smart gas meters...

Michigan has a great smart meter group whose website can be found at http://www.smartmetereducationnetwork.com/smart-meter-health-effects.php

Perhaps they know exactly what the gas company is using in your area.

The gas company in a town near me just 'upgraded' their gas meters to Itron 100G.  The face plate from the front appears just the same as the old non-transmitting gas meters, but instead of being only 1/2" thick the smart ones are about 3" deep to accommodate the transmitter and usually display on the top or bottom a 40G or 100G sticker.

An HF35C readily picked up the 100G pulses which maxed out the meter's read capacity about every 10 seconds.  I could feel the difference in the neighborhood and house I visit right after these were installed. 

Is your Trifield indicating RF from your meter?  My Trifield is excellent for magnetic field reads, but the only RF it "sees" is that from a microwave oven, but for wifi or other wireless devices it's useless.  A high frequency meter is needed for wireless reads.

Turtle is a type of power line communication used by electric providers.  A smart gas meter has a transmitter inside which may be programmed in a 'wake-up' or 'bubble-up' mode.  Wake-up mode only transmits when prodded by an external device; bubble-up mode transmits continuously.  The older smart gas meters used in our area were 40G, but they have been upgraded to 100G.  These new ones transmit every second and numerous people are being affected by them.

Not sure if I've posted this before, but this is a good explanation of the ERT (smart) gas meters now being installed http://emrabc.ca/?page_id=4977

Notice that one is an external box with a wire leading to the old analog gas meter.  A family member has one of these and it transmits RF constantly.

The Open-way Itron gas meter pulses constantly at 2.4 GHz.

The 40G Itrons that were originally used in our town operated in the 900MHz range.  Some meters pulsed continuously in the bubble-up mode while others only pulsed when prodded.  However, these meters were just 'upgraded' with the 100G Itron ERT modules.  They all pulse non-stop and every 8 seconds maxed out the read capacity of an HF35C.

An ES lady was able to get the gas company to return a non-transmitting module, however she has become very ill since her surrounding neighbors have the upgrading transmitting modules.

April, do you have a health professional who will write a letter stating you have environmental sensitivities and need a non-transmitting gas meter?  If so, I can send you a letter that the ES lady used successfully to get her gas company to remove the transmitter.  If you have close neighbors you may have to ask for removal of their transmitters.  

A gaussmeter such as a Trifield is needed for measuring magnetic fields which is a different type of EMF than pulsed high frequency RF.  Magnetic fields radiate from appliances - refrigerators are horrid (dishwashers are very high even when not in use and the circuit turned after use), electric cords, house wiring, power lines, motors, etc.  When I first was first affected with ES, I mistakenly thought the whole problem was RF, but since have found out that I am severely affected by magnetic fields and even moved because the entire neighborhood had an elevated magnetic field coming from the power company using earth as a neutral.

Some good info can be found here about recommended magnetic field limits although many ES people need lower levels in order to feel good than what's considered safe.