[Milsurplus] Radium and the USPS

[J. Forster]

My pristeen WS58 VANISHED several years ago. I'm pretty sure it had Radium
dials.

-John

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> Were all TBY radios painted with radium paint? I have seen two and found
> that they produce readings from up to five feet away on a Geiger counter.
> Way more than an aircraft instrument at 2 to 5 mR/ph and way beyond the
> 0.5 mR/ph the R-390 "warning" tagged meters produce. I know that just
> about everything blocks Alpha but what would happen if you ship a TBY thru
> USPS or UPS? Anyone shipped one lately?
> Ray Fantini KA3EKH