nixie tube display tuner? help!

[vinylisfinal]

i saw a nixie tuner incorporated into a vintage solid state receiver this weekend. way cool.. it was a brute with slide switches.. but the name eludes me.. anyone have any ideas pics? thanks!!

 

[titanstats]

The only nixie tuner I've ever seen was by SAE, but it wasn't a receiver.

 

[mhardy6647]

HH Scott had a tuner with Nixies; they also had a very early digital receiver, but I think the display was either Beckman planar gas-discharge or LEDs.

Heathkit and (IIRC) Sherwood also had early tuners with Nixie digital displays -- not receivers, though.

 

[Tinman]

Revox also had a tuner with nixies in it. Cool look.

 

[Punker X]

If it was a receiver, it was a Hervic 150. Original designed but never released by SAE. Parts and rights were bought, built and distributed by Hervic. All SAE inside.

 

[titanstats]

If it was a receiver, it was a Hervic 150. Original designed but never released by SAE. Parts and rights were bought, built and distributed by Hervic. All SAE inside.

Interesting -- never heard of it before. It's a good unit, then? :scratch2: The Scotts with the nixies look cool as well.

 

[Punker X]

Pretty decent unit. Worked on a couple, Gotta wonder why SAE gave up on them though.

 

[vinylisfinal]

yes! its a hervic.. very rare.. i want one.. great sounding unit!

 

[steerpike2]

This is my favourite (ReVox A720).

 

[mhardy6647]

whoa.

 

[Hyperion]

+1

Looks like a scientific instrument !

John

 

[Tinman]

Yeah!! THAT'S the one!

I almost bid on one recently. Soooo tempting....

 

[ryuuoh]

The Revox looks like a function generator, very nice.

 

[Sae 2500]

Pretty decent unit. Worked on a couple, Gotta wonder why SAE gave up on them though.

Maybe get you have a schematic for the Hervic? Thanks

 

[Punker X]

Maybe get you have a schematic for the Hervic? Thanks

Don't think they were ever published. Been a long time, the owner had collected a bunch SAE gear and schematics. Forget now which ones I used but he provided them based on his research. The tuner was a MK6 without the scope. Wish I had a better memory. Can't remember the pre or amp. Probably better info on the SAE forum.