Roy J. Tellason wrote:
Since a lot of parts like UJTs aren't ax commonly
available as they used to be
I poked around some and found stuff online as to how one might "make" one
using a complementary pair of transistors. Couple each base to the other
one's collector, and you have an SCR, an SCS, or a PUT, depending on how
you wire it up. Not all that much difference between them... :-)
Well I found this surfing last night. Fet + Pnp = Strange radio.
http://www.schmarder.com/radios/solidstate/homodyne.htm