Has anyone here tried using Schottky transistors for making HF oscillators or even a regenerative detector?
I'm curious because (1) I've never used them, and (2) they seem to have much lower voltage drops than silicon transistors (0.25V vs. 0.60V). So they might be useful for very-low-voltage operation. I've already got a superhet working off of 1.2V... it would be interesting to go even lower.
I had a pack of Schottky diodes, however I can't find them. I can take one from an old wall power supply.
I will maybe try at some stage more out of an interest in the grid detection possibility. Which you would recognize by a decrease in drain current with input signal strength. At the moment I'm taking a break and only slightly tinkering with the signal digger regen circuit, not anything else.