I can't comment too much on this but see no reason that I can't repeat some history. I used to make a brass holder for the pellets removed from smoke ...
I was wondering if the electronics could be used for other projects. Does anyone have information on the specs for the detection circuitery? Thank you Edward...
* Death from across the galaxy: Explosions called gamma-ray bursts could beam lethal radiation across a galaxy, frying life forms along the way, a study has...
... Yeah, me too ;-) Actually the finding that GRB's can wipe out any nearby life it not that new. Considering the enormous radiation they produce, it's no...
Why does a pair of stars colliding produce a *beam* ? Similarly, why do other spinning cosmic things emit beams out of their spin-axes? Is this because there...
I scored a strange kit recently, in a military-ish wooden box stencilled with the above. It contains a leather-cased small box into which you can plug various...
Anyone have any experience repairing the meter movement of a CDV-700 or other CDV family meter? I've got a 700 and the meter movement is dead (but everything...
Anyone have any experience repairing the meter movement of a CDV-700 or other CDV family meter? Hi Jimmy, I think you're on the right track... There's no easy...
... You can buy a CDV700 without the GM tube for cheap. Salvage the meter from it. The GM tube is the limiting factor. I actually don't know if there's an...
The manual on my strange european contami/detector set says there's a 'compartiment de dessiccatif', 'droogpatroon', aka 'trackenpairane' in my gizmo. I...
If you can send over the German scan of it I will take a crack at it, and translate it over. Let's put the high-school German and the Langenschedit Wörterbuch...
Thank Tom and DH for the suggestions. I had already checked the continutity of the movement, about 1.8 KOhm, which I believe is reasonable for a 50uA movement....
Cool find! My parents are German, and you're right, Dutch sounds and looks almost like German. "Droogpatroon" is Dutch for "pattern" (altavista translation)....
I'l also take a crack at it, my German's a bit rusty, but still there.... Rabid Uncle Rabid ( http://www.unclerabid.com ) We Repair Electronic Speed...
I'l also take a crack at it, my German's a bit rusty, but still there.... Hi Jim, My German is terribly rusty as well, but droogpatroon seems to be Dutch......
... However, my Latin comes in handy, and the Italian appears to indicate "dessicant chamber", so the strange stick may very well be a sacrificial metal rod...
I recentlt got ahold of a surplus Victoreen CDV-715 1B, inserted a battery, the meter zeros OK, check circuit OK, needle stays at zero on the X100 setting, a...
That would indeed sound Dutch wouldn't it - probably a plot between the Waloons and the Flemish in Belgium to do one or the other in <G> ... From: Tom Herman ...
In a message dated 3/5/2007 11:34:31 AM Central Standard Time, msd1955@... writes: I recentlt got ahold of a surplus Victoreen CDV-715 1B, inserted a ...
I've just heard that Thermo Electron (Eberline) is closing their Santa Fe operations. All design, production, repair parts and service personnel there are...
Hi, The strange stick is just a dessicator. They normally have a silica gel filling but some use a solid ceramic like material. The aluminium is actully porous...
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