Tag: Schematic

  • Crystal Radio Improvements

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    Previously I made a basic crystal radio, since then I’ve made a number of design improvements. Multiple Bands There is only a few medium wave stations where I live so I decided to add shortwave as well, to achieve this I used a rotary switch and a 7uH inductor, this is wound on a T50-2…

  • Making a Crystal Radio

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    A crystal radio is a radio designed for receiving audio (voice) broadcasts, it was invented around the beginning of the 20th century and became extremely popular in the 1920’s and 1930’s, allowing millions of people to access radio broadcasts that otherwise would have been prohibitively expensive, the majority would have been self constructed sets rather…