I did a google search and way too many of the listings either produced dead websites [of items I really wanted!], or Amazon, or eBay - neither of which I want to use. Amazingly, google's own ads came up with nonexistant websites?! There must be some industrial/commercial manufacturer, or some bonafide outlet that sells a nice portable meter. Anybody have one, or know what to watch out for, or where to buy one? PS: I'm not afraid of assembling a kit, but kits I've seen either don't exist (?) or have NO housing and I can't believe somebody offshore hasn't done an effective meter all for less than this fussing around.

Do you want a Geiger counter, scintillation counter, Geiger front end for a smartphone, or something for one of the Fukushima radiation monitoring network? Are you looking for alpha, beta, gamma rays, or combinations of these in a multi-channel analyzer? Radiation maps: I have a few commercial and home made Geiger and scintillation devices. I have several Victoreen/Lionel CDV-700 counters. You'll find deals like this: The only useful item is the left hand CDV-700. The other two are ionization meters which require huge amounts of radiation and are totally useless. The pens are quartz wire dosimeters, also of limited value. There are real manufacturers of radiation monitoring equipment, but you won't like the prices. A new commercial Geiger-Muller counter with no data logging or analysis features starts at about $500. You're probably better off building your own. If so, you might want to gets some ideas from: Also, there's a Yahoo group with some useful info: Scintillation...

slightly OT WHERE and WHAT to buy for a good radiation meter?

May 04, 2013 21 Replies

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Michael A. Terrell 13 years ago

Or a poorly designed BFO. ;-)

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DecadentLinuxUserNumeroUno 13 years ago

Does no one get SDR yet?

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