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Table 2 Overview of exposimeters.

From: Conduct of a personal radiofrequency electromagnetic field measurement study: proposed study protocol

Band

Frequency [MHz]

Description

ESM-140

EME SPY 121

EME SPY 140

FM

88-108

FM radio broadcasting

no

yes

yes

TV3

174-223

TV broadcasting

no

yes

yes

Tetrapol

380-400

Mobile communication system for closed groups

no

yes

yes

TV4/5

470-830

TV broadcasting

no

yes

yes

GSM900 uplink

880-915

Transmission from handset to base station

yes1

yes

yes

GSM900 downlink

925-960

Transmission from base station to handset

yes1

yes

yes

GSM1800 uplink

1710-1785

Transmission from handset to base station

yes1

yes

yes

GSM1800 downlink

1805-1880

Transmission from base station to handset

yes1

yes

yes

DECT

1880-1900

Digital enhanced cordless telecommunications

yes1

yes

yes

UMTS uplink

1920-1980

Transmission from handset to base station

yes1

yes

yes

UMTS downlink

2110-2170

Transmission from base station to handset

yes1

yes

yes

W-LAN

2400-2500

Wireless Local Area Network

yes

yes

yes

WIMAX

3400-3800

Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access

no

no

yes

WI-FI

5150-5850

A wireless IEEE 802.11standard

no

no

yes

Other characteristics:

Measurement range (V/m)

0.01-70

0.05 - 10

0.005-5

Measurement cycle

0.5 - 10s

4 - 255s

4 - 255s

Storage capacity (number of measurements)

260,000

12,540

80,000²

Size (L × W × H in mm)

115x45x29

193 × 96 × 70

169 × 79 × 46

Weight (in g)

87

450

400

Marker (to register events)

yes

yes

yes

  1. Overview of the exposimeters (ESM-140, EME SPY121) that were previously used in studies and the newly developed EME SPY 140 [23].
  2. 1combined bands for the frequency range between 880 and 960 MHz and for 1700-2200 MHz.
  3. 2Theoretical capacity taking into account the capacity of the memory component and the number of bytes to save for measurement, but may not be achieved due to battery life.