[R-390] Another R-390A back among the living, and de-nuclearized....

[Cecil Acuff]

They don’t much glow in the dark anymore.

My understanding is the type of radiation involved wouldn’t penetrate the glass. The meters were deemed safe as long as you didn’t disassemble them and inhale the dust or lick the dials....relatively safe we were told.

Cecil
K5DL

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> On Jun 10, 2018, at 9:13 PM, W2xj <W2xj at w2xj.net> wrote:
> 
> The real original meters were radium and were replaced with non radioactive meters while in service. If you come across original meters, the face has green markings and glows in the dark. 
> 
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>> On Jun 10, 2018, at 9:40 PM, Charles Steinmetz <csteinmetz at yandex.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Bob wrote:
>> 
>>> The replacement meters with white faces and black/red lettering look
>>> much nicer and are easier to read that the black-faced originals, IMO.
>> 
>> *Really* nice job on the meters, Bob!
>> 
>> Best regards,
>> 
>> Charles
>> 
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