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Trifield Natural EM MeterThe meter has a built in battery tester and four measurement settings: Magnetic, Sum, Electric, and Radio/Microwave. Measuring Magnetic FieldsThe meter is sensitive to changes of as little as 0.5% of the strength of the Earth's magnetic field, and the tone will sound if the field increases or decreases. After the meter detects an event, when the magnetic field then becomes stable for more than about five seconds, the tone will stop and the needle will return to zero. The meter will remain at rest until the field changes again. The threshold level (squelch level) of the tone is adjustable. The user determines the amount of change in the magnetic field required to sound the tone. If the field changes by the threshold amount, the tone will come on at a low pitch. If the amount of change is larger, the tone's pitch will be higher. This meter can also be used to determine if anything is magnetized. For example, if a bed frame is magnetized, the meter can be held vertically and slowly be swept by hand over the bed. Any changes in the direction or strength of the magnetic field will register. A similar process can reveal the presence of magnetic rocks just below the ground. The Natural EM Meter can detect geomagnetic storms caused by unusual solar activity interacting with the ionosphere (which results in rapid changes of up to 10% in the Earth's magnetic field), as well as the electrical activity of ordinary thunderstorms. It will signal the movement of any distant, strong magnetic sources in the sky, even if the sky is cloudy or the source dips behind a hill. Ball lightning should in theory be associated with a strong magnetic field, and magnetization of metal on the ground has been reported with some sightings of unusual lights in the sky. Measuring Electric FieldsWhen the dial is set to ELECTRIC, the meter is sensitive to electric fields as weak as 3 V/m (volts per meter). Indoors, electric fields typically fluctuate 1 or 2 V/m. By setting the minimum sensitivity to change at 3 V/m, we have designed the meter to disregard this "background noise". A 3V/m field is so feeble that if a 10'x10'x10' room were filled with a field of this strength, it would contain the total amount of energy equivalent to that required to lift a single grain of table salt 1/50th of an inch. Human beings and animals usually emit an electric field which is easily detectable using the Natural EM Meter. In fact, the meter can be used as a motion-activated intruder alarm. It is so sensitive that it can detect the presence of a person through a wall. Though it is not foolproof in this capacity, (sometimes a person will carry no electric charge and thus be "invisible" to the meter), its sensitivity is of interest to researchers in the field of parapsychology. Every type of detectable physical manifestation requires a certain amount of energy. For example, "moving air" requires the expenditure of a small amount of energy to get the air to move initially. Below is a table showing several types of effects or fields emitted by people and objects. It also shows the minimum amount of energy required (per cubic foot of air) to set up that effect or field so that it is stronger than typical indoor "background noise" for that effect or field. Clearly the static electric field is the type that requires the least energy to be detectable. Type of Energy Effect or Field
The radio/microwave detector is sensitive from 100,000 to 2.5 billion oscillations per second (100 KHz to 2.5 GHz) and can detect strong or unusual atmospheric electrical activity. It can also detect leaky microwave ovens, cellular or portable phones, walkie-talkies and concealed surveillance bugs. Its minimum and maximum detectable signal strengths are 0.01 milliwatt/cm2 and 1 milliwatt/cm2 respectively. SUM SettingThe SUM setting adds together the electric and magnetic fields and detects if either field changes. It is used to find a disturbance in either type of field, but in the SUM setting it can generally detect if a person approaches to within five or ten feet, even on the other side of a wall. For this reason, it is preferred for parapsychological research, when, for example, a room to be measured is known to be vacant for an extended period (except for experimenters, who remain relatively still for that period). Natural EM Meter
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| Frequency (Hz) | Magnetic Full Scale Equals (RMS milligauss) | Multiply Reading By | Electric Full Scale Equals (RMS Volts/Meter) | Multiply Reading By |
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| .5 | 330 | 3.3 | 2,000 | 20 |
| 1 | 580 | 5.8 | 2,000 | 20 |
| 2 | 1,000 | 10 | 2,300 | 23 |
| 5 | 1,500 | 15 | 2,500 | 25 |
| 10 | 2,500 | 25 | 2,800 | 28 |
| 20 | 3,000 | 30 | 5,000 | 50 |
| 50 | 3,300 | 33 | 16,000 | 160 |
| 100 | 3,500 | 35 | 50,000 | 500 |
| 200 | 3,500 | 35 | ||
| 500 | 3,300 | 33 | ||
| 1,000 | 3,000 | 30 | ||
| 2,000 | 2,300 | 23 | ||
| 5,000 | 2,000 | 20 | ||
| 10,000 | 2,500 |
*Minimum resolution is 1/200 of full scale.
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