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Title: Cool clock kit
Post by: w3jn on January 05, 2005, 08:59:50 AM
From Lithuiania - $135 - has temp, GPS option, etc.

(http://www.tubehobby.com/images/board_main.jpg)

www.tubehobby.com

They also sell miniature (1") CRTs, neon bargraph indicators, etc.  A little 1" CRT would sure be cool on the front panel of a homebrew xmitter!

73 John


Title: Cool clock kit
Post by: W2VW on January 05, 2005, 11:21:27 AM
John. То будет очень хороший эксперимент. Я отрезал бы большое
отверстие перед tranceiver японии. В это отверстие смогите
установить клапан nixie.


Title: Cool clock kit
Post by: w3jn on January 05, 2005, 12:14:45 PM
TOLLY!!  Help, please!  Dave's speaking in tongues again!


Title: Cool clock kit
Post by: wavebourn on January 05, 2005, 12:46:23 PM
Quote from: w3jn
TOLLY!!  Help, please!  Dave's speaking in tongues again!


It is a bit broken (probably like my English?), but understandable:

John. That will be very good experiment. I'd cut off a big hole in front of transceiver of The Japan. In this hole please be able to install nixie safety valve.


Title: Cool clock kit
Post by: w3jn on January 05, 2005, 12:52:28 PM
THanx, Tolly!  Your English is MUCH, MUCH better than Dave's Russian!

73 John


Title: Cool clock kit
Post by: Ott on January 05, 2005, 01:03:56 PM
Quote from: w3jn
THanx, Tolly!  Your English is MUCH, MUCH better than Dave's Russian!

73 John


Hi John...

Interesting indeed... after you've installed the "nixie safety valve" into "The Japan" please post a pix of the finished "experiment" for the rest of us...


Title: Cool clock kit
Post by: W2VW on January 05, 2005, 01:29:55 PM
Quote from: wavebourn


It is a bit broken (probably like my English?), but understandable:


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вы говорите что я не должен прекратить работу дня mt?


Title: Cool clock kit
Post by: wavebourn on January 05, 2005, 01:47:02 PM
Quote from: Dave Calhoun W2APE
Quote from: wavebourn


It is a bit broken (probably like my English?), but understandable:


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вы говорите что я не должен прекратить работу дня mt?


"Do you say I must not interrupt the work of the day mt?"

I don't think it is enough to spend one day only to learn a foreign language, especially such complex one like Russian is.


Title: Cool clock kit
Post by: wavebourn on January 05, 2005, 01:48:10 PM
Quote from: Ott
Quote from: w3jn
THanx, Tolly!  Your English is MUCH, MUCH better than Dave's Russian!

73 John


Hi John...

Interesting indeed... after you've installed the "nixie safety valve" into "The Japan" please post a pix of the finished "experiment" for the rest of us...


Correction: into the hole cut in front of Japan, probably somewhere in the sea?  :cool:


Title: Cool clock kit
Post by: wavebourn on January 05, 2005, 03:37:36 PM
Quote from: w3jn
THanx, Tolly!  Your English is MUCH, MUCH better than Dave's Russian!


Thanks John for the feedback! :D


Title: Cool clock kit
Post by: Paul, K2ORC on January 05, 2005, 03:57:51 PM
Tolly, is the dog in your avatar a Puli?  Is he your family dog?


Title: Cool clock kit
Post by: wavebourn on January 05, 2005, 04:00:02 PM
Quote from: Paul, K2ORC
Tolly, is the dog in your avatar a Puli?  Is he your family dog?


He is Cotton de Tulier, we bought him in South Africa, in 1999. Yes, he is our family dog. He is very smart and friendly.


Title: Cool clock kit
Post by: Paul, K2ORC on January 05, 2005, 04:16:44 PM
Quote from: wavebourn
Quote from: Paul, K2ORC
Tolly, is the dog in your avatar a Puli?  Is he your family dog?


He is Cotton de Tulier, we bought him in South Africa, in 1999. Yes, he is our family dog. He is very smart and friendly.


Thanks for the info Tolly.  I took a quick look at a couple of websites.  What an interesting and handsome breed!  

Sorry to stray from the topic.


Title: Cool clock kit
Post by: wavebourn on January 05, 2005, 05:15:43 PM
Quote from: Paul, K2ORC
Quote from: wavebourn
Quote from: Paul, K2ORC
Tolly, is the dog in your avatar a Puli?  Is he your family dog?


He is Cotton de Tulier, we bought him in South Africa, in 1999. Yes, he is our family dog. He is very smart and friendly.


Thanks for the info Tolly.  I took a quick look at a couple of websites.  What an interesting and handsome breed!  

Sorry to stray from the topic.


Нет проблем :D


Title: Cool clock kit
Post by: W3NP on January 05, 2005, 05:45:05 PM
Нет проблем :D

There are no problems = no problem

Thats what I thought it said - but then I found this cool on-line translator.


Title: Re: Cool clock kit
Post by: KA1ZGC on January 05, 2005, 06:00:12 PM
Quote from: w3jn
From Lithuiania - $135 - has temp, GPS option, etc.

(http://www.tubehobby.com/images/board_main.jpg)

www.tubehobby.com

They also sell miniature (1") CRTs, neon bargraph indicators, etc.  A little 1" CRT would sure be cool on the front panel of a homebrew xmitter!

