[Milsurplus] Crystal history book

[Dave Merrill]

The company was started by Robert Goodall, so...

On Sun, Jul 31, 2022, 2:50 PM Hubert Miller <kargo_cult at msn.com> wrote:

> There is the book about production of quartz crystals for WWII, title
> "Crystal Clear".
>
> "Good-All": man, i haven't heard that  name in decades, snd most likely
> would not have  thought about again in this lifetime! Around 1962 i built
> from a circuit in 'Popular Science' magazine a one-transistor radio. I had
> no mentor and no advice of any kind. I didn't know you could get parts free
> from discarded radios and i didn't know that when the text said to wind the
> tickler coil with #38 wire, you could use a couple feet of whatever thin
> wire you could find. So anyway i ordered a spool of #36 and a spool of #38
> wire. I had for many years thousands of feet of extra, very thin wire. I
> also ordered from Allied,  two capacitors and one resistor. ( High volume
> order. ) Anyway, the one paper wax tubular capacitor was "Good-All" brand.
> I recall thinking, that's not an impressive name; it  makes me think "Good
> Enough". Which i suppose it was anyway.
> Hue Miller
>
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