Uploaded March 2025 | Updated September 2026, 44 minutes ago
The transistor was invented in 1947 at Bell Labs, but it took a while to find widespread use in amateur radio. In this month's AWA Shares presentation AWA Curator Lynn Bisha, W2BSN, tells the story of the gradual integration of the transistor into ham radio, from how transistors were first used in ham radio equipment, to being widely used in hybrid radios, then all the way to the first completely solid state units.
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The transistor was invented in 1947 at Bell Labs, but it took a while to find widespread use in amateur radio. In this month's AWA Shares presentation AWA Curator Lynn Bisha, W2BSN, tells the story of the gradual integration of the transistor into ham radio, from how transistors were first used in ham radio equipment, to being widely used in hybrid radios, then all the way to the first completely solid state units.
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