hi-- just got a coupple cdv715s in the mail. One has a cracked up meter. Q. What should I do to fix it? just buy a parts unit for like $10 and use the meter...
PAGE 2...for Archives go to PAGE1Looking for some small pieces of leaded sheet glass, maybe 12"x12" or so. Should anyone have any to part with at reasonable...
Q: Can you explain the difference between Uranium 238 and Depleted Uranium 238? Short answer: Natural uranium ore contains about .72 percent of U-235, the...
Snagged an MP-1 off eBay a few weeks back looked at the various posts and files on modifications to eliminate the power supply problems. Lucky for me that the...
Great point George! I had checked the output against my scaler and it within about 0.0024% but I hadn't noticed the 6 volt +/-5% on the side of the can of the...
Great point George! I had checked the output against my scaler and it within about 0.0024% but I hadn't noticed the 6 volt +/-5% on the side of the can of the...
There's a couple of new 1B85 tubes on eBay right now with a Buy It Now price of $25. Bill ... Regarding ... 10-7 ... back ... tubes ... in ... tubes ... twice...
Thanks Bill for the heads up on the 1B85 GM tubes. I got one for my PRI 107B. Jack ... the ... all ... and ... my ... the ... pressure ... 6993 ... and...
While visiting Italy recently, I stayed in two different Rome hotels that were originally constructed of travertine about 1700 years ago. Both hotels had...
Hello all, I have been interested in radioactivity for many years now, and I have several new and old Geiger counters, and several U ores, radium dials, you...
Hello, I live in Italy, a few km north of Rome. All this area is almost completely made of tufa stone - even most houses here are made of that stuff. I read...
Leuren K Moret of Berkeley, who claims that a worldwide depleted uranium dust cloud has caused an epidemic of diabetes is making a number of speaking ...
... I live near Madrid (Spain) and I have a fairly constant 18-20 uRem/hr indoors (26-30cpm), and about 12-15 uRem/hr outdoors (8-10cpm), but I have found some...
Thanks for that interesting report Cristian! Geo ... From: "macavity80" <macavity80@...> To: <GeigerCounterEnthusiasts@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Sunday,...
DU has little monetary value but it is getting very hard to obtain. Supply and demand therefore set the price for the limited supply available on the civilian...
"A retired expert in radiation metering determined that the Gamma Scout Meter was incapable of detecting DU dust -" I wonder why he said that? The Gamma Scout...
The question is at what concentration. It would work perfectly well on a chuck of DU or a piece of uraninite. But Its not going to see "global fallout" dust...
OK. I thought they somehow had access to the test range itself. Geo ... From: D. Emer To: GeigerCounterEnthusiasts@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, January 04,...
12.5 uRem in Saginaw michigan and Stuart Iowa where I worked most of this summer. ... While visiting Italy recently, I stayed in two different Rome hotels that...
Outside background radiation here in Dallas, Texas is 12.6 uR/hr (15.2 cpm) measured with a Victoreen Model 190 with an energy compensated side-wall Geiger...
Hi Cristian, I'd be suprised if a 5g sample of pure U metal (depleted or otherwise) would read as much as your Uranite. Most of the radiation from that will be...
Hello, some background from germany. Done some long time measurements with a KSMG1 <- ex East German Dosimeter System for Gamma-Radiation. Daily variation...
Hi - I have recently picked up a RadCal 2025 + 20X5-60 head and in chamber. It appears to be designed for x-ray dose measurement. Question - is the ratemeter...
Hello, Thank you for the replies! So... price aside... Would it be possible for a regular citizen to buy, say, one of those U ballast pellets? Or are they...
in the USA, any business or educational entity can own up to 15 pounds of processed material (NOT U-235!!) ... From: "macavity80" <macavity80@...> To:...
Hiya - What you have there is Pitchblende. The crumbliness or extreme softness is due to the fact that Pitchblende has no or minimal crystallinity. The high...
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