Friday, December 13, 2013

What type of Geeger Counter Am I using? (Radex Rd1212)


I decided to purchase a Radex RD1212. If you wish to see its detailed features click here .

My RD1212 device arrived on Saturday Dec 7th, after having ordered in the morning 2 days earlier. I placed a pen along side the top to give a better idea of what size a person should expect.


http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00DAITFOG/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B00DAITFOG&linkCode=as2&tag=sucgre-20

After unpacking the box looked as in the picture below.





 Everything was properly wrapped and a mini CD was inside the wrapping with the manual.


The contents of the box are displayed below. Once again I included a pen in the picture to better illustrate the size of the RD1212 unit. I never used the CD because I already downloaded the software from the website before my unit arrived.

The CD or website program is optional. You only need it if you wish to plot your readings on a global map and see what other users have plotted, or if you would like to take data readings and save them to a text or csv file. Personally, that is a feature that I like and use often.

If you are curious and want to look at some global measurements, you can currently download the software for free at this link - http://www.quartarad.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=153&Itemid=174 . You will probably find it quite interesting.



If you look closely,  you will see that the proper way to install the batteries is clearly shown.




The manual give a pretty good run down on the unit, but you need to visit the website as well to learn how to plot to the global map. visit here:



Here is a somewhat dark picture of the unit with the backlight turned on. It can be easily turned off in the set up menu. for some reason this picture distorts the unit. it appears a bit wider adn la bt shorter in real life.
 For a better picture - click here.

To see it at the sellers Amazon site click here .

To see my Review click here .

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