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FTA: "The Nazis introduced the Volksempfänger, a cheap wireless transistor set, to broadcast Hitler’s speeches ...." Highly doubtful it was a transistor set, i
by dctoedt 6y ago
FTA: "The Nazis introduced the Volksempfänger, a cheap wireless transistor set, to broadcast Hitler’s speeches ...."
Highly doubtful it was a transistor set, inasmuch as the first working transistor wasn't invented until 1947, at Bell Labs. [0]
(The underlying point is valid, though. [1])
[0] https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Transistor https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Transistor
[1] https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Volksempf%C3%A4nger https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Volksempf%C3%A4nger
- Animats 6y agoIt was a 3-tube radio. Here's the schematic.[1] One of the tubes is just a power diode to get DC from the power transformer. [1] https://antiqueradio.org/art/VE301DynSchematic.jpg https://antiqueradio.org/art/VE301DynSchematic.jpg