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Default Si-diodes in Second World War radar & Communication equipment
On Mon, 21 Apr 2008 03:03:32 GMT, JosephKK
wrote:

On Sun, 20 Apr 2008 13:59:36 -0700, Don Bowey
wrote:

On 4/20/08 11:26 AM, in article ,
"JosephKK" wrote:

On Sat, 12 Apr 2008 11:29:18 -0500, John Fields
wrote:

On Sat, 12 Apr 2008 11:24:19 -0500, John Fields
wrote:

On Sat, 12 Apr 2008 17:51:10 +0200, "ronwer"
wrote:

Hi!

I am doing a study into the early use of silicon diodes in radar and
communication equipment during the Second World War.

What I would be interested in is as follows:

-type numbers of the diodes

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1N23 is a good place to start.

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Oops... brain fart.

The 1N23 didn't appear until the '50's, I believe.

JF

Not only that it was germanium not silicon.

Do you have a solid reference for that? "Credible" references I found said
they were silicon.


The most conclusive evidence i know of, is someone here who actually
put one to test and the result was germanium. A heck of a lot of
"official" or "authoritative" records are pure fertilizer.

What test?

John

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