Now lets take a closer look at the most recent elevated reading that caused the station to go in to RADCON 5 ALERT status.
https://s14.postimg.org/8x6f4eskh/Screenshot_2017-12-31_at_10.40.18_AM.png You can see that there was a climb then fall and then another climb that was larger in the graph. These two look valid to me so I have no reason to doubt the readings.
Lets look even closer at those recent elevated readings. As you can see, both of those readings were a slow climb.
https://s14.postimg.org/59m2kqkqp/Screenshot_2017-12-31_at_10.22.49_AM.png The reading that reached 101 CPM did climb slowly during the a.m. hours reaching 101 CPM at 5:10 a.m. and this pattern also helps me to confirm in my own mind that it was NOT a malfunction. I say this because these are the same patterns I've witnessed on my own station. The concerning thing to me is actually how high the reading was able to reach, 101 CPM.
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