They provide an interesting powerful and easy method of detecting and plotting ionizing radiation on a P.C. or LAPTOP computer. No need for batteries or external transformers. An efficient regulated power supply draws a minute amount of power from the computer port. Each monitor is extremely rugged and accurate. Many thousands have been sold since 1989 and the first are working as new.

Excellent for educational and industrial purposes as well as for checking minuscule amounts of contamination in foods, water, ceramic materials and more or for continuously monitoring background radiation levels including radiation due to the presence of Radon and decay products.

If you would like to read all the pages connected to this web site (approx. 25 pages) you can scroll through the rest of this page which includes text, graphs, photos and links to additional pages. Also at the bottom of each page is a link to another page. After following through every page, stop back here, (the index page) and check the list of links below then click on those links your browser has not re-colored as being read. This web site includes text grabbed from our literature pack. Please feel free to phone/fax/email/write us for more information with any questions comments and/or to order (see phone numbers, E-mail address above and on Price List link).

Don't miss the Users' page (includes interesting stuff).

Index to other pages connected to this web site

Note: The following link list is not located at the bottom of this page. Additional graphs and photos are included below the list. Scroll beyond this list to view the rest of this page.
• Price List
• RM specs.
• Frequently asked questions

• Aware Electronics Remote Radiation Sites
• About Aware's New LCD-90 Micro-Controller Data-Logger
• Full size graph of Radon Fleas in Living Area (plus info about Fan-Filter add-on)
• Last few days of Radon Fleas in Lower Living Area
• Decay Curve Graph (plus info about Uranium, Thorium, 3DECAY.EXE)
• Running Aw-Graph Under 64bit Windows (Use DOSBox to run Aw-Graph under 64bit Windows)
• Semi-log Plot (New Aw-graph features: semi-log and background subtraction)
• Using Excel to Automatically Load and Graph Real-Time Radiation Data
• Lesson Ideas text
• Interesting Experiences text
• Small LX Palm Top PC Photo (plus info about LCD-60 add-on, "Clicker" add-on, etc.)
• Users' page (includes decent lantern mantle decay)
• Interesting letters (One is about: Radioactivity in seaweed)
• Earthquake Prediction ( Volcanologist's Experiences plus graph)
• Bigger Decay
• Zoom Sequences (plus a note about software and PC CPUs)
• Using Aw-Radw and Windows to Speak Radiation Levels
• Small Photos: PMI-30, Alarm Box - Strobe
• Multiple RMs per PC. New Card Available.
• Info about our new 32 bit WIN 98-NT-2000-XP software Aw-Radw
• MS Windows Operation (plus a bit more about Aware's software)

• Aw-Rand software (New RANDOM NUMBER generator)
• Aw-Fast software (New software with one second or less Time Base Unit)
• PMI-30 info. (plus graph of neutron flux using Helium 3 tube)
• Aw-fetch software (Gathering rad. data over telephone) (See this link for RADIOLOGICAL application)
• Journal of Nuclear Medicine Paper (Remotely Pollable Continuous Monitoring)
• Network Operation (Includes info. about the new program Aw-Trace.exe)

• Checking for Radioactive GEMS (Topaz, Diamonds, etc.)
• Detecting Carbon-14 (Question about RM-70 RM-80 as compared to RM-60)
• Standard Deviation text (plus text on how we place graphs on WWW)
• Interesting tidbit(s) found on the Web.
• ALERTS (RADIOLOGIC EMERGENCIES - ALERTS)
• Brochure text scan (Includes info about the standard software )
• Nov. 1989 PC Magazine article that helped start it all for Aware Electronics Corp

Please Note: In the interest of variety, as of Aug. 31st 1998 11:00 pm we switched from a RM-60 + Fan-Filter to a RM-80 + Fan-Filter for the real time graphs on this web site. We also moved the sensor to the basement area as opposed to the living room area. See the next graph on this page for the latest RM-80 data.

View above graph and archive graphs full size, (Fri Jan 27 14:39:24 2012 East Coast US time) (plus Fan-Filter info.)?

The count rate is in direct correlation with Alpha and Beta particle flux. The radioactivity of the filter is in direct correlation with what is going on in the lungs of any person breathing the same air as is passing through the filter. In many respects this information is much more useful for the user as compared to a Radon report in the form of picocuries Radon per liter air. For example a forced air filter system could remove a large percentage of Radon decay products from the air thereby reducing the health threat but the filter system would not remove any Radon gas and therefore a standard Radon test would show no reduction in Radon level even though the health threat was greatly reduced. Never-the-less the counts per unit time figure included in these graphs can be converted to picocuries Radon per liter air given the correct factor. For more info about monitoring and reducing Radon decay products see: Frequently asked questions

Late addition. New add-on available: Solid State Relay Kit. Let Aware software and an IBM clone control your mitigation fan. Chop off those Radon peaks! For info about Alarm Software + Solid State Relay Kit, see bottom of price list Price List

Last Few Days. Notice spikes. Spikes seem to correlate with wind direction from know Radon out gassing areas (Reading Prong). (Note: Slight saw tooth pattern is due to the auto-cycling (on-off) of a dehumidifier in the basement area). A conclusion drawn by Aware Electronics after observing the graphs on this web site along with wind direction for the last year: Radon and Radon decay products can be carried by the wind from even hundreds of miles away, before entering your house. It is possible that Radon decay products can settle out and therefore build up in your house. Air contains perhaps 7 million dust particles per liter. Dust containing Radon decay products remains suspended outdoors due to wind. When the dust containing air enters the house the lack of wind allows the dust to settle out somewhat after which the remaining dust reduced air is replaced with more outdoor air diffusing into the house, with a fresh load of radioactive dust. In other words it is possible for the house to act as a large filter concentrating outdoor Radon decay products within the house.

