[aprssig] APRS Radiation sensor

[Guido Trentalancia]

On Wed, 2011-03-23 at 20:28 -0400, Bob Bruninga wrote:
> >> Maybe just for grins one could try ... biased, 
> >> and hooked to a high gain audio amp?
> 
> > Or perhaps the FL illuminator from a laptop 
> > panel or flat monitor? (The now-old style with 
> > flourescent lamps rather than white LEDs.)
> 
> Wow, wouldn't that be a hoot!  I guess the easiest "source" for testing is a
> smoke detector?  Any others?  Come to think about it, there is some other
> compound in every kitchen that is slightly radioactive, but I cannot
> remember what it is...?

Granite countertops ?

http://www.epa.gov/rpdweb00/tenorm/granite-countertops.html

73,

Guido IZ6RDB