A slight update: Whilst the manufacturer has made the DGM01 tube with glass sealed pins at the base - the preferred approach seems to be, like other manufacturers, to use the small PCB at the base.
This is to mitigate against leakage around the pins in the glass base which whilst was once a common place manufacturing step (back when tube production was massive) but now appears to be a technique that has been lost in the sands of time. So, that is the current thought. The base absolutely positively has to match the existing B8971 for compatibility purposes. A lot more research has yet to be done and I will report all progress here. In the meantime - thank you all for your support. It is clear that there is demand for such a thing - even if only in the 100's. I look forward to updating you all when I know more. - Richard On Monday, 30 December 2024 at 23:30:16 UTC Bill Stanley wrote: > Hi Richard, > > Add me for 6 of the tubes. > > -Bill- > > > *From:* Richard Scales > *Sent:* Saturday, December 28, 2024 10:34 PM > *To:* neonixie-l > *Subject:* [neonixie-l] B-87971 tubes > > Hello, > I am in discussion with a tube manufacturer regarding the implementation > of a B-8971 replacement tube. > It seems that the idea is fully achievable though I would need to order > 100 units of the first batch in order to make it happen. > Naturally I am asking to see if anyone would be interested in committing > to the purchase of a number of tubes to see if I can get an order for 100 > units together. > Please let me know if you might be interested, the target price for the > first should be close to $75+whatever duties and taxes are applied. > Thereafter the price could get much closer to $50+taxes etc. > Just let me know. > - Richard > -- > 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, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/35e83ab3-4d08-44c1-a52d-53d6fd5ea924n%40googlegroups.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/35e83ab3-4d08-44c1-a52d-53d6fd5ea924n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- 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, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/7723aa59-7d7a-455d-a7b5-aad20fa06bcen%40googlegroups.com.
