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A tank content gauging system including a plurality of radiation sources and a radiation detector mounted at a fuel tank, with the radiation detector positioned for receiving radiation from the sources and for producing an output which is an electrical analog of the detected radiation, a register for storing the detector output, a telemetry-on-demand switching unit for starting and stopping the detector operation from a point distant from the tank, a transceiver for sending "on" and "off" commands to the switching unit and receiving telemetry data from the register, a computer having the telemetry data and reference data as inputs for producing an output representing the quantity of fuel in the tank, and a display for indicating the quantity of fuel in the tank.
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