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MODEL: darcon100

darcon100


The Darcon-100 is a pocket-sized threat warning and research device which, in addition to use as a general- purpose radiation (gamma and x-ray) monitor, alerts users to radiation and electromagnetic events not detectable with prior portable devices, including Terrestrial Gamma Bursts (TGBs) that can impact airline passengers, and microwave-based directed electromagnetic weapon (DEW) deployment - thought to be a plausible mechanism behind "Havana Syndrome". This ability to recognize such bursts enables a more complete level of situational awareness than formerly possible in a wearable unit. The user is made instantly aware of active nuclear or DEW threats he/she might not otherwise observe, and can then take evasive action and alert others. Designed for first responders, the general public and government employees, the unit emits audible and visible alarms, indicating whether a radiation vs. an EM event is detected, and its likely classification.

These devices can also be economically deployed over a large airline passenger population, to enable detection, logging and worldwide analysis of TGBs to determine whether or not these events occur with sufficient amplitude and incidence to constitute a safety hazard.

A set of concurrently operating ionizing radiation detectors and radio frequency (RF) electromagnetic radiation detectors, in combination with a microprocessor are used to detect, record, characterize and provide the user with a real-time warning of the presence of both steady state and extremely brief bursts of radiation that would otherwise go undetected despite posing a severe health risk. The outputs of the multiple radiation detectors are analyzed for concurrency, and the relative ratio of amplitudes from the ionizing radiation detectors and the RF detectors is used to estimate the probable nature of the threat, whether from a continuous or pulsed directed energy weapon (DEW) or from nuclear radiation, both steady state and pulsed. The data from a number of said portable instruments can be uploaded to a global server which aggregates the data and provides worldwide recognition of emerging threats.

For more detailed information on the darcon100 please see the User Manual on the right.

PART NUMBERDESCRIPTION
darcon100300 mW/cm2, 0.01-40 MeV, USB interface