I've seen some radios that had transistors that weren't even connected just to up the count.
Leon Robinson ?K5JLR
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From: "Ed Breya via groups.io" <edbreya@...>
Date: 02/22/2021 6:00 PM (GMT-06:00)
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[email protected] Subject: Re: [TekScopes] 2N3904 B-E junction as fast diode substitute?
Dennis, here's a transistor trick that I'm sure was never taught in engineering. More of a marketing lesson. Back in the day, the number of transistors in a radio was a huge selling point - the more the better. Eventually they got cheap, so you could throw extra transistors in for practically anything, upping that banner spec. I once found a cheap line-powered "8 transistor" AM radio, where besides the usual six needed for the function, they counted two more used as rectifiers in the power supply, off the transformer.
Ed
