[Elecraft] The last of the through-hole kits

[Rick Dettinger]

I suspect that the spark guys had similar thoughts about the new  
triode vacuum tubes in the 1920's.  Fragile glass tubes that they  
probably didn't fully understand, yet.  I took an electronics class in  
1967 and tubes were still the main focus.  We did play around with  
transistors, and managed to melt several leads.  We didn't need any  
Optivisors in those days.

73,
Rick Dettinger   K7MW



On Jun 3, 2011, at 8:39 PM, Ron D'Eau Claire wrote:

> Lo, many years ago (1950's) I said that I didn't particularly like  
> working
> with transistors either. They were so tiny and fragile. Vacuum tubes  
> were so
> friendly and they made a beautiful glow in the dark. Besides, many
> technologists pontificated that transistors would never be able to  
> work at
> radio frequencies, much less develop useful power there.
>