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Would you use good salvaged components for a detector build?
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I work mainly with components from a nearby recycling center . I have had many cases in the past when store-bought integrated circuits or V-MOS transistors for example were extremely bad or defective (discarded at the factory) . I am especially pleased with computer CRT monitors, plasma TVs, some UPS . Disassembling old equipment, however, takes me almost half of my working time
I can't even dream of relatively modern gallium nitride transistors, - they are very expensive (I live in one of the poorest and most plundered countries in the world. In Bulgaria, food is a slow-acting poison 
and is on average 2 to 3 times more expensive than food in Germany or the UK . In reality, we have been at war for about 30 years )
.Here's a nice transistor - https://www.infineon.com/dgdl/Infine...6685f053216514
WOOPS - price - 16 dollars ?
My nickname had to be Javas ( STAR WARS ) - https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Jawa
Their business is secondary raw materials -
old robots, druids ,etc.
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40 years ago I used salvaged components because I couldn't afford new parts. Then I got a good-paying job and bought all-new parts. Now I'm using salvaged parts again because of the chip shortage.Comment
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40 years ago? Just how old are yuh? Dude?
Shucks, I'm 51. So at that time, ide say 1980 or so, I built my first transistor circuit.
Carl, you're old, it's time to stop buying chips.Comment
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I'm 58 so I should have said 45 years ago. Back then I was building circuits and didn't have a clue how things actually worked.Comment
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I bow my head with reverance to you.Originally posted by Carl-NC View Post
You've inspired all of us. Now you know how things work.Comment
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