[GreenKeys] Rumination
Richard Knoppow
1oldlens1 at ix.netcom.com
Sun Aug 23 14:56:43 EDT 2015
First crystal set was built with my dad who I think took a course
in electronics. Built on a board with hand would coils (on tubes from
paper towles I think). Only thing modern was the crystal, not a cat's
whisker type. We strung a wire from the garage roof to an upstairs
porch. I heard lots of stations around Detroit and listened to the
Lone Ranger on it. I passed up a couple of old (maybe) loose couplers
with detectors at the TRW swap meet a few years ago and have regretted
it since.
On 8/23/2015 11:40 AM, Dave Horsfall wrote:
> I used to build crystal sets (OK, diode sets) inside matchboxes and sell
> them to my school chums. They used to pick up the Sydney Airport beacon
> real well :-)
>
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Richard Knoppow
1oldlens1 at ix.netcom.com
WB6KBL
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