  Keeping in mind the requirements of high rate capable, cost effective, large
area detectors to be used in future high energy physics experiments,
commercially available bakelite plates having moderate bulk resistivity are
used to build an RPC module. The chamber is tested with cosmic rays in the
avalanche mode using 100\% Tetrafluoroethane ($C_2H_2F_4$). Standard NIM
electronics are used for this study. The efficiency, noise rate and time
resolution are measured. The detailed method of measurement and the first test
results are presented.

Instrumentation and Detectors;High Energy Physics - Experiment