Image: Poste a diode 1
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Description: Modern crystal radio using a OA85 diode and piezoelectric earphone, receiving the 520 - 1620 kHz AM broadcast band. The two black wires (A and B) were the antenna and ground wires, one attached to a long wire antenna and the other to a water pipe or a stake driven into the ground to provide a return path for the antenna current to Earth.
Title: Poste a diode 1
Credit: Own work • Self-photographed
Author: F1jmm
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