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Cosine effect people. Or better yet, “Cosine Angle Error”.
Until you understand this thoroughly you are wasting your time debating all this.
Furthermore: Using radar to determine the speed of a moving object is most affected by the skill and understanding of the operator. This understanding is constantly muddied because for whatever reason people believe what they hear behind the backstop, not what the manual and manufacturers say.
The owner of pocket radar has made some excellent informative posts on this site, some the past few days. Worth reading.
Until you understand this thoroughly you are wasting your time debating all this.
Pocket Radar, Sports Radar Users, Cosine Angle Error
With the availability of affordable high quality Doppler radar equipment, I see on forums and at ball fields that a lot of users don’t understand how to use them well. I also see a lot of misunderstanding of how it works. Handheld radar units are most accurate when the ball is moving directly...
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Furthermore: Using radar to determine the speed of a moving object is most affected by the skill and understanding of the operator. This understanding is constantly muddied because for whatever reason people believe what they hear behind the backstop, not what the manual and manufacturers say.
The owner of pocket radar has made some excellent informative posts on this site, some the past few days. Worth reading.