Craig Smith of Firefly Workshop (South Milwaukee, WI)
With my crystal radio projects, I recently made a dual coil variometer tuner. Connected to a diode, crystal earphone, antenna & ground wires (no batteries) I tuned in 1540 KXCL Waterloo Iowa from 270 miles away here in Milwaukee. The coils were wound on a segment of thinwall 3” PVC, and a segment of 2” PVC coupler. My antenna is a 35’ wire running out my window and atop my fence. I am amazed of the performance of simple scrap materials put together just right. www.crystalradio.net is the best resource for beginners and experts.
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I’m thinking about finding a dog from our local housing. . . We’ll get an underground electric fence in our yard once the dog is old enough to coach. May chicken-wire be okay to use with a puppy as short-term fencing?. . (Remember that the puppy is going to be supervised and obtaining a regular wall looks kinda unnecessary and costly because we live on a farm…).