On Mon, Jun 3, 2024 at 08:28 PM, W0LEV wrote:
Maybe it would light an NE-2?
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Certainly you know what those are??
Yes one of my earliest encounters with those small neons, was a ballroom ceiling with thousands of them wired up as simple oscillators, to create a twinkling effect.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pearson%E2%80%93Anson_effect
But to answer your main question, maybe, Maybe not...
I think you would have to extend the wires on it to stand a chance of it striking up.
Fluorescents tend to work better, as they are physically a greater proportion of a wavelength.
Regards,
Martin