Re: Re[2]: GM counter and Two-Way Radios

["Michael P. Grissom" <mikeg@SLAC.Stanford.EDU>]

One other factor not to be discounted in this discussion:
Don't forget the cable!  A notable problem especially 
with ion chambers separated several feet from the
electrometer.

At 06:42 AM 10/25/95 -0500, you wrote:
>I tend to believe Palmer's assessment below, particluarly 
>with today's solid-state devices.  Can't somebody simply 
>disconnect the GM probe in one of the detachable variety 
>to see if the meter still responds to the electric field?  
>That would pretty much settle the question of whether the 
>tube was the detecter or the electronics were simply picking 
>up static the way a radio does.
>
>bill kolb
>ARINC Research
>bkolb@arinc.com
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