[Hallicrafters] Transistors

[Charlie]

The latest "cat's meow" for crystal set is to use the new zero voltage MOS 
diodes which have effectively zero junction drop.  In other words, using a 
silicon diode looses a half volt where-as germanium is only a couple tenths, 
so the end result is that the germanium diode will produce a louder detected 
audio in the headphones, and the ZVS MOS device will require even less RF 
for the same recovered audio.

73' Charlie k3ICH


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David C. Hallam" <dhallam at rapidsys.com>
To: "Carl" <km1h at jeremy.mv.com>
Cc: <hallicrafters at mailman.qth.net>; "TC Dailey" <daileyservices at qwest.net>
Sent: Wednesday, June 03, 2009 2:38 PM
Subject: Re: [Hallicrafters] Transistors


I don't know about new crystal radio sets given the scare tactics about
lead in recent times, but the old standby for a crystal was lead sulfide
aka Galena.

David
KC2JD/4

Carl wrote:
> Ive always heard it was a standard old germanium or other bipolar found in
> crystal set parts that had an impurity besides the one needed.
>
> Carl
> KM1H
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
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> The day is not wasted - I learned something. (FET)
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