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Originally Posted by Ultramaroon
I built myself a couple of those back in the day. First one was a "cat's whisker" on a germanium crystal. Man, that thing was a finicky PITA. Then I got a kit with a real diode because space age.
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I think pretty much everybody in our age group that even had a little technical ambition made one of those things. I also build a couple from scratch and then got a kit for my 8th or 9th birthday. Found a new kit a couple of years back and was going to get it for the grandson but figured it would be just a waste since he wouldn't have at even the slightest interest in it.