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Did Your Interest in Radio Start with One of These?

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No, my interest in radio started long before that when I built a cereal box crystal set that used a
"cats whisker" to detect a signal with a galena crystal.
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NYDutch said:
No, my interest in radio started long before that when I built a cereal box crystal set that used a
"cats whisker" to detect a signal with a galena crystal.
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I didn't use the cereal box but I did build a crystal set that worked when I was 12 years old in 1956. It was an electric shop project.
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Isn't the RS Rocket Radio also a crystal radio?

This looks like the one I had:

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TheKrell said:
Isn't the RS Rocket Radio also a crystal radio?

This looks like the one I had:

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Yes, but it's the "modern" version that used one of those newfangled diode things instead of the cats whisker and crystal.
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Bobby said:
I didn't use the cereal box but I did build a crystal set that worked when I was 12 years old in 1956. It was an electric shop project.
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I built my first one when I was 7 or 8 from an article in Popular Mechanics magazine. It took most of my meager savings at the time to buy the parts, and waiting for them to come in the mail was unbearable! ;)
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Early 1950s I got started with a kit like this. Frustrating trying to get that cats whisker on the crystal just right.

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NYDutch said:
Yes, but it's the "modern" version that used one of those newfangled diode things instead of the cats whisker and crystal.
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Yes, I bought it at a hamfest but my mom got me one in the late 50's.
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NYDutch said:
I built my first one when I was 7 or 8 from an article in Popular Mechanics magazine. It took most of my meager savings at the time to buy the parts, and waiting for them to come in the mail was unbearable! ;)
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Wile in cub scouts I built one that used a Gem razor blade and a safety pin instead of the crystal and cats whisker. The true definition of crude, but it actually could pick up a couple of stations.
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In the '60's Popular Mechanics published an article on how to build a "Foxhole " radio using a razor blade and a pencil lead. Didn't work for me though.
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spongella said:
In the '60's Popular Mechanics published an article on how to build a "Foxhole " radio using a razor blade and a pencil lead. Didn't work for me though.
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I remember that, but I don't recall if I tried it or not. By the mid-60's I was a Vietnam vet and newly married, so I may have had other things occupying my time by then... :)
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Radioguy41 said:
Early 1950s I got started with a kit like this. Frustrating trying to get that cats whisker on the crystal just right.

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That is pretty much what I built in '56!
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This Week in Tech 1107

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Club TWiT: Unpacking 'You Can See Everything' - Deception, Empathy, and the Art of the Documentary

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200,000 Subscriber Livestream - Let's Giveaway some RADIOS!

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Brutal review of Netflix's series Below

Don't know if any of you have watched this series yet, it would be interesting to see if you feel this review was accurate. It was very humorous to listen to however.


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What a "pile of slop" review! I liked the show.
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What a "pile of slop" review! I liked the show.
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If the review is like the article, oi! Eighteen paragraphs into the review and... all they've done is not really talk at all about the actual thing they are reviewing.

Halfway into the "written" review, I know more about how the writer "thinks" than I do about what they are writing about. I understand their politics, their self-overestimated understanding of film, their inability to be funny.

Takes about 22 paragraphs to get to one that starts "Anyway, the story kicks off...". Talk about Slop! 😂
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Star Trek: Starfleet Academy - Paramount+

Season 2 order already in hand:

'Star Trek: Starfleet Academy' Renewed for Season 2, Tatiana Maslany to Guest Star in Season 1

