The Acoustimeter has been designed to enable you to make a quick and informed judgement regarding the level and nature of microwave signals in your environment.
It is a broadband instrument that accurately measures the totality of the radiation in the range 200 MHz to about 8000 MHz (8 GHz), which covers the frequencies used by most modern communication systems encountered in our everyday environment.
The Acoustimeter is lightweight and easy to use. It's the best at helping you determine safe levels for you and your family.
The readings are shown on both an LCD display and two series of graduated LED lights. The LEDs update rapidly, and allow you to quickly gauge the levels in an area and find any hot-spots. The LCD display offers high accuracy with a lower update speed, giving you time to take note of the readings.
It also has a speaker (and audio output socket for headphones or to feed to an audio recorder), allowing you to determine, with a small amount of practice, what type of device is creating the levels that are present. The sounds made by different transmitters can change with time, so these are meant as a rough guide only. If you are subject to a number of sources of RF, the sounds may intermingle and be less easily identified. If you need a carry case, it can be ordered seperately. 2 year mfr warranty.
The internal PCB antenna is at the top rear of the case. Signals are best measured with the source behind the instrument, but also quite good with the source to one or other side (particularly the left side away from the switches and volume control). It under-reads if the source is in front of the meter as the LCD display acts as an RF screen.
Technical specifications:
Two line LCD displaying actual levels:
» Peak exposure levels in V/m
» Peak hold levels in V/m
» Average exposure levels in µW/m2
» Two lines of LEDS displaying actual levels:
» Peak exposure levels in V/m
» Average exposure levels in µW/m2
Measurement range: 200 - 8 000 MHz ±3 dB
Sensitivity* (Peak Display): 0.02 V/m - 6.00 V/m
Sensitivity* (Average Display): 1 µW/m2 - 100,000 µW/m2
Pulsing signal may be heard through the internal speaker
Power source: 2x AA Alkaline or Rechargeable (1.2 - 1.5V)
Power draw: 105 mA at 3 V
Battery life: 20 hours
» Typically 15 hours on two new 1500 mAhr AA alkaline cells and
» Typically 25 hours on two charged 2700 mAhr NIMH rechargeable cells
Size (mm): 190 x 102 x 33 (LxWxD)
Weight: 280g, excluding batteries
