16-07-2017, 12:01 PM
The Russian engineer on the site I was on was dismissive of the germanium P type transistors. Called them very basic, early stage components. Bit by bit I found my way to more articles and schematics. One is a very helpful commentary on the VEF radios and Spidola and so forth. It recommended testing equipment for these receivers. I will inevitably translate some of this data as there is a small circle of interest with regard to the history of the factories and the circuits. My Russian was dormant between 1998 and 2016 as I packed in linguistics. The only reason I was accepted for Russian language at the time was there was less of a barrier to get in than for German. Weird how even translation has died out. In former times you could get paid for translating tech documents. Neither am I sure if vintage radio is as popular in Russia as it is here.
