Geoffrey Thomas wrote:
Reminds me of the old Radio Constructor designs where
the designer made one
transistor do both rf and af amplification.
Can't remember his name - or what he called his designs.
I'm sure he was knighted or something like that .... anybody ?
- Sir Alec Douglas Hall ? was it ?
Sounds too much like Alec Douglas Hume !
I have no idea who invented it since it was used every where, since the
humble
vacume tube ( valve) was invented. You can still buy or build them today.
http://www.vcomp.co.uk/one_tube_1935/one_tube_1935.htm
http://schmarder.com/radios/tube/index.htm
Ben.