Re: I have an antique, again

[rkathren@tricity.wsu.edu (Ron L. Kathren)]

Bruce --

RCL was one of the older manufacturers of GM and BF3 tubes.  Somewhere I
have some info on RCL and will try to check it out for you in the next few
days, unless Paul beats me to the punch.

Ron
> Oops! I hit the send key by accident before I finished my previous posting
> (and also before I spell checked it) Here it is in its entirety (I hope).
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> Tucked away in a little used corner of a lab, we discovered an old radiation
> detector. We are guessing that it came from an area monitor for a high energy
> gamma lab that was decommissioned over 25 years ago. There are no dates on the
> detector, so its actual age is unknown.
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> The detector head appears made of brass and is 4-1/2 inches (11.7 cm) in
> length by 1-7/8 inches (4.7 cm) with walls apparently 1/8 inch (0.3 cm) thick.
> Projecting from the back end of this chamber is a small copper tube which has
> been crimped and soldered shut - apparently a gas fill tube used during the
> manufacturing of the detector. Also attached to the center of the back end is
> an aluminum tube 3 inches (7.6 cm) in length and 1 inch (2.5 cm) in diameter
> which looks like a handle but could possibly contain some circuitry. There is
> ascrew-type high-voltage connector on the end of this aluminum "handle".
>
> Upon the brass barrel of this device is a triangular emblem that reads
> "Radiation Counter Laboratories"; it is also labeled "Mark 2, Model 201,
> Serial 127". Along the side, it is also neatly stamped with BAC 115522,
> however this could be an old inventory number for the "Boeing Airplane
> Company".
>
> Does anyone recognize this device? Does anyone have a desire to have it? I
> wait with baited breath to see whether Ron Kathren or Paul Frame gets back to
> me first.
>
>   Bruce Pickett
>   The Boeing Company, Seattle, WA
>   bruce.d.pickett@boeing.com
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