[time-nuts] I like Nixie tubes!!

[Max Robinson]

Mike.

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used to.  He and I have been friends since we were in the second grade 
together although we have lost touch lately.

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Baker" <mpb45 at clanbaker.org>
To: <time-nuts at febo.com>
Sent: Friday, January 08, 2010 9:11 PM
Subject: [time-nuts] I like Nixie tubes!!


> Hello, Time-Nuts--
>
> Paul Swed said:
>
> For whatever reason I have resurrected a 1967
> HP 5245L counter. Indeed I have many newer units.
> But there is something about that nixie tube glow.
> ----------------------------------------------------
>
> Indeed.  I have an old HP-5245L counter that I keep
> running on the shelf over my bench just because the
> Nixie tubes rippling through their count sequence
> is so... well, so cool and appealing.
>
> I also have an old HP selective level meter that tunes
> up to around 20 MHz or so that has a Nixie tube
> display and I often turn it on just for the effect
> that the Nixie tube display has.
>
> If all the digits are cleanly and evenly lit and there
> is no extraneous glow visible in the tube to damage the
> contrast of the digits, Nixie displays really appeal
> to me!
>
> Mike Baker
> WA4HFR
> Gainesville (Micanopy) FL  USA
>
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