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In 1930-something, my grandfather built a passive radio to use on his family farmhouse without electricity. He ran a wire all the way from the basement (where h
by THENATHE 4y ago
In 1930-something, my grandfather built a passive radio to use on his family farmhouse without electricity. He ran a wire all the way from the basement (where he happened to get the best signal and for other reasons) all the way to his attic room, and would stay up late all night listening to the radio with his brother.
An aside, but this article made me think of this fun little story.
- deevious 4y agoThe wire from the basement was for an earth ground, he probably had another antenna wire either in the attic or going outside. Check out Galena detector radios.
- bdcravens 4y agoYes, my grandfather did the same thing (a bit earlier, probably late 1910s or early 20s, as he was born in 1908). He used a cyclindrical oatmeal box and wound copper around it to make a tuner. The story was immortalized in a book the Texas Governor's Committee on Again published in the 70s. https://www.amazon.com/Texas-Sampler-Donna-Bearden-Frucht/dp/B004Q1GF58 https://www.amazon.com/Texas-Sampler-Donna-Bearden-Frucht/dp...