Radiation just spiked to over 5000 cpm in Ireland!

Entirely irrelevant when either are a problem

You have a very good point. And to be stored in a waterfront warehouse too...

Hey all, admin of radmon.org here.

It's a network of private geiger counters, a large proportion are home made, DIY type counters. Some are indoors, some are outdoor, there are several different types of detector tube.

There are varying quality of builds and reliability of these detectors. Some are online 100% of the time rock solid stable. Others suffer intermittent problems.

Imagine trying to maintain calibration across such a wide variety of detectors for accurate reporting in uSv/hr. You would need to dictate the equipment standard and test.

DIY builders generally don't have access to known check sources. It is a private network of enthusiast built counters, with zero funding, apart from the interest and dedication of the builders themselves. No government funding, nothing.

So, legwork and understanding of what is reported is expected. For example, the type of tube and other details are recorded in the station description. The station's history is recorded, so relative readings can be compared. Results are UNFILTERED, just like you like your news. No one can dictate changes to data, apart from me of course and I'm a stubborn old mule with regards to radmon.org's independence.

With unfiltered data, you must be able to understand there may be station malfunction and other problems to exclude before coming to the conclusion of an actual radiological event.

People who claim the data is useless irk me, because as a poster said a few posts up, the data is still very useful and you can make relative conclusions from it. In a dangerous situation would you ignore your geiger counter readings because it was not recently calibrated against a check source? Of course not.

Just some effort thinking about what radmon.org is and real life practicalities, will lead you to the reasons why.

Also threads pointing out alerts here are still useful as more eyes and heads can analyse the data to see if it is worthwhile. Most of the time the alert can be discounted. But sometimes, like the coronavirus in January, or the explosion in Beirut, shit can get real.

Love GLP by the way.

What´s happening here? : [link to radmon.org (secure)]


MIAMI SHORES, FL, United States at coordinates 25.8673, -80.1758

That station is very unreliable, so it has been put in 'Experiment mode' to prevent false alerts. That mode is for stations that want to conduct experiments with sources etc and log the data onto radmon.org. I can only appeal to the station owner to fix it!

haha I think maybe OP mixed up his geography. How do we request a title change to get it changed to say Italy? More people should see this thread given it's location across the sea from Lebanon.

Hey all, admin of radmon.org here.

It's a network of private geiger counters, a large proportion are home made, DIY type counters. Some are indoors, some are outdoor, there are several different types of detector tube.

There are varying quality of builds and reliability of these detectors. Some are online 100% of the time rock solid stable. Others suffer intermittent problems.

Imagine trying to maintain calibration across such a wide variety of detectors for accurate reporting in uSv/hr. You would need to dictate the equipment standard and test.

DIY builders generally don't have access to known check sources. It is a private network of enthusiast built counters, with zero funding, apart from the interest and dedication of the builders themselves. No government funding, nothing.

So, legwork and understanding of what is reported is expected. For example, the type of tube and other details are recorded in the station description. The station's history is recorded, so relative readings can be compared. Results are UNFILTERED, just like you like your news. No one can dictate changes to data, apart from me of course and I'm a stubborn old mule with regards to radmon.org's independence.

With unfiltered data, you must be able to understand there may be station malfunction and other problems to exclude before coming to the conclusion of an actual radiological event.

People who claim the data is useless irk me, because as a poster said a few posts up, the data is still very useful and you can make relative conclusions from it. In a dangerous situation would you ignore your geiger counter readings because it was not recently calibrated against a check source? Of course not.

Just some effort thinking about what radmon.org is and real life practicalities, will lead you to the reasons why.

Also threads pointing out alerts here are still useful as more eyes and heads can analyse the data to see if it is worthwhile. Most of the time the alert can be discounted. But sometimes, like the coronavirus in January, shit can get real.

Love GLP by the way.

The radiation escapes into higher altitude and there it moves from East to West.

LIKE IT DID WHEN TSCHERNOBYL FUCKEN RADIATION WENT ACROSS WESTERN EUROPE!

Hey all, admin of radmon.org here.

It's a network of private geiger counters, a large proportion are home made, DIY type counters. Some are indoors, some are outdoor, there are several different types of detector tube.

There are varying quality of builds and reliability of these detectors. Some are online 100% of the time rock solid stable. Others suffer intermittent problems.

Imagine trying to maintain calibration across such a wide variety of detectors for accurate reporting in uSv/hr. You would need to dictate the equipment standard and test.

DIY builders generally don't have access to known check sources. It is a private network of enthusiast built counters, with zero funding, apart from the interest and dedication of the builders themselves. No government funding, nothing.

So, legwork and understanding of what is reported is expected. For example, the type of tube and other details are recorded in the station description. The station's history is recorded, so relative readings can be compared. Results are UNFILTERED, just like you like your news. No one can dictate changes to data, apart from me of course and I'm a stubborn old mule with regards to radmon.org's independence.

With unfiltered data, you must be able to understand there may be station malfunction and other problems to exclude before coming to the conclusion of an actual radiological event.

People who claim the data is useless irk me, because as a poster said a few posts up, the data is still very useful and you can make relative conclusions from it. In a dangerous situation would you ignore your geiger counter readings because it was not recently calibrated against a check source? Of course not.

Just some effort thinking about what radmon.org is and real life practicalities, will lead you to the reasons why.

Also threads pointing out alerts here are still useful as more eyes and heads can analyse the data to see if it is worthwhile. Most of the time the alert can be discounted. But sometimes, like the coronavirus in January, shit can get real.

Love GLP by the way.