[Milsurplus] Milsurplus Radiation

[C Whitaker]

de WB2CPN

We get more weird radiation from the Sun and Space
than we do from most other sources.   You guys
remember that in WWII the aircraft had radioactive
markings on most knobs and instruments.  There was
a little UV light on a flexible cord that could be used
when the cockpit had to be kept dark for Night Vision.
A True War Story follows:  1963 on Okinawa a
contractor who was building a new runway at Kadena
requested authority to put mobile radios in some of
his vehicles.  He was refused on the grounds that there
was already way too much radiation on the island, and
any increase was a hazard to the natives.  Swear.  Also,
the Transmit/Receive tubes in large radar sets had a
"Keep Alive" radioactive substance in them.

73  Clete