What kind of response will the electric and magnetic fields generated by electrical power lines have on the RadMan (both when worn on the body and when held out)?
Alarm-threshold 50 % of standard will be reached at 3 kV/m (50/60 Hz) RadMan is mounted on a tripod; oriented parallel to E-field vector = RadMan is mounted to the tripod in upright position (yellow cap at the bottom of the instrument). We tried also other positions but this was as expected the worst case condition. E-field from 50/60 Hz will be very much attenuated by carrying the RadMan at the body. So we think that it could be possible to use the RadMan also on towers of power transmission lines. We recommend in this case also the slower version of the RadMan (WTC-version) because the RadMan will react not so nervously in case of a distance between RadMan and body. Extending the RadMan to arm’s length as recommended in RF sites has the opposite effect in ELF-fields. This position would lead to a field overexposure at the Radman and the alarm will go off earlier. The field overexposure is due to the reaction of ELF-fields on the geometry. The ELF-fields like points or peaks.
