Other Favorite Hobbies


In order to kill time and not to weaken my brain after the retirement, I am continueing to enjoy hobbies and to produce things from my young age. Here, I introduce other hobbies and works than amateur radio, vacuum tube audio, and mountain climbing. I am convinced that my hands are dexterous, but sometimes I get frustrated that it doesn’t go well recently. I'm doing my best with the spirit of "let's do everything and see."

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Nixie Tube Digital Clock
Nixie Digital Clock
For people who grew up in the vacuum tube age, the light with faint and deep sense of the nixie tube is quite nostalgic. Although it was found that I can purchase even a few decades after the end of production, I dared to make it as an old man’s hobby, in spite of being able to buy liquid crystal or LED digital clock very cheaply.
Astronomical Telescope
DS-115
I was observing the Moon, Jupiter, Saturn and Mars at my free time with an 80 mm refractor type and a 115 mm Newton reflex type telescopes, but I got a desire to see them more beautifully, so I made upgrade. The main upgrade items are to change the eyepiece from 24.5 to 31.7 mm and replace the mirrorless reflex camera.
Automatic Tracking of Equatorial Mount
DS-115
When the magnification of the telescope is low, I can tolerate the motion of stars, but as the magnification is increased it began to worry. Therefore, as a result of investigating whether the automatic tracking function can be added to the existing equatorial mount, I thought that tracking with only the right ascension is possible if tracking for a short time.
Home Karaoke Equipment
DS-115
When I was young I often went to Karaoke with my family, but I thought whether I can play private Karaoke at my home because I was bullied to go there when I was 70 years old. Recently, I learned that free Karaoke is possible using Youtube on the Internet. So I tried to make a handmade Karaoke machine using a personal computer.
AM Loop Antenna
ループアンテナ
Recently when I kept watching TV my eyes became tired, so listening to the radio became more common. My house is made with wood, but AM receiving condition is not good and there are many noises except for NHK 1 and 2. So I tried to make AM loop antenna in order to improve receiving sensitivity.
0-V-2 AM Reflex Radio
AM Radio
I made a reflex type radio since I wanted to listen to the nostalgic beat noise when I tune it. The vacuum tubes used are 6GH8A and 2B46. Its receiving sensitivity is almost equivalent to the 5-tube super heterodyne.



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