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From: sorgatz@ttidca.TTI.COM ( Avatar)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: early wireless receivers
Message-ID: <4367@ttidca.TTI.COM>
Date: 4 May 89 21:14:35 GMT
References: <736@ultb.UUCP> <11170005@hpfcdj.HP.COM>
Reply-To: sorgatz@ttidcb.tti.com (Erik Sorgatz - Avatar)
Organization: Citicorp/TTI, Santa Monica
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In article <11170005@hpfcdj.HP.COM> myers@hpfcdj.HP.COM (Bob Myers) writes:
+As mentioned above, many minerals can be used - I seem to recall reading of
+a WW I (or II?) "survival tactic" which involved building yourself a crystal
+radio out of a lump of coal balanced on the edges of two razor blade nailed
+into a block of wood!   
+
 Another method for creating a diode semiconductor useful to this purpose is
to mount a razor blade flat against the breadboard (literally!) and use a
safety-pin as a carrier for a piece of graphite, ordinary pencil "lead"!
 Again, not much current carry but enough to activate those fabulous megaohm
Philmore headphones! ..those were the days!
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