Until then, I can cobble together something temporary to use. That will give me time to plan something good. The storm that brought my last longwire down also caused the loss of the tree that was the support for one end of it. A permanent longwire antenna may have to wait until spring. I am anxious to do some research on the radio as you suggest Pio1980. This one is very much the same, considering the “antenna” that it was connected to today. Even when I was a kid living on Long Island, the CR-1 would only receive one or two stations with very little, if any, sensitivity or selectivity. Still, I was excited to hear that little radio come to life. What the heck, a 15 foot vertical is better than a 16” vertical to experiment with, right? I was able to listen to one of our three local AM broadcast stations quite clearly. I found an abandoned piece of copper pipe that runs from the basement to the attic. I only have a few VHF and UHF antennas in the attic so I went looking for something else to try. I did clean the four binding posts and the switch in the CR-1 with Deoxit. Of course, like most of us experimenters, I ended up taking it apart for whatever reason seemed good at the time, and the rest of its story is lost to memory.Well, it was in the twenties and very windy outside today so after conceeding that I am not in my teens anymore, I decided to stay inside instead of stringing up a longwire antenna outside. Les meilleures offres pour LOW-COST HIGH-PERFORMANCE Heathkit CR-1 crystal radio receiver repr. I wish I still had that unique little radio. I could tune the radio by twisting the red knob. I could sit in a chair along-side the lamp and listen to local radio. I remember clipping that wire to the metal wire frame (it held the shade in place) of a table lamp, next to the incandescent light bulb. One was the crystal heaphone pair, the other was a length of wire that had an alligator clip on the end, which served as the antenna connection. Out of the top of the sphere, was a threaded brass rod with a red ball attached at the end. It had 'legs' in a tripod arrangement, so it could sit without rolling away. That rocket radio triggered a fond memory of a unique crystal set I had around 1960. the Point Grey radio station, which donated much junk to Hamsoc, or maybe it was Satellite Electronics. It was a double tuned crystal radio from the 1950s with a.

Wondering now if it came from the same source as yours. This page gives the circuit and pictoral description of the famous Heathkit CR-1 crystal radio. Item No : 303909598256 Condition : New Category : Collectibles > Radio. I also have a National dial exactly like yours saved away from early Hamsoc times. UNBUILT Heathkit CR-1 vintage AM crystal radio receiver reproduction DIY kit set. However the UBC club's inherited radio junkbox may have some loopsticks of the same or similar type.

The only remnants I've saved from the project are some 9V battery snaps in a drawer. The ground was the copperclad rod sold by RS that I used with my Globe Patrol superregen RX. I don't recall what antenna I was using, maybe a 30 foot random wire. Not sure what I had done wrong - no doubt many mistakes. I wired the parts on pressed wood pegboard, and found my receiver had no selectivity. RS sold a germanium transistor and a miniature film 365 uuF variable to go with it.

It looked very much like the coil in your blog. About 1972-3 I bought a loopstick coil to make a simple radio. RadShack once had a store in the Shelbourne St.

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