A few months ago, I saw an eBay listing for a Geiger counter with both alpha/beta tube and gamma tube attachments (for relatively cheap) that looked like something I could end up needing in the future once I upgrade my power supply to 30kV and start creating x-rays. I bookmarked the page to come back to, but the seller was Ukrainian and when it began looking that that could become an issue, I pulled the trigger and bought the system. That could have been a mistake as when the system arrived it became clear that the whole thing was in Ukrainian. I had thought that might be the case, but hoped that the measurements would still be understandable.
However, although I can navigate to the measurement mode, I do not recognize any units. As this post tile says, I am writing this as a sort of shot in the dark that someone might be able to provide some guidance.
The seller provided a video accessible at the link below. In it he demonstrates some features and uses the alpha probe to measure a source. He claims about four minutes into the video that when the gamma probe is attached it will allow measurement in sieverts and roentgen, however when I attached the gamma probe, my options were as follows:
MK3B/ц (I believe the "ц" is the correct Cyrillic character, perhaps this is the Ukrainian way of writing a derived unit?)
MK3B/C (C is the SI symbol for seconds in Russian. According to a table I found CB is sievert and MK is micro, might this possibly be microsievert per second? I know assuming the 3B is actually CB is a stretch)
MKP/C
MKP/ц
I assume that these are some sort of derived units, do they mean anything to anyone?
I unfortunately do not have any sort of test source, would the simplest way to figure this out be to buy a test source and try to measure it with the various settings and seeing what works? I am very aware that this is pretty far from scientific, but is this something that I could possibly make work?
I am kinda stuck right now so any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated
Video:https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ueVIlP ... sp=sharing
Russian SI Unit Table: https://www.metricmethods.com/SI_russian.html
Pictures (that I took):
- Measurement screen with Beta/Gamma Detector
- Measurement Screen with Alpha Detector
- Alpha Probe
Thank you!
Max E.
