Midland GXT900VP4 Two Way Radios can be operated hands-free with the AVP-1 headsets. The pack comes with both home and car chargers, so you can recharge the radio anywhere. The radios run on either rechargeable or AA batteries. The battery-save circuit also provides extended battery life.

What is so special about Midland GXT900VP4 Walkie Talkies that makes them worth buying? One reason is that they meet JIS4 waterproof standards, so not only are they water resistant, but they can actually be placed in a direct stream of water for a short period of time! Another advanced feature worth mentioning is that if everyone in your group uses Midland GXT900VP4 Two-Way GMRS Radios, then you can place them in group mode and assign each radio a unique code. With this feature, you can make direct calls to any user you want without everyone else listening in on the conversation. The receiving radio will even display the caller id of the transmitting walkie-talkie, just like your cell phone!

To make your conversations even more secure, Midland GXT900VP4 Walkie Talkies feature voice scrambling. A dual channel watch, channel scan, vibrating alert, keypad lock, high/medium/low power settings, and ten call alerts are some of the other features that make Midland GXT900VP4 Two Way Radios worth every dollar.

The Uniden SC230 Handheld Scanner is a perfect device for use in any type of two-way communication. With this you can keep up with various state departments or NASCAR drivers. This lightweight, small, and powerful Uniden Bearcat SC230 Scanner comes with a maximum of 2500 channel memories with wide frequency coverage. Due to dynamic memory allocation, you can easily program your scanner without wasting channels.

The Uniden SC230 Police Scanner comes with the close call RF capture technology and so it tunes to signals from transmitters in the vicinity immediately. It will also instantly detect and display the subaudible tone for you to determine the system settings. There are 11 preprogrammed service searches for weather, public safety, news media etc. and 10 programmable search ranges, which help you find unlisted frequencies in your area. You can prioritize your favorite channels, for the Uniden SC230 Police Scanner to frequently scan. The attenuator efficiently cuts down the interference for good quality reception.

Are you a racing fan? If so, then this Uniden SC230 Handheld Racing Scanner will be your best companion for the whole of the racing series. Owning a National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) scanner will give you the inside information about individual teams and factors related to the race so that you get a better understanding of the race. Uniden SC230 NASCAR Scanners come preprogrammed with major racing frequencies, so that you are as much ready for the race as the drivers are. Programming and selecting the race and the driver you want to follow is a breeze, especially with the quick key system access. Alpha tagging feature helps you identify the driver talking.

With the Specific Area Message Encoding (S.A.M.E.) weather alert function of the Uniden SC230 Handheld Scanner, you will never be caught off guard in case of any emergency in your area. You can program as well as remotely control the features of multiple units through a personal computer. The backlit display, which lets you operate the Uniden SC230 Police Scanner even in the dark, has a Backlight-On Squelch feature that illuminates only during channel activity. You can run this device using either long-lasting alkaline batteries or the more economical rechargeable ones.