N4148 diode's purpose

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Hi, can anyone tell me, what is the purpose of 1N4148 diode on page 7? **broken link removed**

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The two transistors, T1 and T2, form an oscillator with the T2 acting as pulse detector. The 1N4148 diode creates the base DC bias of ~ 0.7 V for both T1 and T2 and adjusts T2 to detect pulse amplitude.
You can try to put a 1kOhm resistor in its place and see if the detector becomes less sensitive.
 

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