Pretend you're standing next to me in my future ham shack (I started working on it waaayyy back here.) Now, take a deep breath. What's that filling your lungs? Fresh, radon-free (nearly) air! Several of my recent posts told the saga of my DIY installation of a radon remediation system (Health and Welfare, Blowin' in the Wind) and now the results are in!
The EPA recommends radon remediation if levels are at or above 4 pCi/L. Before starting my work, our radon tested at just over 17 pCi/L (WOW!) After my work installing the radon piping and fan and sealing up all the cracks and such in the concrete slab, our new test averaged at 1 pCi/L. (The test is done with two samples - one sample was 0.6, the other 1.4) Awesome!
The EPA recommends radon remediation if levels are at or above 4 pCi/L. Before starting my work, our radon tested at just over 17 pCi/L (WOW!) After my work installing the radon piping and fan and sealing up all the cracks and such in the concrete slab, our new test averaged at 1 pCi/L. (The test is done with two samples - one sample was 0.6, the other 1.4) Awesome!
In other news, I also did some thumping around in my attic recently. Eventually I will have some roof-mounted antenna's - mostly my VHF/UHF stuff. During our addition project I ran empty conduit up through the walls, but actually getting to the top of the conduit wasn't easy. To make access to this spot a little easier, I spent an evening this week carrying ripped-down pieces of plywood up into my attic, to make a walkway across the joists from the access hatch, to the far end of the house. This will make it easier to get to the point where the coax goes from outside to inside, and will also make it easier for me to finally get that fan dipole installed in the attic that I wanted to stick up there, just to play around with. Now I just need to add lights (luckily I have an AC circuit pulled for this - I just haven't connected it yet...)
Bye for now!
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