Description
WaveMon RF-60 Personal monitor E/H fields
RF personal monitor for application up to 60 Ghz
Electric And Magnetic Field Detection
Isotropic sensors with RMS response
Weighted Response To International Standards
ICNIRP, European Directive 2013/35/EU, FCC, Safety Code 6 (2015) and NATO.
Instant and average values
Alarms on instant and average values. Configurable
Exposimeter with datalogger
Data collecting and reporting
Gps and altimeter
Geolocation of measurements
High intensity audible, visible and vibratory alarm
With user definable trigger threshold
Usb communication port
Data downloading, set-up and battery charging
WaveMon RF60
The WaveMon gives a specific weighted response for each standard. It is not just single model that attempts to follow all standards at once. Such an approach will always result in poorer accuracy. This is a weighted response, designed to follow the limits of the applicable standard, for greater accuracy. The following monitors are now available:
- WaveMon RF-60 ICN — ICNIRP version;
- WaveMon RF-60 EUD — European Directive 2013/35/EU version;
- WaveMon RF-60 FCC — FCC version;
- WaveMon RF-60 SC6 — Safety Code 6 (2015) version;
- WaveMon RF-60 NATO — NATO version.
If you need a personal radio frequency monitor that specifically follows some other standard:
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Datalogger
The WaveMon is a radio frequency exposimeter that have a datalogger for continuous data recording.
Communication with the device is through a USB port that allows you to parametrise the device and download the recorded data.
This makes it easy to create reports and allows you to keep a record of your exposure data for your safety.
Practicality
We have created an accessory that allows you to attach the personal RF monitor to your harness, arm or belt and so take it in hand to hold it near a radiation source and then put it back in place easily.
You can also secure it with a small carabiner so that it won’t be dropped.
Battery Management
The device is small and lightweight and works with AA batteries that can be recharged via the USB port.
It can also use standard AA batteries, so that they can always be easily replaced.
Easy, isn’t it? Because we want you always to be protected.
GPS and Altimeter
The WaveMon is the only RF personal monitor equipped with a GPS and Altimeter for geolocation of measurements.
As an example, in a telecommunication tower, the GPS will provide the geographical position of the tower and the Altimeter the relative height from the ground. Thus, the radio frequency monitor will record ‘Exposure Level’ together with ‘Date’, ‘Time’, ‘Geographical Position’ and ‘Height’ on the Tower, allowing you to perfectly locate the hotspots.
Alarms on Instant and Average Values
The WaveMon is the only personal RF monitor that can give alarms for average value and instantaneous value at the same time.
Remember that internationally established exposure limits are specified as values averaged over a given time (e.g. 6 or 30 minutes).
Some important examples include the limits established under ICNIRP, FCC, Safety Code 6, European Directive 2013/35/EU, etc.
User-Configurable Alarms
Over-exposure alarms can be configured from a PC with all their parameters. Two different alarms can be programmed and personalised separately.
The following basic parameters can be personalised:
- Value type (generated by instantaneous or average value);
- Alarm level (% of limit);
- Type of alarm (sound, vibration or both).
Low Frequency Immunity
Experience shows that personal RF monitors with poor immunity to low frequencies give false alarms near high-voltage lines or other types of powerful electric equipment.
The WaveMon is the personal monitor with the best immunity and it can work in electric field intensity conditions of up to 30 kV/m at 50/60 Hz without giving false readings of non-existent RF levels.
That is better, for example, than the occupational exposure limit under ICNIRP: 20 kV/m.
RF Absortion
When the personal monitor is worn on the body, which is how it is most often used, reflections of electromagnetic fields from the body itself can affect the measurement and compromise its accuracy.
The holder for the WaveMon includes an RF absorbent material to reduce that effect. When the device is in the holder, next to the body, the absorbent material is placed strategically between the sensor and the body, but when it is used away from the body, outside the holder, that material is not present and the WaveMon gives an undisturbed isotropic behaviour.
Fully Compliant With ITU-T K.145
The Recommendation ITU-T K.145, issued by the International Telecommunication Union, recommends that RF personal monitors (exposimeters) be equipped with a list of basic features in RF safety for RF workers worldwide.
The WaveMon is fully compliant with this Recommendation. In addition, Wavecontrol is member of the National Association of Tower Erectors (NATE) in the US, organization promoting the highest standards of safety for Tower Climbers and RF Workers.
Application of WaveMoon
Automotive
Drivers and passengers of automotive vehicles are exposed to significant low-frequency magnetic fields emitted by different electrical and electronic components in these vehicles. With a higher demand for electric cars to minimize pollution and enforce decarbonization, there is an increased EMF risk which must be assessed to ensure that the vehicle users are safe from overexposure to EMF.
International organizations and car manufacturers have developed standards to check that automotive vehicles comply with national and international EMC safety regulations. This assessment must be done from DC to 400 kHz. Some of the standards that define these procedures for assessing LF magnetic fields in vehicles include IEC 62764, GB/T 37130, MBN 10284-2, PSA-MR02 B217110 and many others.
Industry
Workers’ exposure to electromagnetic fields must be monitored for their safety in a wide range of industrial areas, machinery and manufacturing processes. Some examples include induction heating, welding systems and processes, radio frequency (RF) heating, tempering and drying equipment, chemical processes (electrolysis), etc.
