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Who Invented the Transistor?


http://www.beatriceco.com/bti/porticus/bell/belllabs_transistor1.html

I dunno.... Roswell?  Really?  But I find myself attracted to anything that involves the use of iron pyrite and cats' whiskers in radio.  Mike, KL7R, sent me a bunch of fools gold from Alaska and it turned out to be better than galena as a detector. 

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Homebrew Transistors (video)



So you are using store-bought transistors eh?  APPLIANCE OPERATOR!

Check out Jeri Ellsworth's very impressive production of NMOS transistors.

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