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Originally Posted by catman
... BAT 46 schottky 'germanium diode equivalent' diodes as general purpose AM detectors with excellent results however other schottky's like the IN5711 are perfectly worthless as AM detectors unless voltage bias is used!
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As I'm using "junk box" devices, many are surface mount without any readable or meaningful markings, I've been doing the test (holding it in parallel with the old diode) to see if that new diode will improve reception or not. As I can't tell which variety of schottky diode it is.