I had one of those Rocket radios also. I clipped the antenna wire to 
everything, the dial stop on our phone, the wire fens outside and 
finally I put up a long wire that really worked.  When I hooked it up to 
the long wire, I heard lots of stations,but the slider didn't help much, 
cause the tuning was broad as a barn, but it sure was fun for a little kid!

Bob, K8LR, [log in to unmask]

On 1/29/2015 10:31 PM, Bob Martin wrote:
> I was teaching 6th grade in 1957.  One of my students brought his rocket
> radio to school and we connected the gat.  We heard 4 stations there in
> Jacksonville Florida.  He adopted the Oldsmobile theme, There's A Rocket for
> Every Pocket.
> Bob Martin
>