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60 hz xtal radio
Many years ago an neighbor built what reminded me of a crytal radio in
that it had a many turn loop antenna, tunable capacitor, and a diode. (It could have been a bridge) It was tuned for 60hz and it charged a capacitor just from the 60 hz field in his garage. The loop antenna was wound on an X frame of wood with a fine magnet type wire. I lost contact with him years ago so I'm unable to ask him. I have a limited understanding of LC circuits and crystal radios. I would like to build such an item. Can anyone help or point me in the right direction. Thanks, Lee |
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Lee wrote:
Many years ago an neighbor built what reminded me of a crytal radio in that it had a many turn loop antenna, tunable capacitor, and a diode. (It could have been a bridge) It was tuned for 60hz and it charged a capacitor just from the 60 hz field in his garage. (...) Have a look at this: http://www.allaboutcircuits.com/vol_6/chpt_4/14.html --Winston |
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"Lee" wrote in message oups.com... Many years ago an neighbor built what reminded me of a crytal radio in that it had a many turn loop antenna, tunable capacitor, and a diode. (It could have been a bridge) It was tuned for 60hz and it charged a capacitor just from the 60 hz field in his garage. The loop antenna was wound on an X frame of wood with a fine magnet type wire. I lost contact with him years ago so I'm unable to ask him. I have a limited understanding of LC circuits and crystal radios. I would like to build such an item. Can anyone help or point me in the right direction. Thanks, Lee I use to play around with crystal sets and like you I recall seeing schematics for such a radio, but like you, I would not know where to begin looking for such an item today. If you forward bias a germanium diode with even a small voltage it will greatly increase the diodes sensitivity. With a good antenna you can pick up clear channel (50Kwatts) readio stations all over the United States. |
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