Stone age? (was: George Morrow died Wed May 7th 2003

From: Tony Duell <ard_at_p850ug1.demon.co.uk>
Date: Mon May 12 15:34:16 2003

> On Mon, 12 May 2003, Tony Duell wrote:
>
> > Assuming you're back in the Stone Age, a crystal receiver is proably not
> > the best thing to build. You need to consider the transmitter as well,
> > and a crystal set is only really useful if you have a modulated
> > transmitter.
>
> Ya know, maybe I'm just pessimistic, but if we suddenly got plunged back
> into the stone age, I think we'd be so occupied trying to find some edible
> food and fending off the bands of raving marauders and packs of wild

I would agree. However, the original question was about recreating modern
technology...

> animals that we wouldn't have much time for radio entertainment.

Err, a coherer is only suitabel for receiving on/off signals at a low
data rate (it needs to be mechanically reset after each pulse), so it's
hardly suitable for entertainment-type radio.

-tony
Received on Mon May 12 2003 - 15:34:16 BST