Can you recommend a radiation detector for hobby fishermen living on the Pacific coast?
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Hello Nina, We make a low cost ($69.95) radiation detector, the Canary 100. It is designed to detect Alpha radiation in food. You will need to keep it dry though.
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Not sure what you mean by "Person Detector". There are passive IR motion detectors with selectable sensitivity. They should allow you to filter out small animals, etc.
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The Black edition has the same forward lens as the 9500xi, so supposedly it boosts the range an additional 40%. Not to sway you towards a different detector, but I bought a Valentine One about a year ago. I would highly recommend getting that over any of the Escorts. Knowing WHERE the radar is, is way nicer than IF there's radar, and IF it's fake or legit.
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The GMC-300 is easy to use and low priced as an entry level radiation detector. I use mine to monitor background levels of radiation as I have yet to find an highly active source. Here in central BC, Canada I get 14 to 22 cpm, with a high of 30 cpm. It appears to decrease after a rain fall. The only thing missing with the GMC-300 is a radiation standard but I can understand why.
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I've used the AT Pro since September 2013..I've used it on the beaches here in Oahu and found all kinds of stuff.(pull tabs, bottle caps, coins, nails, fishing hooks and weights etc.) It's pretty simple to use once you've viewed the dvd a couple of times. I have not found any gold rings yet, but I did find a Gold earring post. I've been reading and comparing detectors since owning the AT Pro and my opinion, the Garrett ATX sounds like a superior detector and it can be used in salt and fresh water. It also is excellent for nugget detecting. See Youtube Garrett ATX versus the Minelab 2000.... Garrett is 1/2 the price....well just watch and you be the judge.
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Hi. I don't see why you could not. I use mine to mark fossil spots in the badlands, then walk back to them. Because GPS is based on satellite locations, being on water should make no difference. At least that is my opinion. I have not used mine for fishing. Hope this helps!
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The metal detector will work fine in all terrains, the only things that will mess with it are areas that re high in metal content. Water puddles might not work real well either.
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I don't recall one and don't remember using it for that purpose. I left the unit in my boat over a hundred miles away and I am unable to check it out at the moment. Sorry.
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You have a few other options that don't require a license. Marine vhf can be used as long as you're in the boat, but be sure to become familiar with and follow the rules. Five watts of VHF over the water is good for several miles. Pay particular attention to the safety and commercial channels. CB is still around, but is subject to interference from long distances away. FRS is good for short distances. The 5 MURS channels are VHF and the 2 watt limit will still give you several miles on the water. Unfortunately, MURS radios are expensive and hard to find at present. You could get a GMRS license or better yet you could get an amateur license. No morse code required now! To you folks having trouble with the UV-82, the programming cable, and free software are the way to go. It requires two separate downloads and a good bit of patience. Once you get it working, it's fairly easy to use. Hope this helps.
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It can adequately find nails and other metal I've found up to several inches in. It provides a more exact target than other detectors I've tried. But it is also easy skip past a small bit of metal if the piece is large. I missed a small part of an old iron nail (140 yrs old) in a 16 ft floor board and chipped a blade on the bench planer as a result. Just go easy and careful and it will do the job.
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I would not even consider trusting it for that purpose. I'm sure there are more job specific tools to measure the amount of radiation emitted by an x-ray machine. In a situation of an extreme emergency or disaster I might put it to the "Test". But otherwise I would not attempt it.
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Very few depts. use laser. They might not be using laser as much as you think. Mine picks up all other bands here, (KA, K, X) from a mile away. If your picking up other bands from a good distance, I would say your detector is working fine.
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This was a gift to my nephew who is a commercial fisherman in Oregon. He loves the unit. I have forwarded your inquiry to him. Will let you know what he says.
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That would depend upon which type of radiation you are referring to. This does measure electrical radiation, such as power lines and so forth. As to nuclear radiation, I don't know. If you have it near a power station it starts to go crazy. If I walk down the street where I live I get a few readings, then when I turn a corner where there are a lot of electrical power lines, TV antennas it goes nuts.
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Yes, just make sure that the detector you buy goes the distance. They are different. I bought 2 detectors. First one set up about 450 yards away and then the 2nd one about 100 ydsaway to let me know when someone is closer. I love them !
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Yes, but with some cautions. I've done a fair amount of whale watching of gray whales migrating along the California coast. The problem with using any kind of high power spotting scope is that they have a narrow field of view and you usually don't know exactly where to point it to see where they will next break the surface. I've had better luck with binoculars because you can move them much more quickly. With any spotting scope, use it at low power and mount it on a tripod with a video head that allows you to quickly move it. If you're in Hawaii watching pods that don't move so quickly this will be a better solution.
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The AT Pro Metal detector can be used on land and in water. The box at the top is also water proof for deep searches!