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| Mark Fortune |
 Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2006 8:37 pm |
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somethings been bugging me for a little while...
given that I have a tektronics 549 storage scope from around the 1950's
(in good working order).. is there any danger of getting a faceful of
harmful x-ray radiation every time I look at the scope? |
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| Jim Yanik |
| Posted: Wed Nov 29, 2006 1:31 pm |
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Mark Fortune <mark@fortrex.nospam.co.uk> wrote in
news:456cd516$0$2437$db0fefd9@news.zen.co.uk:
Quote: somethings been bugging me for a little while...
given that I have a tektronics 549 storage scope from around the 1950's
(in good working order).. is there any danger of getting a faceful of
harmful x-ray radiation every time I look at the scope?
I doubt the anode V is sufficient to generate X-rays.
I suppose you could test by wrapping a piece of unexposed high speed B&W
photo film in a light-tight wrap,perhaps of aluminum foil,and place in
front of the scope CRT face for some length of time,then develop the film
to see if it's fogged.
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Jim Yanik
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| Boris Mohar |
| Posted: Wed Nov 29, 2006 2:32 pm |
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On Wed, 29 Nov 2006 00:37:32 +0000, Mark Fortune <mark@fortrex.nospam.co.uk>
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Quote: somethings been bugging me for a little while...
given that I have a tektronics 549 storage scope from around the 1950's
(in good working order).. is there any danger of getting a faceful of
harmful x-ray radiation every time I look at the scope?
No.
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Boris Mohar
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| Mark Fortune |
| Posted: Sat Dec 02, 2006 2:12 pm |
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Hugh Prescott wrote:
Quote: Mark Fortune wrote:
somethings been bugging me for a little while...
given that I have a tektronics 549 storage scope from around the
1950's (in good working order).. is there any danger of getting a
faceful of harmful x-ray radiation every time I look at the scope?
Nope
None if it is working properly. The high voltages are not high enough to
X-Rays strong enough to get out of the tube.
Hugh
Old Rad Safety guy
Thats good to know. I may still try the photopaper wrapped in tinfoil
idea of jims though, just out of curiosity :)
Ordinarily I wouldnt worry too much... its just this thing is from an
era where not a lot was known about the side effects of x-rays...
thanks for all the replies. |
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