***Official Electronics Thread of Officialness (it starts off with lots of Nixie Tube Clock goodness

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i thought they used to be used i na lot of radar systems, so i'd have thought they'd be reasonably ... low interfering (sort of ****ed my sentence structure there)
 
Tefal said:
i thought they used to be used i na lot of radar systems, so i'd have thought they'd be reasonably ... low interfering (sort of ****ed my sentence structure there)
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with adequate shielding even the noisiest device can be used with sensitive equipment.

On the other hand, this clock, uncased, has no shielding whatsoever :p
 
Yes that’s my concern. It may be that the switcher will kick out a lot of rubbish on HF in which case I’ll have to start looking at some serious shielding around it. I always prefer to use a good decent linear PSU and won’t use any switch mode supplies for my radio equipment. Of course it could be clean which will be a nice bonus.
 
Indeed. like i said, i don't *think* it's producing any significant RF, my loudspeakers which are highly susceptible to RF interference (mobiles make them go nuts) have only the SLIGHTEST hum when i directly short the switching transistors on the front of the PCBs causing the tubes to flicker. otherwise they've just got the normal background RF crackle. :)
 
Mikeyboy said:
Here's mine. Got it a couple of years ago.

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Very nice, where was that from?
 
Dr House said:
whoo bought this.

So who wants some of the small tubes?

Im going to do a bit of research and hopefully build it soon.

I have a guy that works with CNC machines and I will try and get him to machine a solid block of aluminium as a "case"
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Nice! I assume you're using the IN-18s? those end-view tubes to the top right look huge! i bet they'll be snapped up eagerly! :D
 
yep I will use the IN-18's and sell of the others.

which kit would you recommend buying?

EDIT: I will have a read through the thread tomorrow, no time now. I should not even be posting lol
 
about £145 + shipping, there are a couple on BIN in the 3rd post of this thread :)

I'd get the ones from Ukraine, they look to be the older Soviet Military-grade ones (Soviet Military parts have the Rhombus, look out for it) which are both much more interesting and probably also a bit better made :)
 
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big tubes have a huge premium unfortunately :(
the biggest nixies, the Rodan CD-47's occasionally crop up on ebay, they usually go for about $700 EACH.

i remember in 2003 a set of six IN-18's was only about £60! :eek:
 
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