[Milsurplus] Radium question

[Al Klase]

Hue,

In my experience, the radium paint oxidizes to an orange color, and is 
long-since finished glowing in the dark.  However, it can still be quite 
hot. Looks like this 
<https://store.cbeagle.co.uk/image/cache/catalog/products/american/tby/sn3358/us-navy-tby-radio-sn-3358-500x500.jpg>.   
(Sure wish I could just post the picture.)

Kinda frightens me, as I'm concerned about ingesting or breathing in 
paint chips.  If it were mine, I'd consider applying some clear lacquer 
to stabilize the stuff.  Just being near it is probably not dangerous.

Al

On 8/23/2021 2:47 PM, Hubert Miller wrote:
> Yeaterday my brother was playing with his Russian made Soeks radiation 
> meter and checking some of my gear. The text on the Soeks screen is 
> Russian and he hasn't been able to find for years  any instructions in 
> English.
> We found that a TBY-1 has no radiation. This i think means that TBY 
> with the 2 lamp bulbs front panel top are no radium. On the other 
> hand,  TBY-4 gave somethink like "800 counts per minute" even when a 
> metal plate was put over the front panel. The screen on the Soeks went 
> "red warning". What's up with that?
> This is a subject that i need to learn more about.
> -Hue Miller
>
>
>
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Al Klase - N3FRQ
Jersey City, NJ
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