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★★★★★
a basic test device well worth having around!!!
I tried to download a better manual from the web site but only found them for other models, not this one. One thing I want it to not do is auto rotate the screen every time I move it slightly. Very annoying when trying to read the display!! (An email to the company told me the rotating display is called "swivel" and can be turned off the auto mode. They also sent me a link for the proper manual in easy to read PDF... now they can have that 5th star!!!! I was a radio communication tech for 35+ years so I'm pretty picky on how test equipment should work. But it seems to work as advertises. I have a state police 800 meg (30 channels trunked) radio tower with microwave dishes all over it in my neighborhood. . This unit told me my home was not in any strong RF fields from that tower. (My friend who lives much closer lives in a 24/7 RF bath that is truly scary) This unit did quite well at picking up power line EMF, the biggest problem in my home. The Dell computer tower under my desk (pretty much radiating EMF between my legs) was a huge offender and just had to be moved. The computer in my bedroom is a better Dell and had nearly zero radiation. My WIFI was well placed but if your WIFI sits close to you where you sit, move the dam thing so it is at least several yards away (around the WIFI box the RF field is quite strong). (low quality LED and more industrial home/office florescent lights may surprise you and how much EMF and RF they put out) I'm not so sure this unit is good at picking up the intermittent pulses an idle cell phone constantly sends. They do cause the meter to respond but because they are pulses the meter averages them. If you or a child sleeps near a cell phone test/measure its RF output when the phone is on a call.... it puts out that same amount of power in its pulses (and its not healthy, in fact pulsed power can be worse for you than constant power). Will this work on 5G??? Most 5G will be above its operating frequencies but it should pick up the constant pulses as rf or EMF. (There is nothing good about 5G and its constant "milometer" wave frequencies and constant digital modulation pulses. .. fight to keep it out of your area, if you loose that fight (and you will loose) ,,,MOVE or try to shield yourself from the 100% area/busines saturating signals... that is predicted to be in place and operational nationwide by 2020!!!!!
February 2019 · Industrial and Scientific · verified purchase
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