Tube Dreams

[Mark Langenfeld]

On Mon, 5 Jan 1998, Bill Turner wrote:

> _______________________________________________________________
> Yep, so true.  I believe the reason it was dropped is that no one
> really understood the physics behind the galena crystal and therefore
> had no basis to pursue it further.  It took Bardeen, Brattain and
> Schockley to make it all come clear.
>

Still, a bias voltage was applied to most early corundum detectors to
optimize performance.  Close.  So close!

Mark -- WA9ETW

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