While I was in high school, my bedside radio was a crystal set that my dad 
and I built. It had a 1n34 diode as the detector and a tapped coil that we 
wound  on a wooden form plus 2 variable capacitors. We were close enough to 
the philly transmitters that I could receive WFIL with no problem. since it 
was broad as a barn door, the fidelity was terific,even on AM.
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Phil Scovell" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2015 7:48 PM
Subject: Broadcast Band


>I am still a broadcast band DX hound.  I started at about age 6 with a
> crystal set in the shape of a little red rocket ship listening by clipping
> the ground aligater clip on anything I figured was going to ground.  Got 
> one
> station, of course.  We used to stand outside in the freezing cold at the
> Nebraska School for the Blind, with our radios pressed up against a light
> pole behind the school building because the close proximity help increase
> signal strength.  We could copy X E R F just over the Mexican border and
> loved listening to Wolf man Jack.  He did a year of broadcasting here in
> Denver in his later years.  I about fell off my chair when I heard him
> locally one day years ago.  Anyhow, My Icom 7000 is a super broadcast band
> receiver.  All the features, notch filter, DSP, crystal filters, etc.. and
> the 3 levels of pre-amp settings work, too, so plugging in all those
> frequencies of favorit stations makes it easy tuning, not to mention the 
> QSY
> er used to tap in the frequencies.  Changing frequency increments, point
> one, point 01 and point 001 helps fine tuning and the 3 levels of 
> Amplitude
> modulation makes a big difference as well.  It is still fun to tune the
> bands and now even below 500 KHz.
>
> Phil.
> K0NX