[SOC] Nostalgia

[Lloyd Lachow]

--- f5pbl@qsl.net wrote:
> Bonjour � tous,
> 
> My vy first home made RX has been a galena based. It
> was really amazing to be 
> able to listen to BC stations w/o any power supply,
> just an antenna, a coil, a 
> small piece of rock, a capacitor and an headset.


   Moi aussi. I have a fond memory of building the
little rcvr, from directions in the encyclopedia,
winding the coil on a cardboard tube, and my Dad
saying it would never work, immediately before I
hooked it up and heard the BC station. That's probably
why I remember it so well...


   And of course, you know the incredible story of the
Rosbeef's unbelievable homebrew rig in a POW
camp...at:
http://chide.bournemouth.ac.uk/CHiDE/Oral_History_of_Defence_Electronics/r_g_wells.htm



=====
73, 72 es oo, Lloyd, K3ESE 
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                   Fun = Skill / Power
           "You can't spell Lloyd without lol!"

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