Home appliances also generate electromagnetic fields that must be measured and evaluated before they can be put on the market. The applicable reference standards include: EN 50519 (induction heating), IEC/EN 62822-1, IEC/EN 62822-2 and IEC/EN 62822-3 (welding), IEC 62233 (household appliances), IEC 62493 (lighting), EN 50527 (workers bearing active implantable medical devices), etc.
Energy
Low frequency electromagnetic fields are associated mainly with the supply of electricity, through the generation, distribution and use of alternating current (AC), and they are always present in our surroundings. Electricity operates at the frequency of 50 Hz or 60 Hz, depending on the country.
Electric power stations, high- and medium-voltage lines, transformers, electric motors and railway lines are the main sources of these electromagnetic fields. The applicable reference standards include: IEC/EN 62110 (AC power systems), IEC 61786-1 and IEC 61786-2 (measurement of DC and AC fields from 1 Hz to 100 kHz).
Defense
The main sources of electromagnetic radiation in the area of defense are radar stations, satellite equipment, communication equipment, etc. The SMP2 is particularly suitable thanks to its high-speed digital processing that ensures the ability to detect peaks of up to 1 µs. It can also detect isolated very high amplitude peaks thanks to a special self-scaling function that adapts the device’s dynamic margin (amplification) to the necessary levels.
In the area of defense we can find electric and magnetic fields of low frequency, from communications equipment working at several kilohertz (kHz) up to gigahertz (GHz). The SMP2 + WP400 + WPF18 combination is ideal in this case because it can cover the 1 Hz – 18 GHz frequency range with just two probes.
Laboratories R+D
Electric/electronic laboratories normally use radiofrequency equipment and the levels of electromagnetic radiations can therefore be high. This makes it necessary to ensure workers’ safety in connection with exposure to those electromagnetic fields.
To ensure that permitted levels of exposure are not exceeded, the ideal devices are broadband meters that can measure total exposure over the working frequency range of the equipment used. The ideal solution is the SMP3 + the WPF probe that is best suited to the frequency range in question. Wavecontrol also produces continuous measurement systems with built-in alarm, based on the MonitEM devices, designed for monitoring exposure in this sort of facility.
Detection of articles and persons (RFID/EAS)
Radio frequency identification (RFID) and electronic article surveillance (EAS) systems are commonly used in public spaces, generating complex electric fields.
People who work in spaces near those systems are exposed more intensely than people who are passing through them. Most of those systems work in the low frequency range. The reference standards applicable to exposure to RFID/EAS are: EN 50364 and IEC/EN 62369-1.
Telecommunications
Cell phone systems, broadcasting systems and other communication systems are the main sources of electromagnetic radiation in this area. Measurements are sometimes taken under far field conditions, where use of an E (electric) field probe will be sufficient (e.g. WPF8). With low frequency transmitters, we may find ourselves in near field conditions and so the H (magnetic) field will also have to be measured (e.g. WPH60).
It is important that personnel who access telecommunication infrastructures or climb towers with radiating elements, do so with personal protective equipment such as the WaveMon personal monitor, to avoid overexposure.
Some international reference standards are: IEC 62232 and EN 50492 (base stations), EN 50496, EN 50554, EN 50475 and EN 50476 (broadcasting), EN 50400 and EN 50401 (radio communication equipment).
Electromedicine
Magnetic resonance equipment, diathermy and hyperthermia equipment, and electrosurgery equipment are the main sources of electromagnetic radiation in the medical industry.
The medical staff using that equipment or working in nearby spaces are exposed more intensely than patients or people who are passing through, and so exposure within the radius of influence of that equipment must be evaluated and controlled. This includes measurements at low and high frequencies using the suitable devices and probes with isotropic response and RMS. The applicable standard is IEC 60601.
Railway
Electricity is very important in the rail industry, since it allows trains to move quickly, quietly, comfortably and with little pollution. High-power and low-frequency energy is used for moving trains and radio frequencies (RF) are used for communication.
People’s exposure to electromagnetic fields both inside and outside trains, near communication systems and in stations must be controlled. The standard EN 50500 defines procedures for measuring the levels generated in the rail industry in connection with human exposure.
Main Characteristics of the Wavemon
- Conforms to international electromagnetic field safety standards;
- E-field measurements up to 60 GHz and H-field measurements up to 1 GHz;
- Isotropic sensors;
- RMS detection;
- Weighted response chosen from among ICNIRP, European Directive 2013/35/EU, FCC, Safety Code 6 (2015) and NATO, for direct comparison with the standard limit;
- Instantaneous and average values, according to international standards;
- High immunity at a 50/60 Hz: 30 kV/m;
- User-configurable alarms;
- High intensity audible, visible and vibration alarms;
- Customisable alarm threshold;
- Optional GPS and altimeter;
- Datalogger to report and record data;
- RF absorption to reduce reflections from the user’s body;
- USB for PC connection to parameterise and download data;
- Small and lightweight;
- Powered by 2 standard disposable or rechargeable (via USB port) batteries;
- Autonomy over 200 hours.
