Hello Chuck, Good to hear you chime in.
I would not have gotten into electronics had it not been for a class in 4H about farm use of electricity and the class that was given to learn about the how and why of handling the wiring, by of all things a fellow ham. Of course the required subject was covered nicely BUT also introduction into RADIO with the crystal set. It was with that darn first set that did not work that threw me into WHY. The rest is history. Funny how we all started..... The second one worked when a AM station came to town, hi. Mel, K6KBE ________________________________ From: Chuck Smallhouse <w...@theriver.com> To: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2013 2:22 PM Subject: [Elecraft] OT. Crystal Sets Yes it most probably was galena, not geranium (wrong spell check choice !), and the "crystal" was about 3/8" in diameter, and height, and maybe mounted in Woods Metal not lead. Many years later, it seems, my first experience with a semiconductor device, was with an IN34, crudely built (by today's standards) germanium diode. We didn't even have any semiconductor classes or training, in my EE curriculum, when I attended college. I finally learned about them later, in the excellent electronics training I got while in the military and working on guided missile R & D at White Sands Proving Grounds. That and my ham radio design experience, got me excellent engineering job offers when I got out of the service. Chuck, W7CS ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
