You were lucky to have a Dad who was skilled in these matters. Nobody in my house had ?a clue about any of that stuff, and my only words of encouragement were , 'Don't you bloody well electrocute yourself with that.' So I got out an ancient library book probably from about 1930 and internalised the plan. Then I turned up in 1962 at a shop in Newcastle upon Tyne called Payne and Hornesby and asked the guys for a cats whisker and crystal (me about 4 foot six and just about nose level with the counter. Bunch of men in brown coats fell about laughing and when they'd recovered plonked an OA91 on the counter. 'That's not it,' says I. 'I's like a rock in a thimble with a curly wire sticking out of it.'?
Happy days. I can still remember the excitement, but the waiting for weeks for the pocket money to stretch to the bits was a pain. I built mine on a plank of wood, with nails knocked in to wind the joints around and make connections, thus setting the trend of my manual skills to this day - unlike Philip, who probably made his first crystal set in an immaculate enclosure.
I blame Hans..
If it wasn't for him, I would have been out today cleaning the
windows and cutting the lawns as instructed by Mrs JVF...
Hihi. If it wasn't for all you guys finding bugs, ordering kits and requesting enhancements, Mrs UPL would have somewhat less to complain about too ;-)
> > Tell you what Tony, those Denco coils were expensive...
I remember those too, and I still have a box of them! I inherited them from my old Dad. I built a couple of radios when I was a kid, using them. I also have the datasheets for them on my web site, if anyone wants to reminisce. This transistor regen I built with my Dad when I was 11, and you can read about the Denco coils too:??.?
Late this valve regen??also used a Denco coil.
And while I'm on the subject of spamming out links to my web pages - here is a diagram and photo of my first crystal set, I built when I was 6 from a kit:?
