These were the âBlue Bladeâ type that had a blue oxide finish, and that finish, in contact with an ordinary pencil âleadâ, made a point-contact rectifier. This served the purpose of the âcrystalâ and âcats whiskerâ of early crystal radios; it permitted current coming in from the antenna to flow in only one direction.
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