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                            The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                              Volume 2013 : Issue 11
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                                 ISSN: 1533-9289


                                 Today's Topics:

  More On Crystal Sets                  [ Stephen A Kallis <skallisjr@[removed] ]
  Crystal sets and Rocket Radios        [ "danhughes@[removed]" <danhughes@jun ]

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Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2013 13:16:07 -0500
From: Stephen A Kallis <skallisjr@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  More On Crystal Sets

Joe Mackey observes,

I recall having a crystal set I bought new in the early '60s.
Boy, was that thing tough to get a signal from even a local station.
At least for me.  :)

In that time period, as I was growing up, there was a packaged unit
called the "Rocket Radio," that was a preassembled crystal set -- diode,
ferrite antenna, and ground clip -- that had an early version of what we
now think of as an ear bud.  The alligator clip could be connected to a
ground, and in some cases, another connection could be attached to a long
wire antenna.  Depending on location and local signal strengths, one
could pull in local stations.  (After bedtime, I used a crystal set to
listen to /Inner Sanctum Mysteries/ when I was supposed to be sleeping.
It worked fine.)
Crystal sets have the advantage of being powered by the incoming radio
signal.  One never had to worry about running out of batteries.

Stephen A. Kallis, Jr.

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Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2013 13:16:14 -0500
From: "danhughes@[removed]" <danhughes@[removed];
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Subject:  Crystal sets and Rocket Radios
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The talk of crystal sets reminds me of the Rocket Radio I had when I was 10 or
11.  No batteries required!  It had two wires coming out of it - an earphone,
and an alligator clip you had to attach to a ground (radiator pipe, car
bumper, etc).  The "antenna" that stuck up from the top was actually the tuner
- as you slid it up and down, the station you heard changed. Found this photo:
[removed] ---Dan,
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