RFT - Rundfunk und Fernmeldetechnik WF - Werk für Fernsehelektronik WF was a part of RFT
ZY schrieb am Mittwoch, 20. Januar 2021 um 00:54:46 UTC+1: > Thanks for the info everyone. I'm going to try to set up a small clock out > of these. > > On Tuesday, 19 January 2021 at 16:54:27 UTC-5 Jon wrote: > >> We're talking about the old East Germany here, the DDR. As I understand >> it RFT was a large state-owned enterprise which had a number of operating >> subsidiaries amongst which production responsibility was divided. WF was >> one of these, based in Berlin at the Oberspreewerk, at least during the >> 1960s when it made nixies and dekatrons amongst other things. If you search >> German Wikipedia there's quite some background covering origins and >> evolution of the factory - Google Translate will help you out with the >> language if needed (which needless to say it was for me!). >> >> Jon. >> >> >> On Tuesday, January 19, 2021 at 6:26:33 PM UTC alex nolan wrote: >> >>> No expert by any means, but according to >>> https://frank.pocnet.net/brand.html WF is listed as "RFT Werk für >>> Fernsehelektronik". It seems to be a subsidiary or branch of RFT of >>> some kind. >>> >>> On Tuesday, January 19, 2021 at 2:55:35 AM UTC-5 ZY wrote: >>> >>>> Apologies for not being a nixie tube here, but it's a vintage display >>>> so hopefully it fits the theme. >>>> >>>> I have some old VQB76 LED modules with the logo WF. I see for tubes WF >>>> is associated with RFT. Is WF a brand name, or a separate company? And >>>> what >>>> does it stand for? >>>> >>>> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/d16f7bfe-7391-4ac7-b70c-458f151d7c84n%40googlegroups.com.
