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English: Sketch of a handmade crystal radio from a 1922 instructional pamphlet published by the Bureau of Standards, part of the US Commerce Department, instructing the public how to build a simple radio to listen to broadcasting stations which were just starting up at that time. |
| Source | Retrieved 4 June 2025 from Bureau of Standards (24 April 1922), Circular no. 120: Construction and operation of a simple homemade radio receiving outfit, US Commerce Dept., Washington D.C., p.12, fig.4 on archive.org. Cleaned up scanned image and removed yellow tint using Gimp image editor |
| Author | S. W. Stratton, director, Bureau of Standards |
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| current | 12:51, 4 June 2025 | | 528 × 386 (60 KB) | wikimediacommons>Chetvorno | Added crystal detector |
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