[R-390] METERS What To Do?

[Jon & Valerie Oldenburg]

The "hottest" ( in terms of "glow-output") radio that I own is a AN/GRR-5 I
have here. The lettering on the face really has a nice bright output after
you turn the shop lights out. Have to get me a Geiger counter and check out
its emission sometimes. On of the R-392's still has a faint glow to it. I
sometimes think I should seal the radium paint with a coat of satin finish
clear paint, but the on the other hand I remember all the old Westclock
alarm clocks I dismantled as a kid in the early 60's and the toy spacecraft
and a fairly large globe of the moon that was painted with those glowing
paints and figure I have had plenty of exposure already! Jon AB9AH


. Last night I'd been doing a little work in
> the radio room with lights on, then left for a while. I thought to take a
small
> flashlight and go back in (thinking I'd need to charge the radium again)
for a
> look. Well, the room was dark and the meters were glowing well enough that
I
> could see the scale separations.