[R-390] Radioactivity

[Gord Hayward]

>
>
>Otherwise people are getting concerned over something that isn't at a 
>level to be worried about.  You'll get more radiation on a transoceanic 
>or transcontinental flight.
>
Especially the November 2003 X20 flare.  The dose extimate from that 
kind of event is 1 chest
X-ray on the ground or 100 chest X-rays in a northern route flight from 
Europe.  That night the
ONLY station I heard on my 390 was Radio Havana.  I'm not woried about 
the dials, but I
think I'll hang one of my dosimeters by the set and wait a couple of years.

Cheers, Gord VE3EOS.

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Gordon L. Hayward, Ph.D., P.Eng.,
Associate Professor, Biological Engineering,
School of Engineering, University of Guelph,
Guelph, Ontario, N1G 2W1.