XPost: sci.electronics, sci.electronics.basics, sci.electronics.design   
   From: rich@example.net   
      
   On Sat, 12 Apr 2008 17:51:10 +0200, ronwer wrote:   
   >   
   > I am doing a study into the early use of silicon diodes in radar and   
   > communication equipment during the Second World War.   
      
   Did they even _have_ silicon diodes in WWII? I remember when they   
   announced the first transistor, some time in the early 1950's.   
      
   Thanks,   
   Rich   
      
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