Radios

[Margaret Pilkington]

My brother made a crystal radio when he was nine or ten...that would be 57 or 58......he was always very mechanically mined and took things to bit to see how they worked......and sometimes he didn't get them quite right when he put them back together again.
He eventually went to work for Fenners, then Goodyear in research and development....so it was obviously something he was born to.

I can still remember our co-op number too...it was 10168.

[Neil]

Originally Posted by Gordon Booth

Retlaw, money was short, kids didn't have their own radios, when my aunt finally gave me a portable radio I couldn't afford the batteries, it ate them.
You could listen to the crystal set in bed with earphones and the aerial wire hanging all round the room on the picture rail, no batteries.
As for obsolete, you can still buy the kits although they cost a hell of a lot more than a miniature pocket radio. Just a scientific novelty now.

Only £10.99 for a kit of everything on ebay. Here's a link to one Crystal Radio Kit / Foxhole receiver. Build an AM cats whisker set. No Batteries | eBay

[RainbowSix]

OMG you lot make me feel so young