Crystal and tube radio`s

OldWin · Post by **OldWin** » Sun Feb 04, 2018 3:29 pm

Very nice Lenn. That is a classy looking unit!

Pitchy · Post by **Pitchy** » Mon Feb 05, 2018 1:32 pm

Thanks Jay, I built a speaker magnifier today the box holds a computer speaker.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2dsa17AGJo

OldWin · Post by **OldWin** » Mon Feb 05, 2018 2:13 pm

That's really neat. It's got that old timey look for sure.

Pitchy · Post by **Pitchy** » Tue Feb 06, 2018 11:49 am

Nice clear channel.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHgSV1GWYVs

OldWin · Post by **OldWin** » Tue Feb 06, 2018 2:35 pm

Holy smokes, that works slick buddy!

Pitchy · Post by **Pitchy** » Tue Feb 06, 2018 3:00 pm

Thanks Jay.

Pitchy · Post by **Pitchy** » Fri Feb 09, 2018 2:02 pm

Today we made a Quaker oats crystal radio, this was something they did in the old days.

Video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZnmqE2h9zs

OldWin · Post by **OldWin** » Fri Feb 09, 2018 8:46 pm

Pretty neat Lenn. I never heard of such a thing.

Pitchy · Post by **Pitchy** » Sat Feb 10, 2018 8:19 am

Thanks Jay, they made some pretty neat looking ones in the old days in cool old oat boxes.

Pitchy · Post by **Pitchy** » Tue Feb 13, 2018 6:12 pm

Couple more radios, first is a Philmore Bakelite I bought that needed rewiring but works now.

Second is a small wood box one I made this morning.

Rusty · Post by **Rusty** » Tue Feb 13, 2018 10:33 pm

I love seeing your stuff Pitchy. Keep it up!

Pitchy · Post by **Pitchy** » Wed Feb 14, 2018 2:29 am

Thanks Rusty, my problem is I can`t have just one.

OldWin · Post by **OldWin** » Wed Feb 14, 2018 3:13 am

Cool stuff, Lenn. My grandparents had an old bakelite radio. Not sure if we still have it. I do have their old Philco tube job though. Still works.
Nice work on the "woody".

Pitchy · Post by **Pitchy** » Wed Feb 14, 2018 8:06 am

Thanks Jay, we may start building another today.

Pitchy · Post by **Pitchy** » Wed Feb 21, 2018 3:42 pm

Here`s a really nice radio I got, really works well.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0WJVkQydtM

OldWin · Post by **OldWin** » Wed Feb 21, 2018 4:30 pm

Wow, thats a really nice one, buddy! Classy.

Pitchy · Post by **Pitchy** » Wed Feb 21, 2018 6:41 pm

Thanks Jay, I get the most enjoyment from the simple things.

The beauty of such a thing is ya can head for the hills stretch a wire pound a stake and hear what`s going on, yaaaaa cool beans man.

OldWin · Post by **OldWin** » Wed Feb 21, 2018 11:32 pm

I'm the same way. Knowing i can get by and survive on very little I find somehow comforting.
Not that I want to, mind you.......but I could.

Bill in Oregon · Post by **Bill in Oregon** » Thu Feb 22, 2018 10:17 am

You've got a great collection going here, Lenn.

Pitchy · Post by **Pitchy** » Sun Feb 25, 2018 2:09 pm

Thanks Bill, I remodeled the speaker horn using part of a old tin gas tank for the top

OldWin · Post by **OldWin** » Sun Feb 25, 2018 2:13 pm

Came out really giod buddy. You're a pro!

Pitchy · Post by **Pitchy** » Sun Mar 11, 2018 5:27 pm

We built this radio today, real happy with it.

OldWin · Post by **OldWin** » Sun Mar 11, 2018 8:12 pm

Wow, nice buddy. Radio in a box.

Pitchy · Post by **Pitchy** » Mon Mar 12, 2018 6:39 am

Thanks Jay, I like it wanted one a little bigger that ya can carry in a pack without damaging it.
Plus a lot of the real old ones were built that way.

OldWin · Post by **OldWin** » Mon Mar 12, 2018 7:10 am

Yeah thats a great idea. A real survival tool.

Pitchy · Post by **Pitchy** » Wed Mar 14, 2018 3:26 pm

Thanks Jay.
We made a box for the first radio I made a few years ago.

OldWin · Post by **OldWin** » Wed Mar 14, 2018 4:42 pm

Nice job bud! I really like the whole box thing. Just somehow finishes it.

Bill in Oregon · Post by **Bill in Oregon** » Fri Mar 16, 2018 9:02 am

So many nice ones here, Lenn, but my favorite just for design purposes is the one in post #50. How did it work out?

Pitchy · Post by **Pitchy** » Fri Mar 16, 2018 9:25 am

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Made me go count

It works but not as good as the second to last.

Merle · Post by **Merle** » Fri Mar 16, 2018 12:42 pm

Did you ever get a chance to test the slinky spring outdoors?

Pitchy · Post by **Pitchy** » Fri Mar 16, 2018 12:57 pm

Merle wrote: ↑Fri Mar 16, 2018 12:42 pm Did you ever get a chance to test the slinky spring outdoors?

