Loved the clock my dad had at his work in commercial radio. I always wanted one for myself. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Eventually, I started researching and found that Nixie clocks have a bit of a cult following. Around y2k the microcontroller industry hadn’t invented things like Arduino and ESP32, so kits were limited to those willing to build a kit from scratch. In the end, I settled on a clock from www.tubehobby.com<\/a>. Around the same time, I grabbed a few IN12 tubes and then sat on everything. Work\\life lowered the priority of my tinkering and so my interest in electronics parked for a while.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In the winter of 2022 I decided to take a course in prep for my HAM advanced license – this is essentially a radio-focused electronics course so my old electronics interest was piqued and I started digging out all the old stuff and decided now was the time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n