I remember trying to use an old razor blade for such a set (instead of a
crystal).... and a coil around an Oatmeal box.
You could also just use a tree and some nails for a good ground.
.... oh the good old days.
Dennis
Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2013 20:10:44 -0400
Subject: Re: [Vo]:LENR N.A.E new non-episode
From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
The state of LENR Pd/D technology is reminiscent of the state of radio back at
the turn of the 20th century.
At that time, a crystal radio receiver, also called a crystal set or cat's
whisker receiver, was a very simple radio receiver, popular in the early days
of radio. It needs no battery or power source and runs on the power received
from radio waves by a long wire antenna. It gets its name from its most
important component, known as a crystal detector, originally made with a piece
of crystalline mineral such as galena. This component is now called a diode.
As a youngster, I can remember spending many frustrating hours moving the cat’s
whisker to and fro endlessly across the face of the crystal hoping to get some
sound from the air. It was so long ago, I do not remember if I ever succeeded.
The pain of the search has clung to my soul as a original sin of stubbornness.
I just remember endless frustration of constant trial and error inspired and
confident that some other amazing people had gotten that dammed thing to work.
If they did it, by golly I was going to do it too no matter how long it took or
what the price paid in suffering.
