<VV> government corvairs/geiger counters (no Corvair)

[burkhard at rochester.rr.com]

Lon (et al) -

Survey meters as you described are pretty cool, but the problem is that 
most of the ones offered for sale are either:
1. Low range ones (the meter measures in milli-Roentgens) that were 
intended only for training.  These are neat to check out that uranium 
ore you speak of, but most of them have gotten pretty beaten up over 
the years.
2. High range ones (the meter measures in Roentgens) that are intended 
for post-attack use.  Unless you live on the Belarussian/Ukrainian 
border, these measure at such a high range that it's difficult to use 
them for anything useful in the post-cold war.  If you do get a 
measurable reading on them, the thing is either broken or you are in 
danger.

Either one makes a cool shelf ornament, though :-)

Years ago, while a cadet in Civil Air Patrol, I took a government class 
in radiological monitoring using the milli-Roentgen variety.  The 
instructors would hide a radioactive source in the building (our 
meetings were at the local Civil Defense center) and we'd have to go 
find it with the survey meter. No problem.  I've still got the textbook 
somewhere....

Jim Burkhard




----- Original Message -----
From: LonzoVair at aol.com
Date: Thursday, April 27, 2006 11:37 pm
Subject: Re: FW: <VV> government corvairs/geiger counters
To: mark at noakes.com, virtualvairs at corvair.org

> Hey guys,
> I got a catalog from one of my "hunting/military surplus" 
> places....  
> "Sportsmans..." something, and they had some old surplus Geiger 
> counters for  sale... 
> bright yellow with the old triangle and the "CD" in the middle, 
> old  
> "Civilian Defense" stuff... runs off D batteries... I wanted to 
> buy one, just to  
> have... and maybe check the "warmth" of an old piece of uranium 
> ore that I've  had 
> since I was a kid... in an old "Boy Scout" mineral ore 
> collection... it's  
> about the size of a big marble... not big enough for Doc Brown to 
> use in  his 
> flux capacitor....
> If I can dig up the catalog I'll post the company web site or 
> phone  
> number... they were in the $60 range, if I remember correctly.
> Later,
> Lonzo     
> 
> Lon Anderson  in White Mills, KY
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