[Boatanchors] Crystal Set Progress

[hwhall at compuserve.com]

 >It made me see what she would experience, and
>that alone demands the switch!

 
You may be merely swapping demons since music stations aren't all benign for a young mind anymore. E.g., misogynistic, kill-a-kop rap music, etc. Actually, though, it isn't like the radio you make together is the only radio she'll have access to.

>go a path that will be an AM/FM kit 

So it will still give her access to the aforementioned Talk Radio, anyway. Just do your best to be a good influence and help her to make good choices. 

The crystal set has an advantage of introducing electronics/radio simply, and if there's future interest y'all can go into it deeper. There's something special about being able to hear those faraway stations with something that is so simply made. The more complex the project, the less surprising the results. "Well, of course, you can hear voices halfway around the world, Grandpa, I do it on the Internet all the time."

Wayne
WB4OGM


-----Original Message-----
From: rbethman <rbethman at comcast.net>
To: Boatanchors Mail List <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Fri, Apr 24, 2015 9:09 am
Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] Crystal Set Progress


All,

An individual on another list brought up points that I failed to
consider!

First, I'll say that my vertical antenna concept has been tried and

tested here.  The results were excellent.

Now, putting that aside, the idea
of her listening to a barrage of AM 
Talk Radio does disturb me.

I'm going
to switch gears.  I'm going to go a path that will be an AM/FM 
kit with audio
amplifier.

[ Okay - Shoot me!  It made me see what she would experience, and
that 
alone demands the switch!]

I can still use the Galena Detector and
make an AM set just for kicks!

Now I have to search once more for that kit. 
I saw it a couple of 
times, but didn't keep the link.

Regards, Bob -
N0DGN



On 4/23/2015 8:09 PM, Brad Thompson wrote:
> On 4/23/2015 6:19 PM,
rbethman wrote:
>> The major difference is that where she lives, I cannot use
an outdoor
>> antenna.
> <snip>
>
> Hello, Bob and the group--
>
> That
raises an interesting problem: what do the folks who live in an
> area
remote
> from AM broadcast stations(*) and who are also unable to erect
decent
> antennas that
> will deliver enough signal to drive a homebrewed
basic crystal receiver?
>
> <SNIP>

> I'd also consider having the kids
assemble an audio amplifier as a
> first step-- this would open
> up other
science-related possibilities while allowing the use of
> low-cost
low-impedance
> headphones or even salvaged loudspeakers.
>
> Finally,
there's the issue of programming-- if I had my druthers, I'd
> rather expose
the kids to
> FM radio programming than the barking madness that passes for AM
talk
> radio<g>.
>
> 73--
>
> Brad 
AA1IP
>

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