[NJARC] Xtal Set Seminar

[John Ruccolo]

Hi Dave,

I had a great time too, and I give your daughter a lot of credit. Most 17-year-olds wouldn't want to be caught dead at something like that with their Dad. Maybe it was an early Father's Day Gift!

25 or 30 years from now, when your daughter has teenagers of her own, she'll be able to take out that Pretty Good Crystal Set and show it to them and say "See what Grampa and I built way back in 2008?" It will be a source of fond memories.

As for me, results with the tuner last night were disappointing. My PGXS seems to work better *without* the tuner than with it. This was not the case at InfoAge. More experimentation is required.

Folks, Al does a wonderful job with his crystal set presentation, as well as providing the crystal set kits. I highly recommend the Crystal Set Clinic -- even if you have only a casual interest in crystal sets. Give it a try!


JR


--- On Sat, 6/14/08, Dave Sica <davesica at juno.com> wrote:

> From: Dave Sica <davesica at juno.com>
> Subject: [NJARC] Xtal Set Seminar
> To: njarc at mailman.qth.net
> Date: Saturday, June 14, 2008, 10:46 PM
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> I hit the second annual Xtal Set Seminar at InfoAge today
> with my 17-year
> old daughter. I missed it last year and promised myself
> I'd get there
> this time, ending a 41-year hiatus in my crystal radio
> building career. 
> I suspect that Rebecca may have been humoring me slightly
> by agreeing to
> attend with me, but she ended up having a great time, and
> left with a
> working radio that she built herself, coil-winding,
> schematic-reading and
> soldering included! 
> 
> A big "thank you" to Al Klase for conducting this
> event. Al has, if
> anything, an even better talent for explaining this kind of
> stuff to
> young people than for making presentations to us "old
> guys" at the
> meetings.
> 
> --Dave Sica
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