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nhtagmember
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it arrived after a 3 week shipping adventure from Poland

I am building a 12/24 hour digital clock that uses Nixie tubes, and its all discrete components

gonna flash up ye old soldering iron this weekend but I need a new ground strap for the IC's before I socket them
 
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yeah, they probably wouldn't know what to do with a few transistors, capacitors, resistors and blinking lights Smile

I plan on setting this one to Zulu time for my ham shack
 
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Aw shucks, you can't give us a tease like that without telling us what tubes you are using. Frown 568?

Single tube? Four tubes? Six tubes? A Pixie to count seconds? Antenna to synchronize with the world clock? Inquiring minds want to know...

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should be a six tube kit with IN12A tubes

if I was going to enter it in a science fair, it wouldn't be a clock - it would be a count-down timer Big Grin

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Just don't bring it to a science fair.
Don't do that. You know better than that.
 
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I don't have any way to host photos but I will take some photos of all the parts, the two circuit boards, base and the pieces.
 
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I don't have any way to host photos
Try postImage. There's a free (as in no-cost) option, and you don't even have to sign up for an account.

I use it for everything except my avatar -- postimage doesn't do avatars.


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I was thinking of getting one of those for the man cave, until I read Nixie tubes don't last a long time. Odd I didn't know that until recently, being as I weaned my electronics teeth on glow-bottles.


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will try that - thanks
 
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I don't have any way to host photos but I will take some photos of all the parts, the two circuit boards, base and the pieces.
just email them to me.
I'll put them up.
 
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thanks for putting these up Mark - appreciate it

this clock is going in my ham 'shack' but I'd also like to make one for my observatory and I need a countdown timer with a chime for tracking aircraft check ins
 
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Looks interesting, like to see it when you have it finished...
 
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That's cool! I love tinkering projects.



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Can you post your source for these items?


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Can you post your source for these items?


its a kit that I purchased, and the source is in Poland

I will get you some info
 
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