View MOVING GRAPH + more data updated on Fri Jan 27 14:39:24 2012(East Coast US time)?

With an Aware Electronics RM unit and your PC,

View this graph full size (plus Uranium and Thorium info)?

Aware's RM-70 ($289), RM-60 ($179.95), RM-80 ($329), LCD-60 ($189).

The software included with each RM is very user friendly and non-intrusive to your PC environment. You can even run it from your floppy. Setup is easy. Simply plug the adapter into a serial port and start the software. It makes for a very interesting PC application.

Monitor several locations each in a different MS Window or from the DOS prompt

The RM-60 along with the user friendly software ($179.95 complete system) monitors and plots radiation from a variety of sources. It includes the highest quality stainless steel geiger tube with alpha-beta window and ceramic back. The RM-60 detects all three types of radiation emitted by radioactive materials namely Alpha, Beta, and Gamma radiation as well as X-ray radiation down to 8 KEV (8K Electron Volts).

The RM-70 ($289) and RM-80 ($329) monitors include the highest quality, industry standard stainless steel "pancake" tubes (1.125" and 1.75" effective diameter Alpha, Beta, low energy Gamma, X-ray windows). The RM-G90 ($523) includes a 10.5" x 0.8" stainless steel gamma tube (160 cps/milliR/hr). (For more technical specs. click on "RM specs" link above).

The monitors plug into the serial or parallel port of the P.C. by way of telephone cord turning the computer into a highly sensitive feature packed user friendly microroentgen geiger counter. Data is displayed in a unique scrolling bar chart format and is saved to a file for later review and manipulation. Each point is accompanied by the exact date and time according to the quartz clock in the computer.

You can use a credit card to order if you desire. If you are displeased for any reason you may return the unit within 45 days for a full refund. (For more order info. click on Price List link above).

If you decide to order may we suggest the purchase of the additional program Aw-graph.exe for $74.00 or our 32 bit Windows program Aw-Radw which includes Aw-Graph.
Info about our new WIN 98-ME-NT-2000-XP software Aw-Radw
Both include the ability to view several radiation data files simultaneously including regressions, interpolations, semi-log plots, background subtraction, date-time x-axis, data compression, flash - video page switching and more. Included are real-time automatic updates of data plot(s) as well as old data and/or any ascii data. Aw-graph and Aw-Radw are covered by the 45 day $ back offer. Either are superb add-on programs.

Note: Several utilities are included with each RM system. These include SEED.EXE which generates random numbers derived from RM pulses (Also see:NEW PROGRAM: AW-RAND random number generator), SECTION.EXE which pulls any Date-Time data segment from a large data file, SETCLOCK.EXE which uses a modem to connect with Atomic Clock in Boulder Colorado, then adjusts PC's clock, Flux Counter, which tallies radiation counts until space-bar is pushed, Stufkbuf.exe which places keystrokes in the keyboard buffer and more.

RADON:

Even in a room with only outdoor Radon levels one can gather Radon decay products on a tissue by wiping the screen of a VGA or T.V. and then plot the decay with an Aware monitor and the software. (Half-life Radium B: 26.8 mins., Radium C: 19.9 mins.) Use one of the RM monitors to find Radon entrance points. For example if Radon is entering through a crack, daughter products will deposit around the periphery of the crack. When moving the monitor close to the crack, geiger clicking will increase and the dose rate display will show a rise in radiation due to the highly radioactive decay products. This reveals the crack as a source of Radon entrance.

We received an interesting phone call from a RM-60 user. He has been an Alpha track dealer for several years and is pleased with the system. He placed a face mask paper filter on the intake of a small vacuum cleaner (e.g. Dust Buster) for two minutes, in a room with approx. 3 picocuries Radon per liter air. Next he placed the paper filter next to the RM-60's Alpha-Beta window. This generated readings of several hundred counts per minute. (Background count rate is normally about 10 CPM). The software then drew a beautiful decay plot of the Radium B + C-C' Radon daughters. The RM-70 and RM-80 would draw a decay curve with 10 and 24 times the data.

Others have found small amounts of radioactive contamination in drinking water due to Radon, by simply placing the monitor next to a tank of water and noticing the increase in reading. Floor drains, pipe entrances, sump pumps, vent openings and more, all will become radioactive if Radon is entering through and/or around them. The RM system allows you to notice the effectiveness of remedial action.

Also real-time variations due to water flow, weather conditions, or other variables are revealed on the graph and by way of the geiger click rate and reading.