New member, but I’ve already posted here before. Anyway, my only completed
project was the spectrum1040 with B6091 tubes, really loved everything about
that project the soldering, making the case etc. I have a 12V UV LED disk that
I will be attaching to the power supply then a bottle of Nuka
For me, nixie-tube projects are a double-dose of what I love to do: vintage
display devices and electronic design.
I started in electronics at age 5 by destroying things, then taking them
apart, then fixing or salvaging, and finally, creating. That process took
almost 15 years.
In 1976 I got a
Old member here...Jim Forbes, in Arizona, USA.
I joined a long time ago. My brother got me interested in Nixies again, in
the early 2000s. when he started making clocks and his Nixie watch. (David
runs Cathode Corner)
I made a clock way back then, http://selectric.org/nixie/index.html and
Ladies & Gentlemen,,,
We are getting a steady stream of new members - it'd be great if, instead
of just lurking, you could introduce yourselves with a bit of detail about
your interests, what you've built or intend to build/dream of building.
Even what gets you up the morning and makes you
Hi. I'm David Forbes. I'm an electrical engineer, working in the field of
radio astronomy. But electronics is also my main hobby.
I started playing with Nixie tubes in 2000, when Tom Jennings gave me a few
that he had been collecting to build Nixie clocks. He also got me
interested in oscilloscope
Please take this with a grain of salt as this is purely speculation. I
believe they were intended to be used in airports, sporting events, and any
place where a large number of people would be looking at them from a far.
However, I think that very few of them ever saw much use, as most of the
The smaller one is made in England. I picked up a 1960s DVM that had five
of them at a government surplus auction.They were driven by stepping
switches.
I also have some that were made in Japan, by Stanley Electric Co in about
1970. These are not numeric. They have images.
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