tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7590176649168185428.post8312470972772197787..comments2024-03-27T17:14:31.032-04:00Comments on SolderSmoke Daily News: Gregorian Chants on a Crystal RadioBill Mearahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07662500663603350847noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7590176649168185428.post-70031415062019388382009-06-16T23:25:51.119-04:002009-06-16T23:25:51.119-04:00Steve: Checked on ebay and those little space shi...Steve: Checked on ebay and those little space ships are now selling for about $23,000!!!!<br />(Just kidding.)<br />Surprised they worked with such a short antenna. I just ordered a Hi-Z crystal earphone like the one you describe. 73 BillBill Mearahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07662500663603350847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7590176649168185428.post-39674229802392053692009-06-16T14:10:04.602-04:002009-06-16T14:10:04.602-04:00Wow! That brings back some memories, Bill.
When ...Wow! That brings back some memories, Bill.<br /><br />When I was about 8 or 9 my grandparents gave me a Japanese crystal set in my Christmas stocking. I still vividly remember lying in my bed and tuning in the Dodger baseball games (they'd just moved to L.A.) broadcast by station KOXR (now Spanish language) a few miles from our house. With nothing powering the thing, it all seemed like magic at the time. <br /><br />Although the 'rig' wasn't one of the famous 'Rocket' sets, it was unique in that it was shaped like a tiny alien space ship; a plastic, two-inch or so diameter two-toned sphere with three feet to keep it upright and two springy antennae on top with the loopstick adjuster sticking out between them. The aerial was simple chunk of wire maybe three feet long and the earphone was the typical Japanese 'stick-in-the-ear' tan colored crystal job. The round housing separated at the hemisphere, held together by threaded sections on each half. <br /><br />Sure wish I'd kept the thing but alas, the set was scrapped during my subsequent forrays into electronic expirementing. <br /><br />73 from Oxnard.......Steve Smith WB6TNLSteve "Snort Rosin" Smith WB6TNLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01570621886789949035noreply@blogger.com