Sorry nope , I did hang it on my exsisting horizontal wire but didn`t notice any change.
When it gets nicer out I`ll try it more.

Merle · Post by **Merle** » Fri Mar 16, 2018 1:07 pm

Pitchy wrote: ↑Fri Mar 16, 2018 12:57 pm
Merle wrote: ↑Fri Mar 16, 2018 12:42 pm Did you ever get a chance to test the slinky spring outdoors?
Sorry nope , I did hang it on my exsisting horizontal wire but didn`t notice any change.
When it gets nicer out I`ll try it more.

OK, thanks for the reply......

Pitchy · Post by **Pitchy** » Fri Mar 16, 2018 1:21 pm

I`ll go out and try it right now, hang tight pard.

Pitchy · Post by **Pitchy** » Fri Mar 16, 2018 1:58 pm

Ok I tried the slinky and the tape measure, could just hear a station with the slinky and not much more using the tape.
Not a fair place as the only ground point was the pipe for the wind thingy as I can`t pound a stake in the frozen ground.
Will try it again when the ground thaws.

Merle · Post by **Merle** » Fri Mar 16, 2018 5:40 pm

Well, it's a start! Thanks for trying.

Pitchy · Post by **Pitchy** » Mon Mar 26, 2018 3:02 pm

Picked up this home built radio from the 20`s so we built a oak box for it.

OldWin · Post by **OldWin** » Mon Mar 26, 2018 4:43 pm

Nice job, buddy. Looks like the box was always there!

Pitchy · Post by **Pitchy** » Mon Mar 26, 2018 5:15 pm

Thanks Jay.

Pitchy · Post by **Pitchy** » Wed Mar 28, 2018 8:41 am

KirkD · Post by **KirkD** » Wed Mar 28, 2018 9:12 am

This is one of the most fascinating threads I've seen in a long time.

Pitchy · Post by **Pitchy** » Thu Mar 29, 2018 8:08 am

Thanks Kirk glad ya enjoyed the thread, electronics isn`t one of the things I`m good at so it`s pretty confusing and trial and error.
There are so many variables that can change things I added about 50 feet to my antenna and now some radios are better and some hardly work.

Fun to experiment with them none the less.

Pitchy · Post by **Pitchy** » Mon Apr 02, 2018 6:03 pm

Yet another radio, bought this coil and capacitor and made a box for it.

Video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zclfPKp3xio

OldWin · Post by **OldWin** » Mon Apr 02, 2018 10:39 pm

I like that one buddy! Thats the coolest one yet.

Pitchy · Post by **Pitchy** » Tue Apr 03, 2018 6:42 am

Thanks Jay, appreciate your reply.

gamekeeper · Post by **gamekeeper** » Tue Apr 03, 2018 8:09 am

OldWin wrote: ↑Mon Apr 02, 2018 10:39 pm I like that one buddy! Thats the coolest one yet.

Plus one

I have fond memories of my brother trying to get radio Luxembourg on his crystal radio back in the 50s.

Pitchy · Post by **Pitchy** » Tue Apr 03, 2018 8:15 am

gamekeeper wrote: ↑Tue Apr 03, 2018 8:09 am
OldWin wrote: ↑Mon Apr 02, 2018 10:39 pm I like that one buddy! Thats the coolest one yet.
Plus one I have fond memories of my brother trying to get radio Luxembourg on his crystal radio back in the 50s.

Thanks pard its fun making them some work better than others, a couple of them can be heard loud across the room.
The antenna is the heart of the radio.

gamekeeper · Post by **gamekeeper** » Tue Apr 03, 2018 9:54 am

That's true about the antenna, I remember my brother getting into trouble for drilling a hole from the bedroom to the attic for the antenna...

OldWin · Post by **OldWin** » Tue Apr 03, 2018 1:02 pm

Not to drift the topic, but the antenna thing reminded me....
When we were kids, my buddies and I all had CB base units next to our beds and would shoot the bull before going to sleep at night. I had an old 23 channel Realistic Navajo. Still around somewhere. Depending on our antenna setup, some could get across the neighborhood, some across town.

Sorry for the drift. Just a memory that popped up.

Pitchy · Post by **Pitchy** » Tue Apr 03, 2018 1:54 pm

OldWin wrote: ↑Tue Apr 03, 2018 1:02 pm Not to drift the topic, but the antenna thing reminded me....
When we were kids, my buddies and I all had CB base units next to our beds and would shoot the bull before going to sleep at night. I had an old 23 channel Realistic Navajo. Still around somewhere. Depending on our antenna setup, some could get across the neighborhood, some across town.

Sorry for the drift. Just a memory that popped up.

All we had was a couple soup cans and a string.

OldWin · Post by **OldWin** » Tue Apr 03, 2018 2:08 pm

Pitchy wrote: ↑Tue Apr 03, 2018 1:54 pm
OldWin wrote: ↑Tue Apr 03, 2018 1:02 pm Not to drift the topic, but the antenna thing reminded me....
When we were kids, my buddies and I all had CB base units next to our beds and would shoot the bull before going to sleep at night. I had an old 23 channel Realistic Navajo. Still around somewhere. Depending on our antenna setup, some could get across the neighborhood, some across town.

Sorry for the drift. Just a memory that popped up.
All we had was a couple soup cans and a string.

Them old CB's weren't much better!