Email me: [email protected] On Wednesday, June 29, 2016 at 4:36:04 PM UTC-7, emuman100 wrote: > > I have built Jeff's WWVB nixie clock using B5870S nixies using his > wonderful schematic and his PIC code. I had this very same quartex module > that I used in a dial clock. In 2012, I decided to build his design. It > worked absolutely beautiful and had it running perfectly for months. During > a time change, the module would increment really fast. It still is one of > my favorite designs, and love the clever use of a WWVB module designed to > drive a clock movement motor being used to increment counters. I had > wondered if it was possible if there was a WWVB data output somewhere on > the quartex board, and I thought I found one, but was unsure. At the time, > Jeff was also unaware. I wanted to use it as a "signal indicator", but I > was unable to find it. I'm not sure what I actually found. Attached are > pictures of my build. > > The quartex module sold today is completely different that the one used in > Jeff's design. The one sold by Klockit is a completely different design. > You may be able to find the original version on Amazon, but I'm not really > sure. I wanted to get a few more of the originals anyway, so I'll go > looking. > > MichaelB, I wanted to build Jeff's NixiChron. Thank you for posting the > schematic. Do you have the software for it? > > Jonathan > > On Saturday, December 19, 2015 at 11:56:16 AM UTC-5, Terry S wrote: >> >> I was poking around the archived Jeff Thomas site this morning, and >> reading up on the WWVB radio controlled clock. Jeff wrote that only one was >> built, and delivered to a celeb in Vegas. >> >> I was collaborating with Jeff on another small project back in those >> days, and he sent me a PCB & tubes to build the clock. Is it possible I >> have the only other WWVB clock of Jeff's design in existence? All this time >> I was under the impression that he had sold these clocks to others. >> >> It uses the enormous Z568M tubes.... and has worked flawlessly for 13 >> years. Several years ago, I fixed a problem with cathode poisoning, with >> Jeff's generous help. >> >> Anyone else have an example? >> >> Terry >> >
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