[Test-Equipment] Nixie project

[hwhall at compuserve.com]

> The radioactive pre-ionization is to improve triggering stability.

So if I understand this right, it lets the tube go into conduction without having the applied voltage first rise to the firing voltage, which is normally a good deal higher than the voltage to maintain operation.  Does away with a voltage spike, so to speak, in regulator type tubes.

Wayne
WB4OGM