I just managed to score five B-7971 tubes at an estate sale, and would like to
use them in a FLW. I was interested in the Jeff Thomas/Pete Hand kit, but
apparently their websites are no longer active. Are these kits still available
anywhere? Or other options, for that matter.
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To the folks who are still running the "Giant Nixie Clock". From the early
1970's:
I built one of these way back when. Unfortunately, it is long gone, but as I
recall it treated the tubes as 7-segment devices, and so the 2 middle vertical
and the 4 diagonal segments will NEVER have been lit. A
Just want to add my appreciation. I have a set running in pvelectronics kit.
Just beautiful. Working on a suitable display case.
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Not exactly nixie, but old display tech anyway. Anybody notice the timer on the
Russian "A-bomb" in this weeks episode of Macgiver? Looks like old IV-22 vfd
tubes! The prop manager knows his (or her) stuff.
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If you're looking for complete display cases, you might try
shoppopdisplays.com. (No affiliation, etc.). I needed a case for a PV
Electronics kit with the Farny 568 tubes, and couldn't find a custom case, so
after looking around on the net i tried them.
They offer a custom fabrication service
I have some of the 104 top-view tubes I'd like to use. Any details of your
clock design using these you'd care to share?
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I built one of these back in the early '70's. As I recall, it kept poor time, I
suspect from noise in the power line getting into the clock chip. At the time,
I lost interest and disposed of it. Grrr!
Anyway, when an old-timer ham refers to "nets" he's referring to "On-Air" chat
groups, not "O
Add me to your list. I already have tubes, would like the board, case
and GPS receiver, when available.
On Aug 30, 1:01 pm, Jeff Thomas wrote:
> I began a spare time project last January with Pete Hand to develop a
> GPS Four Letter Word using B7971 tubes.
> Jürgen Grau (of NixieTherm fame) has
