Ham Radio 101 - How a Crystal Radio Works

For many of us older guys, our first experience with home brew was building a crystal radio. Incredibly simple, yet also incredibly magical, some wire a paper tube and a piece of rock suddenly sent Tiger Baseball into our headphones.From our friends at CrystalRadio.net, some accessible and fun radio theory in practice.

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