[Elecraft] OT: Crystal Sets

[wa5pok]

When I taught physics, it was a requirement that all my students build a 
crystal radio ... great fun by all and a couple went on to get a ham ticket!

When I was in 5th grade I built the "Fox hole radio" and never got it to 
work. An old time gave me this tiny glass tube with two wires sticking out 
of each end and said, "try this." Worked FB and I hid it under the razor 
blade ... got a "A" on my science fair project!

73, WA5POK
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From: "Philip Townsend Lontz" <philji at mac.com>
Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2013 10:39 AM
To: "artus" <9artus at gmail.com>
Cc: <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] OT:  Cristal Sets

> Fox Hole radio... I helped a pre med student build the radio for one of 
> her science projects a few years ago... It worked! And she got an A for 
> her project. She is now a fine Doc with 3 great kids!
>
> Non judgment day is near.
>
> On Jul 25, 2013, at 8:27 AM, artus <9artus at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> I had an aunt that lived with my grandma.  They slept in the same bedroom
>> and she wanted a radio to listen to without bothering her mother.  We got 
>> a
>> crystal set from Burstein Applebee and I hooked it up for her -- It 
>> worked.
>> I think I was in the 6th or7th grade.
>>
>> I seem to also remember a Gillette Blueblade/pencil lead arrangement -- I
>> think it was called a "Foxhole radio."
>>
>>
>>
>>
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