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Internet Radio Stations - Who else listens to them?
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<blockquote data-quote="Family_Dog" data-source="post: 1095793" data-attributes="member: 82"><p>I loved crystal sets when I was a kid! There were two choices - a fixed Germanium Diode or a twiddly adjustable "Cat's Whisker". I always chose the latter because half the fun was the skill involved in hitting the sweet spot in the latter and listening to the radio. Until you bumped it... and then you would start twiddling all over again.</p><p></p><p>Memories of a long thin wire leading out of the bedroom window and tied to the nearest tree branch flood back. I knew very little about lightning then, but somehow I still survived through this life-threatening experience.</p><p></p><p>One of my earliest joys was to connect the output of the crystal set to my then Mullard 5-10 amplifier via the Mullard 2-valve pre-amp. The AM station sound (Springbok Radio) was absolutely crystal clear and I still maintain surpassed the quality of the heavily-compressed FM radio stations that came later.</p><p></p><p></p><p>-F_D</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Family_Dog, post: 1095793, member: 82"] I loved crystal sets when I was a kid! There were two choices - a fixed Germanium Diode or a twiddly adjustable "Cat's Whisker". I always chose the latter because half the fun was the skill involved in hitting the sweet spot in the latter and listening to the radio. Until you bumped it... and then you would start twiddling all over again. Memories of a long thin wire leading out of the bedroom window and tied to the nearest tree branch flood back. I knew very little about lightning then, but somehow I still survived through this life-threatening experience. One of my earliest joys was to connect the output of the crystal set to my then Mullard 5-10 amplifier via the Mullard 2-valve pre-amp. The AM station sound (Springbok Radio) was absolutely crystal clear and I still maintain surpassed the quality of the heavily-compressed FM radio stations that came later. -F_D [/QUOTE]
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