{"id":49713,"date":"2021-07-27T06:01:38","date_gmt":"2021-07-27T10:01:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=49713"},"modified":"2021-07-27T06:01:38","modified_gmt":"2021-07-27T10:01:38","slug":"this-noyce-joyce-radio-kit-features-in-17-nixie-tubes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2021\/07\/this-noyce-joyce-radio-kit-features-in-17-nixie-tubes\/","title":{"rendered":"This Noyce Joyce radio kit features IN-17 Nixie Tubes"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Many thanks to SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Jeff McMahon<\/a>, who shares a link to a Nixie Tube radio kit<\/a> via the retailer Shop Simo<\/a>. We’ve no clue how well the radio might perform, but it covers AM\/FM, can play from an SD card and is, of course, Bluetooth as well. The radio requires no soldering–instead, it appears to be a modular snap-together kit. Here’s the manufacturer’s description:<\/p>\n

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Noyce Joyce introduces a new generation of electronic kits.<\/strong>
\nThe whole kit is made of printed circuit boards (PCBs).<\/strong>
\nWith a simple snap-fit connection, you get a fully functional product. In this case a battery-powered radio\/Bluetooth speaker.<\/strong>
\nOur radio is [truly] unique thanks to the used miniature IN-17 nixie tubes.<\/strong>
\nThese nixies stopped production 50 years ago.<\/strong>
\nFor this reason, this product will be available only be in limited quantities of maximum few hundred pieces.<\/strong>
\nRight now you can buy the first 100 pieces in advance for half price.<\/strong>
\nThese pieces will be delivered at the end of July.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Of course, you wouldn’t buy this radio for the performance–you’d but it for the Nixie tubes!<\/p>\n

Thanks for the tip, Jeff!<\/p>\n

Post readers:<\/strong> Please let me know if you purchase one of these! I’d love a guest post about the built and your thoughts about its functionality.<\/p>\n

Click here to check out the Nixie Radio via Shop Simo.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Jeff McMahon, who shares a link to a Nixie Tube radio kit via the retailer Shop Simo. We’ve no clue how well the radio might perform, but it covers AM\/FM, can play from an SD card and is, of course, Bluetooth as well. The radio requires no soldering–instead, it […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[373,3781,836,3],"tags":[4464,9380,9381,9383,3722,9382],"class_list":["post-49713","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-am","category-fm","category-new-products","category-news","tag-jeff-mcmahon","tag-nixie-radio","tag-nixie-tubes","tag-noyce-joyce-nixie-radio-kit","tag-radio-kits","tag-shop-simo"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-cVP","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":15023,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/10\/dan-spots-an-extremely-rare-hro-600-on-ebay\/","url_meta":{"origin":49713,"position":0},"title":"Dan spots an extremely rare HRO-600 on eBay","author":"Thomas","date":"October 4, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"SWLing Post contributor, Dan Robinson, writes: Wow . . . a huge, amazing rarity...this is perhaps the rarest of radios, the HRO-600. 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