Gamma-Scout ALERT, Manual

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Pulse Counting
Pulse Count with GAMMA-SCOUT
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• Press the button to switch GAMMA-SCOUT® to the
“pulse count” mode. The display will show the pulse sym-
bol. Counting has not yet begun. Pressing the button
a second time will start counting without pre-setting the
measuring time.
• Press the button if you want to set a measuring time:
For the measuring time to count in seconds, press
the button once.
For the measuring time to count in minutes, press
the button twice.
For measuring time to count in hours, press the
button three times.
• Now set the exact value of the desired measuring time
using the and buttons.
• Start measuring by pressing the button a second
time. The pulse symbol flashes in the display during the
measuring time.
• If a measuring time was set, the pulse symbol flashes
until the end of the measuring time, then becomes steady
again. The display now shows the number of pulses coun-
ted for the programmed interval.
• You can stop measuring in two ways:
By pressing the button once again, the measuring
result remains visible in the display.
By choosing another operating mode, the measuring
result disappears.
When and Why?
GAMMA-SCOUT
®
can also be used as a normal Geiger counter. In this case, it simply counts
the number of pulses received without converting them into sieverts.
The type of isotope is not relevant for converting the pulses per time into dose rate. It is relevant for
conversion into activity (Becquerel) (see p. 44-45).
GAMMA-SCOUT
®
stores the received pulses in its internal memory.
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