[aprssig] An accurate do-it-yourself radiation meter
Lee Mushel
herbert3 at centurytel.net
Sat Feb 11 09:41:02 EST 2012
What an interesting thread! It brings back a lot of memories from the
early 50's including a 14 year old me on my Cushman scooter with geiger
counter slung over my shoulder.
Not too long ago I bought another instrument on ebay and sent both down the
the gentleman in the Southwest with the retirement job of converting those
old things to present day batteries and re-calibrating. Now, if you have
access to old magazines you can find an article on multi-tube counters for
those who are too poor to afford a scintillator! I seem to remember one
DIY article with five or maybe it was seven GM tubes. Of course I belong
to the 1B85 and 1B86 Victoreen generation! Kept a reworked model for
myself and gave one to my son. We do have a nuke upwind from us! Once
again, I apologize for not sticking to the proper subject (for those who
worry about such things).
73
Lee K9WRU
----- Original Message -----
From: "WD8ARZ" <wd8arz at ix.netcom.com>
To: <aprssig at tapr.org>
Sent: Saturday, February 11, 2012 6:22 AM
Subject: Re: [aprssig] An accurate do-it-yourself radiation meter
> Hello Bob, and interesting you latched on to this type of detector.
>
> The article you provided a url to, refers to the difficulty of getting GM
> tubes and there expense.
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