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eniam rognab
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gold plated thingy

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precious shiny GOLD! :shock: (maybe)

i found said shiny where i find all my offbeat electronic components: digging in a box

theres a golden screwy part and a ceramic sandwich with four golden wings :oops:

CTC C3-28 G098 stamped on top

any ideas what this is? a resistance amplifier? magneto reluctance transmogrifier?

(forgive my blur, its the best i got)
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Pretty sure that's a right-handed smoke shifter. Gold plated? Put it back in the box for ten years. We'll see.
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TEN YEARS! crap

did a little poking with my DMM, theres definitely PN juctions in this bitch, silicon ones .699V

that means its definitely a transient compander coupler
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Either alien or from 'The Other Side'.
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It's a power MOSFET for high frequency applications.
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Good call, Martin.
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Looks like a miniature propellor for your genius-beanie hat. "Junior Achievement in Science Award." You should see the big fancy one you'll get when you win a Nobel prize. And even bigger for the IgNobel.

Seriously I'm more inclined to believe it is in fact an old UHF transistor, with fancy heatsink attached.
down technical blind alleys . . .
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Typical bipolar VHF/UHF power transistor.......
The bolt is for attaching to the heatsink, - the flats are you regular emitter/base/collector connections - emitter oor collector ususally doubled.
Remember - even a straight piece of wire has inductance. At VHF or UHF even a few tens of nHs - yes: nanoHenries- can make a big difference.....
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very high, ULTRA HIGH! sounds like fun :lol:

i love modulating when im ultra high :oops:

thanks for all your responses, i think this stuff is super cool

should i put in a fuzz face :twisted:
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eniam rognab wrote:
should i put in a fuzz face? :twisted:
You could but then your dog would be the only one that could hear it. :lol:
Tom

Don't let that smoke out!
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