Vacuum Transistor

[Joseph Bento]

On 6/26/2014 12:06 PM, Frank Eliot wrote:
> Not the first device along these lines, but they seem to be making progress.
> There’s hope for us old tube guys yet.
>
>

I seem to recall Elmer Osterhoudt of Modern Radio Labs fame described a 
transistor as a "germanium triode" or "silicon triode."    While not 
entirely incorrect, a JFET more accurately fits that description.

Joe, N6DGY