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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:


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.


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