[Milsurplus] Radioactive OA2 tubes?

[J. Forster]

First off, let me say I utterly detest smoking. It is an utterly filthy
and disgusting addiction.

That said, let me offer a comment.

My late father served in some truly dangerous and deadly places during WW
II (Burma, among others) and barely escaped alive. I think he turned to
smoking because it was a very tiny piece of the home that he could well
have never seen again. And he got hooked.

This is not an excuse, but an explaination.

FWIW,

-John

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> Ray Fantini wrote:
>> Funny that the military is worried about the small amount of radiation
>> in a tube but has no concerns about using depleted uranium in armor
>> piercing and other artillery rounds. I know this was a concern in Bosnia
>> but do not know if they stopped using depleted uranium in Iraq or
>> Afghanistan? probably not a lot of armor to punch holes in there.
>> Ray Fantini KA3EKH
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> I found it extremely hypocritical that the Air Force worried and warned
> me about the tubes, but would not  even try to provide clean air for me
> to live and work in.  Between my roommate and the shop people, I was
> gassed relentlessly. That was 40 years ago, and today I think all the
> services  address second hand smoke as best they can under the mission
> requirements. I hated working on the audio console in the control tower,
> it was totally coated with residue and stunk to high heaven. The relays
> were not sealed,  the condensed tar and dirt it attracted caused
> intermittent contacts and endless service calls. The ashes are also
> conductive, flashovers in tube sockets did happen. I'm sure today as
> then, mission trumps everything and everyone else, it pretty much has to
> be.
>
>       Bruce Gentry  KA2IVY
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