AW: [simpits-tech] "Unbelievable" but TRUE :P

[Marc Weigert]

Roy,

I've had a look at this box again and it looks as if they really didn't use
backlit letters there, so it could most likely be what you described!
Phew... for luck I am going to build quite a modern pit ;))

Cheers,

Marc

> -----Ursprungliche Nachricht-----
> Von: simpits-tech-admin@simpits.org
> [mailto:simpits-tech-admin@simpits.org]Im Auftrag von Roy Coates
> Gesendet: Freitag, 2. August 2002 20:07
> An: simpits-tech@simpits.org
> Betreff: Re: [simpits-tech] "Unbelievable" but TRUE :P
>
>
> On Fri, 2 Aug 2002, Marc Weigert wrote:
>
> > today I got to hear a story from another simpit builder I know,
> who got a
> > MiG-21 simlator in his basement. He recently aquired a MiG-21
> panel (switch
> > box) on eBay Germany for about 20 EURO (~20 USD). He has the
> habit to check
> > all incoming parts with his Geiger Counter... so when the box
> arrived, he
> > opened it, did his routine check and got a shock!!! This panel was
> > significantly radioactive! He went to his local police
> department to report
> > the coincidence, and whilst one office was writing the
> protocol, they did
> > already send two police cars to his house. There, they informed the
> > NBC-squad that arrived there with their protective clothes - must have
> > looked like in the movie "Outbreak". Well... these guys
> validated what his
> > little Geiger Counter did show: this panel was radioactive contaminated.
> > They took the item with them, to put it in save storage, he got
> a bill of
> > about 600 EURO (=USD) for the storage service, they launched
> investigations
> > on the eBay seller and also against eBay Germany. Boah!!! :P
>
> I've been offered a few 'oldie' parts, but just about anything pre 1965
> used radium to provide some luminesence on the dials. With age, this stuff
> turns to dust - open the case - cough cough cough...
>
> --
>
> Roy.
>
>
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