Vacuum Transistor

[Phil]

On 28 Jun 2014, at 01:16, Joseph Bento wrote:

> 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
> 

Allegedly, it was the JFET that Bardeen and Brattain were trying to make before getting the bipolar transistor to work instead. Anyone remember Fetrons?

Phil M1GWZ