Thread: Do crystal radios still pick anything up?
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Default Do crystal radios still pick anything up?
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I did wonder if nearby you could receive the long wave transmissions -
198kHz @ 500kW - with just wire, a diode and a loudspeaker.


More years ago than I care to remember I heard a report on the radio about a
woman living close to the Droitwich transmitter who could receive the Light
Programme (in the days when it was on Long Wave) on her electric cooker ...

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Terry
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