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[charlesmorris800 at centurytel.net]

>I've got a bunch of tunnel diodes; never found a practical use for them
for me.

You must not own any older Tektronix scopes then. At one time I had fourteen and there were several tunnel diodes in almost every one (trigger circuits mostly).
And their characteristics do drift with age, sometimes out of the range of adjustment
:)
-Charles