1 Mar
2008
1 Mar
'08
4:16 a.m.
On Fri, Feb 29, 2008 at 11:22:16PM -0800, Brent Hilpert wrote:
Ethan Dicks wrote:
Good idea. Even here, 2.5 digits is enough.
I have something like that with me here in my bag-o-parts...
Sperry SP-738.
It's a shame it's only 2.5 digits...
Not sure what I'd need to do that swings from -199 to +199 off the
top of my head.
Temperature? Your description sounds like the Sperry/Beckman
gas-discharge displays, e.g.:
http://www.tube-tester.com/sites/nixie/trade08-panaplex.htm
Yep. That's it. Thanks for the pointer.
-ethan
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Ethan Dicks, A-333-S Current South Pole Weather at 1-Mar-2008 at 12:10 Z
South Pole Station
PSC 468 Box 400 Temp -58.7 F (-50.4 C) Windchill -87.0 F (-66.1 C)
APO AP 96598 Wind 7.7 kts Grid 133 Barometer 689.0 mb (10291 ft)
Ethan.Dicks at usap.gov http://penguincentral.com/penguincentral.html