15-06-2017, 09:01 AM
It's pretty clear really. A good exercise is to either find the Beta or use Beta and emitter values to get collector value. Online tutorials give Betas of 150 or 200. Sat with my dog in the garden last night I winded up with emitter at 4 milliamps and collector about 3.97. For me the downside is the GE transistor supply is dominated by Ebay. Maybe later I'll look into cases where silicon was used with circuit modification if possible. Another fun idea might be to make my own simple receiver one day as I have spare ferrite rods and tuners, even speakers.
