Re: Measurement uncertainty of home radiation monitors

[Ted de Castro <tdc@XRAYTED.COM>]

Marco Caceci wrote:



> Particularly important, users should be aware that Geigers read zero when

> flooded with sufficiently strong sources. Same for scintillators, although

> in some cases manufacturers correct that there.



Old fable!  ONCE true - but not so in modern well designed instruments -

they just top out.

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