4/8/11 Daytime baseline Geiger Counter Readings

4/8/11 Daytime baseline Geiger Counter Readings

(1) Outside, on my belt & in its case, sensor facing away from body: 90 minutes, 2435 counts, 0.0077mR/hr

(2) Outside, in its case, sensor pointed skyward: 63 minutes, 2360 counts, 0.017 mR/hr

(3) Outside, in its case, sensor pointed at south horizon: 89 minutes, 2626 counts, 0.00843 mR/hr

*because of sensor geometry there is a bias fore and aft of the direction it is pointing.