On Wed, 28 Mar 2001, Paul Braun wrote:
> But if you REALLY want to do it right, you wind your own coil on a
> shellacked oatmeal box.....or, a shellacked salt box.
Or a toilet paper roll, or a paper towel roll. The materials
abound. Of course, the real fun is to build the whole thing
with salvaged materials.
Piece of wood
nails
wire unwound from an old electric motor
cardboard tube from the kitchen
safety pin
pencil lead
razor blade
The hardest item is the earphone. Can be made, but not easily.
>
> All of mine used a germanium diode and a prewound coil, so there.
> I'll shut up now.
Modern technology. next thing you know you'll be wanting a variable
cpacitor for tuning and everything.
bill
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Received on Thu Mar 29 2001 - 12:31:16 BST