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kc2huv
Senior Heliman
Location: Cornwall, NY

Yea.....takes one to know one!

P.S. Jon...Hamfest is April 18!!!!


Mike

EVO 50 Futaba 9CHP (50 MHz) Futaba GY-401/9253 O.S. Max 50 SXh
04-01-2004 Over year old.
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Sar
Elite Veteran
Location: Kingston, NY

Woohoo! I'll just have to remember Beryllium and Argon and I'm all set Looks like rain this weekend, probably won't be flying at Beryllium-Sulpher this weekend hehe.

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Jon
04-01-2004 Over year old.
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kc2huv
Senior Heliman
Location: Cornwall, NY

H He Li Be ........must .....break.....this........code........................

EVO 50 Futaba 9CHP (50 MHz) Futaba GY-401/9253 O.S. Max 50 SXh
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flipped2left
Key Veteran
Location: indianapolis,in.

Speaking of hamfest's when is dayton? there is a guy that happens to sell counter's there ,i bought 2 for 12.50 ea. ken
04-01-2004 Over year old.
 
 
kc2huv
Senior Heliman
Location: Cornwall, NY

May 14 through the 16th


Mike

EVO 50 Futaba 9CHP (50 MHz) Futaba GY-401/9253 O.S. Max 50 SXh
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HARRomeo
Heliman
Location: Merrimack, NH USA

How much do the geiger counters normally cost? I like the sound of this idea! An article identifier that lasts more than your lifetime without maintenance and is totally inconspicuous? Aside from theft there's also the ability to use it to locate it in certain situations.. like the one my ECO 8 is in. I know approximately where it crashed into the lake I live on, however the bottom is about 1.5 ft of fine silt, so diving down you can't see anything.. if it had one of these discs and a geiger counter waterproofed I bet I'd go right to it! How can you go wrong??

I doubt there'd be any feds showing up.. think of the number of american households that have multiple smoke alarms installed already.. that satellite would be going nuts if it was set to detect them lol!
04-10-2004 Over year old.
 
 
flipped2left
Key Veteran
Location: indianapolis,in.

i picked mine up at the dayton hamfest for 12.50 apiece i bought 2 of them. you also might want to look into the rfid chips they put on merchandise also! ken
04-12-2004 Over year old.
 
 
Sar
Elite Veteran
Location: Kingston, NY

Get something new, they are more sensitive. I had a counter at one point that only read rads. I'm figuring if you had the needle moved at all on it you would be in trouble The one I have now has 3 ranges and works okay, it a CD unit. Alot of the civil defence units are okay, but they're don't work for alpha. You can always buy a seperate geiger-muller tube with a mica window (for alpha, from Americium for example) if you want to pick up alpha particles though.

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Jon
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NYJR13
Heliman
Location: New York City, New York, USA

Oh, a satellite cant detect Am, as the neutrons that it fires out happen like a few hundred times a second (as opposed to uranium 235 that shoots them at like a billion per second) and that spreads out in a spherical shape, so by the time it reaches 500,000 feet or so (the satellite) the probability will be one ina trillion that anything hits the satellite, and even if it did, one or two is not enough to show up on the detector, or calculate a trajectory and point of origin.
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04-12-2004 Over year old.
 
 
flipped2left
Key Veteran
Location: indianapolis,in.

It's good to see some educated people out here concerning radiation and yes the old civil defense detectors don't really detect alpha but with a little ingenuity and knowing how people react to just the thought of something being radioactive sure brings out the human response in all of us!!
sar> i'm still in need of a pwr supply for that argon laser, got anything available? yes i have $$ unless you want another nexus! not!!
ken
04-12-2004 Over year old.
 
 
Sar
Elite Veteran
Location: Kingston, NY

Another nexus? I just got rid of the last one

I'm going to run down to the local surplus place soon and see if they have another one floating around. I bought, fixed, and sold one but it was 220/240 volts.

CD geiger counters can be modified quite easily, or if you're into electronics a bit you can build your own. I used to keep mine in my truck and wander around checking various things, looks kind of weird, but still fun, would have been twice as fun if the #$@! thing had an alpha window.

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Jon
04-13-2004 Over year old.
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flipped2left
Key Veteran
Location: indianapolis,in.

I definetley don't want a 220 or 240 volt sys !
as far as detection tubes for radiation you can use regulator tubes,rectifier tubes and the ones that had a flourescent glow in them like eye tubes as they were called. anything with a gas filled envelope within will and can be ionized by the radiation within a specific area. ken oh btw sar i have graduated! although i'm still killing blades i got me a gasser!! ken
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Sar
Elite Veteran
Location: Kingston, NY

A gasser, gotta be nice to just pull start and fly I bet. I want one too, but I'm gonna wait a year to make sure they don't find any bugs in the Predator

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Jon
04-13-2004 Over year old.
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devildog_0431
Heliman
Location: Camp Lejune (Jacksonville) ,NC

i read this post b4, sounds like a good idea until u get caught w/ all that schit
04-14-2004 Over year old.
 
 
George Matthews
Key Veteran
Location: N.W. Ohio

Man I was just having some fun but you guys take this stuff seriously.
I may not know much about radiation, but I do know that having fun is what this is all about.

George Matthews
Team MRC/Hirobo
Team Wildcat Fuels
04-14-2004 Over year old.
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NYJR13
Heliman
Location: New York City, New York, USA

People like to debate

Winning the fight against gravity 24/7
04-15-2004 Over year old.
 
 
flipped2left
Key Veteran
Location: indianapolis,in.

thats ok georg ,i should have read your post a second time. but yea some things we do play with!! like a guy was showing off his little red laser pointer at work and i said thats nothing and showed him my argon laser i got from sar! oh what fun! especially since i work downtown!! ken
04-15-2004 Over year old.
 
 
NYJR13
Heliman
Location: New York City, New York, USA

If only you had gotten a video of the expression on his face nice one

Winning the fight against gravity 24/7
04-16-2004 Over year old.
 
 
Chavalo
Senior Heliman
Location: Mexico City

Radiation comes from gamma rays.......gamma rays are produced artificially by nuclear collision....an atom is divided through this process and in this division, neutrons are shot from the atom at near light speed. These shooting neutrons are what we call radiation.

Gamma rays come from the sun, microwaves, projection TV's, quartz watches, glow in the dark toys and a lot of other stuff found everywhere...including smoke detectors.

Fact: We recieve more radiation in our entire lives from the stuff mentioned ubove than a 2 minute exposure to Uranium 235...and believe me, this is A LOT OF RADIATION EXPOSURE!!! Some think that mutated cells (Cancer) is the consecuence of this exposure to radiation through life.

So, I don't think these gold disks will do you more harm than heating your coffee daily in your microwave while watching TV.
05-10-2004 Over year old.
 
 
vinrx7
Veteran
Location: Americas finest city

Damn, that explains why i glow in the dark and i have a tail.
08-11-2004 Over year old.
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