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 CPM Spike 2/28/14 around 9:30-10pm PST 
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I have a GMC-300E and live in Poway, CA. About 30-60 min ago the device started beeping and the CPM climbed to over 3000 CPM. It has since gone back down to 12-19 CPM. I've never seen it do this before, and I've had it for over a month. Anyone know if this device is prone to going buggy, or was that spike an actual reading? We have a thunderstorm going on, wondering if some pacific ocean radiation is blowing by with the storm.


Sat Mar 01, 2014 1:31 am
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What is your station ID? Where is your unit located? I had a similar set of incidents happen with my unit that caused me to buy a second unit and send the other in for repair. But i only did this after it had several of these types of abnormally readings - 6000's for me. Harlan advised (president of netc) at that point to send it in to manufacturer for repair which i did. I am sure king cobra or hey will chime in on this one later today.

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Sat Mar 01, 2014 7:41 am
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laurapa63 wrote:
I have a GMC-300E and live in Poway, CA. About 30-60 min ago the device started beeping and the CPM climbed to over 3000 CPM. It has since gone back down to 12-19 CPM. I've never seen it do this before, and I've had it for over a month. Anyone know if this device is prone to going buggy, or was that spike an actual reading? We have a thunderstorm going on, wondering if some pacific ocean radiation is blowing by with the storm.


:idea: Please always post a link to the stations chart in question.

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That Indiana private site has had reading for sometime I believe to be a geiger tube failing. I believe the NETC ADMIN's have tried to contact the user without success.

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laurapa63 wrote:
I have a GMC-300E and live in Poway, CA. About 30-60 min ago the device started beeping and the CPM climbed to over 3000 CPM. It has since gone back down to 12-19 CPM. I've never seen it do this before, and I've had it for over a month. Anyone know if this device is prone to going buggy, or was that spike an actual reading? We have a thunderstorm going on, wondering if some pacific ocean radiation is blowing by with the storm.


Not radiation related, but I'm a Poway High grad, class of '75.


Fri Jan 09, 2015 9:05 am
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I have the same setup and my unit does the same thing. I believe it is real and it makes me want to stay inside. What a mess we have to deal with.


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