24-09-2015, 10:23 AM
Morning, Terry. Yes I removed the BF184, partly because I because I (wrongly) assumed there was a s/c between the base & screen, until I realized that The designers had intended it that way i.e. there is a track connection between the screen & base (not grounded). The transistor checked out OK 'cold', using the diode check facility on my DMM, but the thought had occurred to me that it might be OK as an amplifier, but not as an oscillator I've probably got a BF 254 or 255 somewhere, if not a BF 184, so I can replace it an see what happens!
