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Fair enough, Chuck. No harm, no foul. You didn’t sound upset; animated - perhaps :-) I don’t see any of the military units in the normal places I’d look for one at the moment. I’ve not run across them at hamfests – but I’ve got to admit I really wasn’t looking for them, either. The 700 / 6B...

Chuck – I guess we just disagree about the relative rarity of the G-M type CDV-700 meters – I’ve seen many of them, and none of them all that costly. Cheaply made? Perhaps – but certainly functional pieces of equipment. You’re correct in that there are many more survey meters that were made...

Got to disagree with you, Chuck – there are a family of older CD yellow meters; the ones with the ionization chamber are high level units that would only be useful in a situation as you describe. The other type are the CDV-700 6B like I’ve got; modern (for a Cold War relic – circa 1962), G-M...

Ditto on the recommendation for a CDV-700. I bought one about a month ago - working, shipped for $60 total from a seller on eBay. Mine was surplus from Washington State, last calibrated in 2002, if memory serves. There’s a check-source on the side of the case that can be used to see if the...