I've not been optimistic about this show based on what I've read so far. Seems to be aimed at a younger audience. Interesting though that Tatiana Maslany will have some sort of role.
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I'm sure I will watch at least the first episode but I am not optimistic.
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Here i am over a year later and just finished season 1. Not great but not as bad as I was expecting. Did not care for the barefoot captain stuff but overall ok. Actually looking forward to see what they did for season 2.
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klang said:
Here i am over a year later and just finished season 1. Not great but not as bad as I was expecting. Did not care for the barefoot captain stuff but overall ok. Actually looking forward to see what they did for season 2.
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Yeah, the foot stuff was just nasty. I kept thinking of how dirty her feet would get traipsing around shoe-less. Funny, I love being shoe less at home and never wear shoes indoors in my home for long, but seeing her laying on all her furniture with her bare feet hanging out just kind of grossed me out.
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MikeD-C05 said:
I kept thinking of how dirty her feet would get traipsing around shoe-less.
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Where would this "dirt" come from? Dead skin and dandruff?
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harshness said:
Where would this "dirt" come from? Dead skin and dandruff?
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There would still be dirt ,dust in the future I am sure. So walking around the station like she did she would get stuff on her feet. I am sure the robot vacuum is still going to miss stuff, with all those different alien species running around there.
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MikeD-C05 said:
There would still be dirt ,dust in the future I am sure.
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Where is it going to come from -- specifically?

Why do you think cleaning technology won't improve in the next few hundred years? HEPA filtration was invented as part of the Manhattan Project.
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harshness said:
Where is it going to come from -- specifically?

Why do you think cleaning technology won't improve in the next few hundred years? HEPA filtration was invented as part of the Manhattan Project.
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I don't know, but I still don't like her walking through the station or the academy with out her shoes. It looks unprofessional and very "hippy like" for someone of her status and I personally don't get off to feet, so there is that. ;)
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MikeD-C05 said:
I don't know, but I still don't like her walking through the station or the academy with out her shoes. It looks unprofessional and very "hippy like" for someone of her status and I personally don't get off to feet, so there is that. ;)
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Stay out of my office. I rarely have shoes or socks on in the office. My office and business is at home though :clapping
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osu1991 said:
Stay out of my office. I rarely have shoes or socks on in the office. My office and business is at home though :clapping
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Say, I don't wear socks or shoes in my house either. But for a captain in Star Fleet it looks bad to be walking around the academy with no shoes. Gives off 1960 Hippie vibes.
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MikeD-C05 said:
Gives off 1960 Hippie vibes.
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You say that like it's a Bad thing or something ... :biggrin
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Well, look at the way she sat in the Captain's Chair. I didn't say the show should have been called "Captain Chair-Whore" for nothing...
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MikeD-C05 said:
Say, I don't wear socks or shoes in my house either. But for a captain in Star Fleet it looks bad to be walking around the academy with no shoes. Gives off 1960 Hippie vibes.
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Just sayin...
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You say that like it's a Bad thing or something ... :biggrin
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For a whole generation of adults it was in the 1960s and 1970s.

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Females wearing any clothing is unthinkable on Ferenginar.
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Females wearing any clothing is unthinkable on Ferenginar.
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Was never a huge of the Ferengi-centric episodes in Trek...
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Song Name Game Part 3!

Sometimes a thread gets so many posts in it that is can cause issues for the server so that why today we introduce The Song Name Game Part 3!

So let the game continue!

The last song was added by Bobby who posted...

One Meat Ball - Andrews Sisters

CONTINUE ON AND HAVE FUN! WELCOME HOME TO SATELLITEGUYS.US!

Here are the original rules for the game as posted by WebbyDude back in 2006. http://www.satelliteguys.us/threads/68645-Song-Name-Game

Just name a song title and the band who performed it. The next person does the same thing, but needs to list a song title or band name which includes a word from the previous entry. Pick songs from any genre.

Example:

Long Live Rock and Roll -- Rainbow

Rainbow in the Dark -- Dio

Another example:

Ride the Lightning -- Metallica

Lightning Strikes -- Ozzy Osbourne


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An additional note: we all know that song titles, sometimes, use profane words. Because this is a family friendly website it is advised that you clean up that title up a bit. This is accomplished by using something like sh!t instead of the real word. Thanks....
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Meta Muse AI Privacy Flaw - What Your Shared Data Can Reveal #shorts

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