[Boatanchors] Fwd: A Little OT - Need to locate a crystal radio KIT for granddaughter going on 12

[hwhall at compuserve.com]

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Wayne
WB4OGM

 

-----Original Message-----
From: hwhall <hwhall at compuserve.com>
To: rbethman <rbethman at comcast.net>
Sent: Mon, Apr 13, 2015 1:19 pm
Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] A Little OT - Need to locate a crystal radio KIT for granddaughter going on 12


    
    When I was looking at crystal radio stuff in case my son's scout troop was interested, it seemed that some of the kits were intended to tune just the broadcast band. You may want to give some consideration to whether her radio ought to cover the busiest shortwave  bands or just the standard  broadcast band and whatever may be nearby. 
 
 If she finds the radio interesting, I bet she will eventually find it fun to try different detector materials - it seems there are many that will work to some degree. Different diodes or transistor junctions. Crystals from rock collections sometimes turn up working materials. Also interesting may be playing with the coil, for example tapping fewer turns or inserting ferrite rods to discover new bands.   
    
    Do you or she know about the young lady who is known as Super Awesome Sylvia? A California girl who did a number of DIY videos and gathered some fame, too. Includes soldering & some electronics. Fun to watch, too. Here's the homepage her Dad helped her set up: http://sylviashow.com/
 
 Let me know if I can help with parts or ideas. The scouts never went down the radio path so I have some stuff left over from tinkering around trying to find parts that I could source cheap & local for some homebrew kits. We have an interesting local surplus store, OEM Parts, here in Colo Springs that may help turn up odd bits.
    
   
    
    Cool about the telescope, too! Think she'd be interested in microscopes?
 
 Wayne
 WB4OGM
    
   
    
   
   
-----Original Message-----   
 From: rbethman <rbethman at comcast.net>   
 To: Boatanchors Mail List <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>   
 Sent: Sun, Apr 12, 2015 4:27 pm   
 Subject: [Boatanchors] A Little OT - Need to locate a crystal radio KIT for granddaughter going on 12   
    
    
     
All,

She is in the 5th grade.  Is in ALL AP classes.

Loves science, reads
at 9th grade level with ease.

The wife and I will be going down her way this
summer.

I'd like to take it and a small soldering station.

She gets to
keep it *IF* the desire is shown.

[ I may regret this!  She already has my
original Celestron N8, 8" SCT 
Telescope! ]

Regards, Bob -
N0DGN
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