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To: Wneighbor
Elf-boy and I built his first crystal radio this weekend.

The bare chassis:

The main coil:

Coil taps i.e "tuning dial":

The finished product. It's tied to a cold water pipe for a temporary ground connection.


3,048 posted on 02/08/2004 6:58:37 PM PST by Professional Engineer (Spirit/Opportunity~0.002acres of sovereign US territory~All Your Mars Are Belong To USA)
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To: Professional Engineer
Cool.
But are you sure that's not a rocket launching tube, or something?
3,060 posted on 02/08/2004 7:23:09 PM PST by Sam Cree (Democrats are herd animals)
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To: Professional Engineer
that's pretty kewl PE... it'd be even kewler if'n elf-boy wuz dwarf-boy...

yer a good dad...
3,061 posted on 02/08/2004 7:23:37 PM PST by g'nad
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