Radio Straight or Crystal Radio for Science Project or Hobbyist

OA70 / IN34 / IN60 is Germanium Radio, choose only one type.
Antenna high from Ground is high is possible, ground is a must to Steel Water pipe, or making one from a piece of copper approximately 1 meter down to the ground, so will be voltage between ground and radio wave pick up by antenna.

I have build this Radio and connected input speaker to line input notebook and running with Open Lab software and can pick up Radio Signal from about 6 km air distance.

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10 nF                              1   Capacitor


VC 500 pF                      1   Variable Capacitor


OA70/IN34/IN60             1


 GND                               1   GND
Termination Ground

108 Turns,12 Turns        L Tap between 108 Turns and 12 Turns

8-2000 Ohm  1   SPKR or Earphone 8 - 2000 Ohm , you can get this in junk shop or at ebay.com

RF Connector Male and Female For Antenna Connection
 

50 Ohm Coaxial cable for Antenna


Electronic Project Box

Antenna for LW,MW,SW and AM