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23805
Eberline Remball, mint, working fine. Make offer. 20 ATM He-3 tube-remarkable tube! $200.00 as used in my home made detector ( tube only, moderator not for...
Geo>K0FF
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Jul 1, 2007
2:46 pm
23806
You'd need to convert the salt to nitric acid to cause serious mayhem. (Same skill level as running a chlorate cell, probably) Appreciate the original article!...
Tom Herman
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Jul 1, 2007
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23809
Nasty stuff really. The main reason it was prescribed in the UK was to combat morning sickness during pregnancy hence the high numbers of birth defects. It...
BRIAN THWAITES
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Jul 2, 2007
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23810
Columbia Missouri. Vehicular rad alarm went off today as we drove down the main street shopping area. Went back an hour later, same thing. Started a grid...
Geo>K0FF
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Jul 3, 2007
1:09 am
23811
Group Purchase of BTI Bubble detectors?? Anyone interested in going in on a group purchase? The shipping/handling charge of $125 is firm, so the more that...
Geo>K0FF
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Jul 3, 2007
2:15 am
23812
Go downtown in St. Louis or KC sometime - unbelievable background radiation from the granite! JRW ... From: Geo>K0FF To: CDV700 Club Sent: Monday, July 02,...
Jim RabidWolf
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Jul 3, 2007
5:41 am
23813
Jim, I can imagine! Also green marble has tested well above background. Probably Uranium content? There seems to be an unlimited number of hits out there,...
Geo
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Jul 3, 2007
2:18 pm
23815
I own a Victoreen CD V-700 6B. This is for hobby use where official calibration/certification is not a concern. My unit appears to be reading high from what I...
Nick
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Jul 4, 2007
2:32 am
23816
Leave it alone. Never adjust the calibration setting unless you have something reasonable to base your calibration on. Be it pulser, rad source, whatever. The...
civildefenseinfo2002
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Jul 4, 2007
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23817
Thanks. That could explain why my reading is higher than stated. One more question.. when you say not the correct unit, do you mean CPM? I had originally...
Nick
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Jul 4, 2007
5:04 am
23818
I found this tube in my collection and am offering it on eBay. I have two and one must go. Since it was activated with Co60 its activity is long gone. But...
Steve Schoner
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Jul 5, 2007
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23819
I got in 2 6b's a few days ago. Both seem to function well and agree reading wise on all ranges using the case source. However, one of them, when switched...
m82a1pa
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Jul 6, 2007
11:40 am
23820
The batteries get extremely hot in the off position. The wiring looks identical. I noticed the problem when, out of the case, one of the Duracells split its...
Tom Herman
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Jul 6, 2007
1:25 pm
23822
Once again, you've bailed me out, Tom. I went home over lunch and insulated the metal retainer and it solved the problem. That makes sense looking at what...
m82a1pa
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Jul 6, 2007
5:26 pm
23823
No, but I have noticed my one Anton reads higher than either of my Eni's (One of which is an almost full blown LENI, now) Vagaries of the circuits, I guess -...
Jim RabidWolf
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Jul 6, 2007
5:50 pm
23824
Happy to help you out, Mort! -Tom From: "m82a1pa" <ml.denison@...> Reply-To: CDV700CLUB@yahoogroups.com To: CDV700CLUB@yahoogroups.com Subject:...
Tom Herman
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Jul 6, 2007
7:13 pm
23825
Assuming that all the units have been calibrated ( if not, lets make it so Ken!), the difference might be in the way the different meters average out the slow...
Geo
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Jul 6, 2007
8:24 pm
23828
Maybe try it without the outer probe housing, just the tube? There is a dither point, but the GM pulse should be way, way above that. Have you compared the HV...
Geo
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Jul 6, 2007
10:23 pm
23829
In thinking about your search AND seeing the photos of your backup Mobile Rad Lab for sale, what if you could put the Scint Tube inside a lead pipe and put the...
Jay Boggess
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Jul 6, 2007
11:33 pm
23830
Good idea Jay, but I already did that! It's a thyroid scan collimator, problem is it weighs a lot and has to be mounted on a tripod. No easy way around that...
Geo
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Jul 6, 2007
11:50 pm
23832
997 is pretty close to the fatal continuous breakover voltage for a 6993 tube. DUHHHH........ You were getting "double pulsing", a common condition that occurs...
Geo
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Jul 7, 2007
1:00 am
23833
... Geo, for higher energy gamma (>.5MeV?) would it make sense to use an inline coincidence detector with fixed delay and two sints (or other fast sensor) for...
Craig
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Jul 10, 2007
9:32 pm
23834
An interesting concept, phase cancellation of Gamma Rays. Part of the real world problem with these pulsed, intermittent X-Rays is that they are so darned...
Geo
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Jul 10, 2007
11:48 pm
23835
Got a question; The AN/PDR 43, is it a GM Counter or Ion Chamber? I was under the impression that it was an Ion Chamber, until I read this: ...
Chris
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Jul 11, 2007
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23836
Scintillator tubes/crystals for sale http://www.qsl.net/k0ff/Scintillator%20Tubes%20for%20SALE/ Others too, also bases for handheld probe use, bases for lab...
Geo>K0FF
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Jul 11, 2007
11:44 pm
23837
Bogus company gets radioactives license By H. JOSEF HEBERT, Associated Press Writer1 hour, 16 minutes ago Congressional investigators set up a bogus company...
DH
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Jul 12, 2007
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23838
Russian pencil shaped metal beta-gamma GM tubes- I brought in a case of these so listmembers don't have to fool around with foreign payments or shipment from...
Geo>K0FF
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Jul 12, 2007
12:29 am
23839
Here is an ad ( not my own ad) for a very nice Ludlum single channel analyzer for $1495 used. I have an identical unit available for $525.00 USD if anyone is...
Geo>K0FF
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Jul 12, 2007
1:14 pm
23841
Anyone in business that has $1200 can get an NRC materials license. It will all ANY number of gauges to be held. Verified by a long telephone conversation with...
Geo
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Jul 12, 2007
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23842
http://www.techlib.com/science/ion.html#PoloniumPen (its an electrometer circuit)...
DH
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