"Cursitor Doom" wrote in message
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On Fri, 16 Jun 2017 21:48:37 +0100, Ian Field wrote:

molded semiconductors can be subjected to pretty much anything that
doesn't break the case.

Are you the same Ian Field that has authored several books on UHF/VHF
subjects?

I rarely play with anything higher than a few MHz.

The "pill" molded transistors in early TV tuners weren't so robust - they
weren't exactly molded as such, they were 2 plastic shells glued together.