Background compensation

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8 years 5 months ago #2252 by Johndoe
Hello,

from the data sheet of my geiger tube I know that the tube itself hast about 10CPM shielded background radiation.
But I'm not sure if I should subtract this value from my reading of my DIY geiger counter to get a correct measurement.

How do other project deal with the background radiation of the tube?

best regards
John

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8 years 5 months ago #2256 by Juzzie
Replied by Juzzie on topic Background compensation
John, Tube noise seems like a blurry subject with very little meaningful informaton easily accessible.
The subject has recently been discussed within an email group I'm a part of, and one participant in this group has done a little research and experimentation.
Here is a link t his work - http://craigeroochi.neocities.org/rad.htm#question

as far as I'm aware, tube noise in not considered when submitting data to radmon.org

Owner and operator of "southofhobart" monitoring stations.

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