ORTEC radEAGLE - Starting up the Radeagle; Box with Potassium Chloride (Kcl) for Stabilization and Calibration; Starting the Radeagle

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radEAGLE User Manual Using the radEAGLE

2.3 Starting Up the radEAGLE

1. Position the instrument in a low-radiation environment.

2. Position the supplied KCl (pottasium chloride) box (Fig. 17, p. 29) in front of the detec-

tor cap if your radEAGLE has no built-in source.

Figure 17: Box with potassium chloride (KCl) for stabilization and calibration

3. Press and hold down the key (Fig. 9, p. 24). (Ensure the battery slide switch behind

the latch (Fig. 2a, p. 15) is in the top postion “ON”.)

4. After a couple of seconds the instrument begins to boot when the alarm LEDs (Fig. 1,

p. 14) begin to ﬂash.

5. You are welcomed by the start-up screen with dots appearing from left to right

(Fig. 18, p. 29).

Figure 18: Starting the radEAGLE

6. The

radEAGLE

begins an initial stabilization (Fig. 19, p. 30, see C.1, p. 127 for details).

7. When the stabilization source is identiﬁed it is shown (Fig. 20, p. 30).