So after receiving my KIT1 in the mail, finally, & as I begun to solder, I remembered how much I suck at soldering…

So after finally assembling my kit, with silly academic mistakes which I will get into in a moment (RTFM….crikey..), it appears that I am not getting any reading from the geiger tube.

When everything was hooked up & running, the tube would not count, unless I had separated the + contact from the tube, & reconnected it. It would count/beep once each time this contact was made. Even touching another piece of metal (on the + end of tube or + end clip) while the contact between the tube & clip was unbroken would produce a singular count/beep each time it was touched onto the + terminal/tube end.

Potential issue; You all know that sneaky little 2.2K R7? Yeah…. I installed that… Could this has possibly damaged the tube after the first test? I have since removed it, & the same result is produced.

The other very stupid thing that I did (again, read the manual… beat me over the head with it until that sticks, PLEASE!) was go out & buy a new clip for the middle of the geiger tube… This is how I learned why that was removed from the design; it crushed the middle of the tube… *SLAP SLAP SLAP*

Regardless, I get the same result after crushing the tube as I had done before; no counting except when the + contact is made/broken etc…

I have ordered a replacement tube; so I will be able to have another attempt in a couple of weeks, after which I will probably never pickup the soldering iron again; I am ham fisted & too impatient for the finesse required for this stuff.

Apologies too EVERYBODY here whom I have desecrated their beloved art.

*walk of shame*

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