On Mar 18, 5:22*pm, bpnjensen wrote:
On Mar 18, 12:52*pm, Joe from Kokomo wrote:





On Mar 18, 1:33 am, wrote:
On Mar 17, 7:00 pm, wrote:

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cuhulin

Will have to get a G-M meter for that . Expensive ... I wouldn't want
a used one (those old yellow thingies) from NRC or CD . No way . They
all probably emit particles from a to z .

On 3/18/2011 1:57 PM, bpnjensen wrote:

* Why would a G-M counter emit particles / waves?

The old yellow Civil Defense units have a small radioactive sample (beta
emitter?) on the side of the case to use as a reality check; i.e., to
see if the G-M counter is functioning.

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Why are you surprised ? That is only a 'small' sample .