Quote from: Railwaygun on July 05, 2019, 12:39:23 PM
i had the DIY transistor radio with earpiece

I had "built" it myself, so I was allowed to take it to boarding school and listen to  it in the dorm.

Our school allowed us to rig a 150ft copper wire so we could build crystal radios. Just good teachers.

As an aside, I became an engineer because my Physics master was a rampant Communist.  Let me explain:  He worked for Shell and got sacked for Communist agitation so he became a teacher, and he taught Physics the way he preached communism 

He even looked like Lenin 

QuoteDIY transistor radio with earpiec

Thats just showing off,i had to make do with a tandy crystal set,it was perfect for me as i could take it apart  and rebuild it,unlike any other radio i got my hands on ,taking them apart was easy,rebulding? er weres that bit go?

Quote from: Snowwolflair on July 05, 2019, 12:45:35 PM
Our school allowed us to rig a 150ft copper wire so we could build crystal radios. Just good teachers.

Our school gave us 10' of string and 2 cocoa tins 

Quote from: joe cassidy on July 05, 2019, 12:55:18 PM
Our school gave us 10' of string and 2 cocoa tins 

These days the parents have to pay for the string and the tins.

Quote from: kirky on July 06, 2019, 08:05:59 AM

Quote from: joe cassidy on July 05, 2019, 12:55:18 PM
Our school gave us 10' of string and 2 cocoa tins 

These days the parents have to pay for the string and the tins.

These days the parents have to pay for tablets which run an app which simulates two tins and a piece of string, and which cost hundreds of thousands to develop and still doesn't work properly.