[neonixie-l] Re: Old Russian Beta Radiometer

2018-12-13 Thread Tyler Bourne
Seems like it was most likely made in late 86 or 87. I'll see if there are any later date codes. The power supply is interesting, opens like a book with board on one side and power transistors/heat-sink on the other. On Wednesday, December 12, 2018 at 10:37:22 PM UTC-5, gregebert wrote: > > So

[neonixie-l] Re: Old Russian Beta Radiometer

2018-12-13 Thread Tyler Bourne
I found a detector on ebay. Will test it out when it gets here. I'm not sure how they are driving the tubes since I don't see the usual driver chips. I'll examine the board and see if I can figure out how they're doing it. Also I have a video of the display. Not a very good video but I'll take

[neonixie-l] Re: Old Russian Beta Radiometer

2018-12-12 Thread gregebert
Some of the parts have date-codes; looks like 1984 to 1986. Maybe post-Chernobyl equipment ?? Nice workmanship -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to ne

[neonixie-l] Re: Old Russian Beta Radiometer

2018-12-12 Thread Tyler Bourne
Forgot to mention. The big black plastic box on the first board contains the quartz crystal tube. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to neonixie-l+un

[neonixie-l] Re: Old Russian Beta Radiometer

2018-12-12 Thread Tyler Bourne
I'll post more detailed pictures tonight. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to neonixie-l+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send an

[neonixie-l] Re: Old Russian Beta Radiometer

2018-12-12 Thread GastonP
There are lots of geiger tubes for sale on eBay. If you could post a high res picture of the inside of the equipment probably some of us could help. I am a big fan of geiger tubes (hey, they have gas inside !!!) and habe bought more than a couple from the ex-USSR. Gastón On Wednesday, December