[Milsurplus] Let's appreciate crystals

[hwhall@aol.com]

I think y'all think I was thinking of mass production. I was thinking of cottage industry, "artisanal piezos". Small quantities because it's a small market. There's people trying to cobble up substitutes but they're not working well.

Wayne
WB4OGM

On Tuesday, October 28, 2025 at 10:20:51 PM MDT, Mike Feher <n4fs at eozinc.com> wrote: 

Piezo electric transducers are still being produced in large quantities for sonobouys for ASW use. If the market was there, it would not be difficult to make them for other applications. 73 - Mike 

Mike B. Feher, N4FS
89 Arnold Blvd.
Howell NJ 07731
908-902-3831

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Back in the very early radio days, there were hams who were making their own crystals. How many? I don't know but the radio magazines of the time had articles on how to do it.

Speaking of crystals, it would also be a cottage industry if someone produced the crystals that were so common in microphones & record players.

Wayne
WB4OGM


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