Gregory D. MELLOTT wrote:

My luck (quite some time ago) with FETs was not nice either. Someone may have to
correct my, yet the only way I think one can get away with fiddling with the
things the way most people construct, might be to use zener diodes between the
gate and source and drain. Once its all together and apparently functioning one
probably could remove them then with less worry about then getting a little
static jolt and ruining the junction. Tubes are a lot more forgiving.

With tube stuff, touching the wrong thing will kill you.
With sand stuff, touching the wrong thing will kill it.

--
Mike Andrews, W5EGO

Tired old sysadmin