Comments on: Digital Geiger Counter

By: rooftop ridicule

rooftop ridicule — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 08:56:41 +0000

finally! now i can detect something else invisible i am afraid of

By: Mike

Mike — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 03:45:51 +0000

@chimpoid
The funny thing is my friend who drives a delorean had 50 pounds of dry ice in the passenger seat mixed with water spewing out smoke the other day. We gave him the extra after our highschool play.

By: twistedsymphony

twistedsymphony — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 01:02:22 +0000

despite the fact that the schematics are available by request… I do agree with man on fire to some extent. I hate to complain about hacks but the recent posting of hacks without any information on how they work is more suited for some TV special about crazy nerds who are too smart to understand than a hack a day hack…

and before anyone jumps down my throat… yes I do submit hacks.

By: Matteo

Matteo — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 21:16:32 +0000

He made a typo on the link to the original project.
For those looking for schematics - eg man on fire, the correct link is THIS:

http://www.cbtricks.com/~ab7if/bgc/bgc.htm

By: Acobar

Acobar — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 20:36:32 +0000

Perhaps following the link would help, ‘Man On Fire’. It provides an email address to get ahold of the schematics.

By: Man On Fire

Man On Fire — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 18:10:20 +0000

so a picture of a box and 3/4ths of a page of description.

schematics or GTFO

By: Zencye

Zencye — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 17:50:21 +0000

Haha. The reference to Back to the Future is cute.

By: MRE

MRE — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 13:55:26 +0000

#3: agreed. radioactive material is always most easilly spotted post time travel return trips.
If you ever have any doubts however, just ask the libyans in the volkswagon van. don’t the rocket launcher…. thats just the cultural way of saying ‘hello’

By: chimpoid

chimpoid — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 11:23:24 +0000

Peter,
Good idea, just keep an eye out for a delorean spewing dry ice and that’s the culprit.
Radioactive = Jiggawatts

By: Peter Walsh

Peter Walsh — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 08:40:06 +0000

There's lots of russian geiger counters for sale on Ebay for about $25.

http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-RADIATION-DOSIMETER-DETECTOR-DRSB-88-Geiger-Counter_W0QQitemZ160180285311QQihZ006QQcategoryZ53154QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

I got one of these and they're awesome! They present an audible click every time a count is detected. It's like a horror sci-fi movie when one of these is brought near a radiation source.

The AA battery lasts a couple of days of continuous usage when detecting.

I keep one in my truck while driving. So far, it's only gone off once - it wasn't the location and it wasn't a solar flare (I checked that), so I'm assuming that a vehicle in oncoming traffic was carrying radioactive stuff.

Next time it happens I'll be more alert and try to follow them...

By: steve diraddo

steve diraddo — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 07:40:54 +0000

sites down