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8bitsruleyesterday at 2:36 PM1 replyview on HN

Hmmm, fancy indeed. With 150kW feeding a dipole at 700 feet, I imagine that a cat's-whisker [0] would have done well-enough in London...

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crystal_detector


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Symbioteyesterday at 2:53 PM

Yes, I did exactly this in England 30 or so years ago. It was one of the suggestions in an electronics kit for children, the one with springs to connect the components together.