Hi,
This is my first post here. I am retired and now able to spend my time writing and pursuing my hobby of Radiation detection and analysis.
My user name is Rokumon (a fictional cat's name from Japanese comics), but my name is Joe.
Best,
Joe
Hello from Missouri
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Welcome, these forums are for professional and amateur scientists to discuss matters relating to radiation detection, and to facilitate friendly and honest collaboration. It is a requirement for all members to register using their real names and location. If your name has not already been used, feel free to use it as a login handle, otherwise add your name and location to the bottom of your posts as a default signature. Thanks for cooperating.
BUSINESS REGISTRATIONS
If you have a rad related business and want to post information about your products you may do so in the trading post, providing you first introduce your business formally in the introductions forum and add your business details in the signature sections so it is clear to everyone that your post has a commercial purpose.
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Re: Hello from Missouri
Joe,
Welcome to the forum.
We are a small group with a special interest in physics and radiation detection and since our discussions are for the most part sincere and factual members post using our real names.
Let's be honest, would you take advise on radiation physics from a fictional cat 🐱
Engage and learn....
Steven 😊
Welcome to the forum.
We are a small group with a special interest in physics and radiation detection and since our discussions are for the most part sincere and factual members post using our real names.
Let's be honest, would you take advise on radiation physics from a fictional cat 🐱
Engage and learn....
Steven 😊
Steven Sesselmann | Sydney | Australia | https://gammaspectacular.com | https://beejewel.com.au | https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Steven-Sesselmann
Re: Hello from Missouri
Hi All,
My name is Joe Herdler, and Live in North West Missouri in the USA. I have been chasing and quantifying radioactive rocks for years. There are some but not a lot of radioactive minerals here in Missouri, and even fewer places to hunt for them as most land up here is private property. Once a year, my wife and I go to the south west US, where there are abundant U and Th minerals on the surface. Most of the area out there is public land, and can be legally accessed. We go to visit family, but I do spend a lot of time in the outback looking for radioactive rocks. I do not collect Radium artifacts such as dials and needles or take apart smoke detectors. I have a healthy respect for alpha emitters.
For my fieldwork, I use an ancient Ludlum Measurements model 3 and a strange 1 inch square NaI probe that came from a salvaged medical imager. The market here in the states were flooded with those probes for about a year in the 90s and sold for 10 dollars on ebay. I got two, one to use, one for backup.
For quantitative work, I use Ludlum Measurements 2200 and 2929 counter/scalers which I bought for peanuts as broken units. I sent them to Ludlums for repairs and calibration as they are very supportive of amateur users of their gear. The probe for this work is a 44-2 NaI unit, and a sample holder to keep things honest and consistent.
For spectroscopic analysis, I tried years ago to put together a system based on NIM gear, but soon realized that most folks do not sell working NIM modules. At the time there was no place to get them repaired. Today, there are places to get NIM gear repaired, but I doubt that I will go down that path again unless ah HPGe detector and dewar is dropped in my lap by the spectroscopy gods.
I did purchase years ago a Gamma Spectacular 1100A but did not have the time to properly set it up. Now I am getting it set up, and will purchase the latest version next month.
I tried to change my user name but I could not seem to do so. I apologize if that user name was not appropriate here. I am on several different forums with that as my user name. JoeH would be fine if admin wishes to change it...
Anyway, Thanks again!
Joe Herdler
My name is Joe Herdler, and Live in North West Missouri in the USA. I have been chasing and quantifying radioactive rocks for years. There are some but not a lot of radioactive minerals here in Missouri, and even fewer places to hunt for them as most land up here is private property. Once a year, my wife and I go to the south west US, where there are abundant U and Th minerals on the surface. Most of the area out there is public land, and can be legally accessed. We go to visit family, but I do spend a lot of time in the outback looking for radioactive rocks. I do not collect Radium artifacts such as dials and needles or take apart smoke detectors. I have a healthy respect for alpha emitters.
For my fieldwork, I use an ancient Ludlum Measurements model 3 and a strange 1 inch square NaI probe that came from a salvaged medical imager. The market here in the states were flooded with those probes for about a year in the 90s and sold for 10 dollars on ebay. I got two, one to use, one for backup.
For quantitative work, I use Ludlum Measurements 2200 and 2929 counter/scalers which I bought for peanuts as broken units. I sent them to Ludlums for repairs and calibration as they are very supportive of amateur users of their gear. The probe for this work is a 44-2 NaI unit, and a sample holder to keep things honest and consistent.
For spectroscopic analysis, I tried years ago to put together a system based on NIM gear, but soon realized that most folks do not sell working NIM modules. At the time there was no place to get them repaired. Today, there are places to get NIM gear repaired, but I doubt that I will go down that path again unless ah HPGe detector and dewar is dropped in my lap by the spectroscopy gods.
I did purchase years ago a Gamma Spectacular 1100A but did not have the time to properly set it up. Now I am getting it set up, and will purchase the latest version next month.
I tried to change my user name but I could not seem to do so. I apologize if that user name was not appropriate here. I am on several different forums with that as my user name. JoeH would be fine if admin wishes to change it...
Anyway, Thanks again!
Joe Herdler
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Sesselmann
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- Joined: 27 Apr 2015, 11:40
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Re: Hello from Missouri
Joe,
No need to change your login handle, you can just open the User Control Panel and create a signature that will appear below your posts.
Steven
No need to change your login handle, you can just open the User Control Panel and create a signature that will appear below your posts.
Steven
Steven Sesselmann | Sydney | Australia | https://gammaspectacular.com | https://beejewel.com.au | https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Steven-Sesselmann
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