RJT> -=> Roy J. Tellason said to Greg Mayman
RJT> -=> about "*BIG* TRANSISTORS" on 01-14-04  04:06.....

RJT> RJT> I've seen that on some data sheets.  I also remember some germanium
RJT> RJT> parts being particularly pitiful when it came to their specs.  It's

RJT> GM> Yes, I remember germanium power transistors as being about the
RJT> GM> worst in that respect.

RJT> GM> And terribly expensive! The first transistor radio I saw in the
RJT> GM> early to mid 1950s, was handmade by the owner and used six
RJT> GM> germanium transistors that cost 39s 6d each, the equivalent of
RJT> GM> $3.95, which would be about $80-$100 each in today's money when you
RJT> GM> allowed for inflation!

RJT>I can still remember the first radio *I* built,  used a 2N107 or somesuch.  On
RJT>a board,  which I'd painted blue...

I can still remember the first radio I built:
Wound a coil myself, used a lead crystal for a diode and a pair of
headsets. Of course this was just recently - in 1942!

VBG

Jay


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