[Milsurplus] Foxhole Radio - conclusion

[mstangelo at comcast.net]

Has anyone ever tried building one of these foxhole radios?

I started my journey inot electronics, like may others, by building crystal radios.

I got my crystals from a neighbor who was an electronic technician . My first crystal was in a bakelite case. I forget the number but I still have it
somewhere. The tapped coil was built on a schellaced toilet paper roll. My headset was a high impedance crystal earpiece.

I lived in Queens New York at the time and could easily pick up WCBS 880.

I read about the foxhole radio which used a Gillette Blueblade and the pencil graphite as a detector. The graphite was held with a safety pin.
I got hold of the blade and graphite and tried it but could never get it to work.

Has anyone hasd success with this type of detector? If I could get my hands on a Blueblade I'd try it again.

Mike N2MS


----- Original Message -----
From: Hue Miller <kargo_cult at msn.com>
To: milsurplus at mailman.qth.net, tetrode at googlegroups.com, Wireless-Set-No19 at yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sun, 05 Aug 2012 22:54:12 -0000 (UTC)
Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] Foxhole Radio - conclusion

The opinion was also expressed that soldiers have often have time on their

hands, where boredom is an issue: thus, they would relish some activity

like the opportunity to build 'foxhole radios'.

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