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Russell Eberhardt	06/03/2014 19:03:19
2785 forum posts 87 photos	Posted by Gordon W on 06/03/2014 09:44:25: Then the red spot transistor came along, it was outside my price range at 7s 6d. Yes, I saved up three weeks pocket money for one of those. I couldn't afford a white spot though at 15s! Russell.
Russell Eberhardt	06/03/2014 19:13:04
2785 forum posts 87 photos	Posted by Neil Wyatt on 06/03/2014 17:56:19: With electronics today the big choice is between making things and learning how things work. I didn't think they were mutually exclusive. Is that where I've been going wrong all these years - trying to do both Russell.
Neil Wyatt	06/03/2014 20:45:11
19226 forum posts 749 photos 86 articles	Andy > Does anyone actually use a unijunction transistor outside of those demo kits? I'm not sure myself. Probably not Transistors are great fun. I have some carefully guarded germanium ones that are destined for a replica 'Fuzz Face', but the best invention for hobby electronics in my lifetime has been the logic-level power FET - switch 30-A with no heatsink Russell The reason I suggested the 'choice' is you can make so many things today by just following a circuit and wiring up the bits with no theoretical knowledge at all. I tend to 'play' with the bits, but occasionally they bond with each other and make something useful. But most of the time my electronic projects are continually evolving prototypes that never get finished. Neil
Ian S C	07/03/2014 10:56:46
7468 forum posts 230 photos	My introduction to transistors was in 1961, when I got an OC 72, and modified my crystal set that I built about 5yrs before. Ian S C

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