73 John


A few months ago, I saw one of these that some guy made out of a WWVB-synchronized mechanical clock movement. I found it online when I was doing some research on time coding.

http://www.amug.org/~jthomas/wwvb.html

Remember the old micro-nixies they used to use in pocket calculators? Go to the bottom of this page:

http://www.amug.org/~jthomas/clockpage.html

It's amazing how much good technology comes from someone with alotgether too much time on their hands (no pun intended).

--Thom
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Title: Cool clock kit
Post by: k4kyv on January 05, 2005, 06:01:39 PM
Notice how similar the Russian alphabet is to the Greek alphabet.


Title: Cool clock kit
Post by: W2VW on January 05, 2005, 06:16:11 PM
Quote from: wavebourn
Quote from: Dave Calhoun W2APE
Quote from: wavebourn


It is a bit broken (probably like my English?), but understandable:


[/i]


вы говорите что я не должен прекратить работу дня mt?


"Do you say I must not interrupt the work of the day mt?"

I don't think it is enough to spend one day only to learn a foreign language, especially such complex one like Russian is.


Нет. Было шуткой. Когда кто-то не может спеть правильно мы говорим
персоне что он не должен прекратить его работу дня. Это намеревается
не спеть для дохода. Огорченно моя грамматика. . Отсутствие проблем с
вашей собакой. Моя собака ненавидит человека ups и человека
столба. Другая шутка о кто-то пеет. Вы спрашиваете персоне пея песню
"вы сделало с деньг", котор они после этого говорит "что деньг" вы
после этого говорите им "деньг ваши родители дала вас для уроков
петь


Title: Cool clock kit
Post by: wavebourn on January 05, 2005, 06:54:54 PM
There will be new AM'er's slang on the air soon...  :cool:

And it is cool! I'd prefer to pass Russian exam instead of Morse one. :lol:


Title: Cool clock kit
Post by: W1UJR on January 06, 2005, 06:50:26 AM
Hate to sound like Christmas morning (batteries not included) - but it looks like the Nixie tubes are not included.

Have always thought Nixie tubes were cool!

Check out this Nixie watch at http://www.amug.org/~jthomas/watch.html .

(http://www.amug.org/~jthomas/watch21.jpg)


Title: Cool clock kit
Post by: N5RLR on January 07, 2005, 11:30:28 PM
Проблема?  Что проблема?  :grin:

And I'm kidding...I have a long way to go with learning Russian.  :oops:
 
Quote from: wavebourn
...I'd prefer to pass Russian exam instead of Morse one. :lol:

Since you mention it...where may I find info on the Russian Amateur Radio exam, questions, regulations, et. al.?


Title: Cool clock kit
Post by: wavebourn on January 08, 2005, 12:57:46 AM
Quote from: N5RLR
Since you mention it...where may I find info on the Russian Amateur Radio exam, questions, regulations, et. al.?


I just found it there:

http://www.qrz.ru/beginners/ins.zip


Title: Cool clock kit
Post by: wavebourn on January 08, 2005, 01:13:58 AM
Quote from: W1UJR
Hate to sound like Christmas morning (batteries not included) - but it looks like the Nixie tubes are not included.

Have always thought Nixie tubes were cool!

Check out this Nixie watch at http://www.amug.org/~jthomas/watch.html .

(http://www.amug.org/~jthomas/watch21.jpg)


My first device using Nixies,was made for the New Year.
I made a multivibrator on couple of N-P-N transistors, their collectors connected to grids of a double triode, and 4 nixies connected to anodes through resistors. Triodes and nixies were powered from a bridge rectifier without filter capacitors, so they were powered from bell-looking form of voltage of 100 Hz frequency (there is 50 Hz frequency in Russian power lines).

Multivibrator generated also close to 100 Hz signal, so my digits "1972" were softly waving from dark to light, from light to dark, with frequency equal to difference between frequency of a power line and a frequency of my multivibrator. It was cool! :D

It happened by chance. I was a kid and just made a mistake in calculations, and took capacitors 100 times less for multivibrator than intended. And wow! It was much better than just rough flashing every second! :D


Title: Cool clock kit
Post by: W8ER on January 08, 2005, 03:28:58 AM
Tolly said:
Quote
It happened by chance. I was a kid and just made a mistake in calculations, and took capacitors 100 times less for multivibrator than intended. And wow! It was much better than just rough flashing every second! :D

Tolly the same thing happens if you drink a lot and then watch it!


Title: Cool clock kit
Post by: wavebourn on January 08, 2005, 03:46:46 PM
Quote from: W8ER
Tolly said:
Quote
It happened by chance. I was a kid and just made a mistake in calculations, and took capacitors 100 times less for multivibrator than intended. And wow! It was much better than just rough flashing every second! :D

Tolly the same thing happens if you drink a lot and then watch it!


Thank you Larry, I'll try someday! :D


Title: now this goes too far!
Post by: W1UX on January 14, 2005, 06:30:31 PM
管?! Nixie 管, 被使用在一张糟糕的电路板以固体设备? Pfui! Nixie 管应该是在金属底盘与导线、变压器, 和冷凝器! 可能一些电阻器也是!
73
UX :tfrag:
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