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Originally Posted by Shimarenda
I remember putting together crystal radios. That was so much fun!
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With hand wound tuning coil made on toilet paper rolls and a zillion coats of shellac to keep it tight. I cheated (my dad was a Ham Radio operator), and used a 'silicon diode' instead of the cat whisker arrangement. Ground (Earth to those over the pond) was the Radiator, The Antenna was 5 turns around the bedroom ceiling. I could get Cincinnati (I was in New Jersey) at night.
I remember:
5 cent cokes (glass bottles)
5 cent pay phone calls
The first color tv (at the back of the store because Red was weak
That transistor Radio (a classmate had one. My portable still had tubes and a B battery)
The Yankees were still winning pennants in a row
