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"Radar techs breathed much easier after replacing hydrogen thyratrons with solid state devices though a bit of mystery and danger left the scene." Just can't have any fun these days LOL

For some reason my fingers type "thyrator" even though I know it's a thyratron! :/ That's a lot of great info that is sadly above my pay grade, but I'm filing it away for posterity. Looks like this will be an interesting dust collector on my shelf, but that's just fine. Thanks!

Thanks for the great resources. Maybe I'll get a Geiger counter just in case. :nb)

Thanks, Tom! Will give that a try.

I probably have as much white hair as anybody here! I haven't found any, but when I'm next in the item's presence, I will follow the advice of this guy from reddit. If you hold the glass up to a light, and slowly rotate it as you move your eyes slowly up and down the glass, you hopefully will...

Greetings, gentlemen. I have come into possession of what I have been told is a hydrogen thyrator. Of course I have done the requisite Googling, but do any of you old EEs have any insight on the item? Original application, general manufacture date, usage today, value, precautions in handling...