gieger counter (fwd)

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Subject: gieger counter (fwd)
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Date: Thu, 22 Jan 1998 00:23:18 -0600
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From:  richard hull [SMTP:rhull-at-richmond.infi-dot-net]
Sent:  Tuesday, January 20, 1998 6:25 PM
To:  Tesla List
Subject:  Re: gieger counter (fwd)

At 07:14 PM 1/20/98 -0600, you wrote:
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>From: 	Homer Lea[SMTP:HomerLea-at-aol-dot-com]
>Sent: 	Tuesday, January 20, 1998 10:43 AM
>To: 	tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
>Subject: 	Re: gieger counter (fwd)
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>In a message dated 98-01-20 09:45:04 EST, you write:
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>> 5 mR/hour scale, but doesn't do anything observable on the 50 mR/hr
>>  scale.  I even took the unit out of the case and held the source 
>>  against the second counter tube, with almost nil results.  Any comment?
>>  I've misplaced Jim's address of I would send this to him.
>>  Ed
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>to all who got counters. the 5979 probe tube operates only the .5 and5mr
>scales. the higher scales are operated by the 5980 tube inside the case, so it
>only responds to rays that make it through the front of the case. 
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>jim heagy
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I have used this type Radiacimeter for years.  It is a brute and performs
well.  The higher ranges are for gamma rays and thermonuclear conflicts only.

Richard Hull