Lets see your Nixie Tube equipment

[bitseeker]

Steve, I was hoping you were going to post that here. It sure is a beauty and still plenty fast almost 40 years later.

[TheSteve]

Steve, I was hoping you were going to post that here. It sure is a beauty and still plenty fast almost 40 years later.

Buying it had an added bonus - my wife thinks it is beautiful and approves of further "vintage" Nixie purchases.

And here is a picture of my Keithley 160 with red nixies

[richfiles]

my wife thinks it is beautiful and approves of further "vintage" Nixie purchases.

This man has found the holy grail.
We all know that he has chosen wisely!
I'm not worthy

[bitseeker]

Buying it had an added bonus - my wife thinks it is beautiful and approves of further "vintage" Nixie purchases.

 

[Cubdriver]

Buying it had an added bonus - my wife thinks it is beautiful and approves of further "vintage" Nixie purchases.

  . Sweet!!  You definitely have a keeper!  A perusal of this thread should certainly give you some ideas and inspiration with regard to additional acquisitions!  Lord knows it and the old HP catalogs have conspired to cause my credit card a good bit of pain...  Oh, and panaplex displays are pretty cool, too. 

(BTW, does she have a sister?   )

-Pat

[TheSteve]

Buying it had an added bonus - my wife thinks it is beautiful and approves of further "vintage" Nixie purchases.

  . Sweet!!  You definitely have a keeper!  A perusal of this thread should certainly give you some ideas and inspiration with regard to additional acquisitions!  Lord knows it and the old HP catalogs have conspired to cause my credit card a good bit of pain...  Oh, and panaplex displays are pretty cool, too. 

(BTW, does she have a sister?   )

-Pat

Hah - she does have a sister, who is already married
Not a great loss though - she likely wouldn't approve of such toys. My wife went to Uni to be an EE and then got her amateur radio license to impress me. Then she lost interest in electronics for the most part and went into marketing and category management. She still appreciates "nice" stuff though so it's all good.
All of my test gear/toys are in ManLab(tm) but she has suggested something nixie based would look nice in the living room - a clock perhaps with a correct vintage look. So I am on the hunt for the perfect piece but suspect I'll need to build something custom. There is already a vintage Motorola portable tube based radio up there. Hmm, I am a huge Motorola fan, wonder if they made anything with a nixie in it.

[TheSteve]

Someone needs to buy this and show it off(fix it too of course).
http://www.ebay.com/itm/201677894456

[Cubdriver]

Someone needs to buy this and show it off(fix it too of course).
http://www.ebay.com/itm/201677894456

   I already have one of those in the queue.  I need to figure out a voltage reference substitute for it, among other things, as it used a mercury cell that is long dead and has been unavailable for many moons now.  Also need to figure out the connections - it originally used remote BNC boxes that plugged into oddball connectors on the front panel.

-Pat

[bitseeker]

I already have one of those in the queue.

If it's got Nixies, I'd give a high probability that you've got one.

It's interesting that they put the knobs in the opposite order of the displayed digits, unlike other voltage standards.

[VK5RC]

Notice how the guy only posts to USA, if he did post to Aust it would probably kill ht deal . 

[Cubdriver]

I shudder to think what shipping to Australia would cost    it's about 17x18x7" and weighs nearly 50 lbs, before you put it in a box!  That'd be a big'un to post internationally.

-Pat

[VK5RC]

If I recall my 5245L cost about 80USD shipping, some guys will charge as much as 200USD for 10kg large type test equipment box. The only compensation ia that The price you can get for second hand test gear here is raised by about that much anyway.
As my Tek 545 is coming to a close, I bought another "Unique Fixer-Up" nixie opportunity,  a 3440A,  it comes with the 3443 high gain plug in, from flea bay so it will be a while!

[Cubdriver]

A fine piece of kit!   . If I recall correctly, the 3440A was the first piece of gear I restuffed a filter cap on.

-Pat

[BillyD]

I've mentioned this guy previously on this thread, he has just put up a full length video on the making of a nixie tube.
Again extremely impressive craftmanship - but don't watch if you're not of a patient disposition!

[Johnny10]

My new HP5340A   1973   Option 001
Not fully functioning but I can get to approx. 320Mhz

[bitseeker]

That's a nice one, Johnny. Hopefully, it'll be pretty straightforward to bring it back to fully working condition.

All,

There's an HP 5221A counter on eBay.

  http://www.ebay.com/itm/201679287849

There are also a couple of HP 3430A voltmeters.

  http://www.ebay.com/itm/172360688160
  http://www.ebay.com/itm/331962002701

[Cubdriver]

The voltmeters are tempting, but still a bit too much $$.  Nearly $40 to ship the one is a bit much - they're not THAT heavy or difficult to pack.

-Pat

[Johnny10]

The blanking of the second digit on 5221 and no decimal.
Makes me wonder about circuitry.

[bitseeker]

I concur, but figured I'd post 'em since I ran across them. One could try messaging the seller. That's worked for me a couple of times.

[Johnny10]

Still 75 dollars for a parts machine.
How much are those nixies really worth??
I made two offers.   

[bitseeker]

When it's too much, it's too much. Can't save them all.

[bitseeker]

Here's another one that went for big money, in auction format no less:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/381826570384

I like the form factor of the 5321B, but $69 + shipping for one in unknown functional condition and not even including the sixth digit (from what I could tell), has me

[VK5RC]

OK, its not really a Nixie but pretty close. And Tubes! 22 I read somewhere. Original manual on the way as well.

[Cubdriver]

You snagged that one, Rob?!?      Congrats!!  That's a cool old beast.  I now have a pretty basket-case looking 522B on its way to me.

I look forward to seeing pics of your 521!

-Pat

[VK5RC]

Hi Pat,  I was happy to get this 521, she looks in good condition. Well done re the 522!  My wife thought they looked quaint -  I am working on her!
Regards Rob