On 10/28/2010 02:20 PM, wrote:
Szczepan wrote:

"Alejandro wrote
...
On 10/25/2010 08:41 PM, K1TTT wrote:
On Oct 24, 6:51 pm, "Szczepan wrote:
"Registered
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And yes the radio works
with the ground and antenna connections reversed. The diode is a piece
of galena.

Does "it works exactly the same"?
S*

yes

I haven't read all the thread.

I always see the diode in series between the antenna and the headphones.

Like he http://scitoys.com/scitoys/scitoys/r...ade_radio.html


You will get a much louder audio signal if you connect a germanium diode
( 1N34 ) in parallel with the phones.

\/ antenna
|
|________
| |
-- O
diode \/ ) phones
-- O
| |
|_______|
|
____
__ ground
-



Is the direction of the diode important?

No.

How many times do you have to be told that before it sinks in?



There is an alternate electric field between the antenna and earth.

Electrons will move down through the earphones and up through the diode.

--
Alejandro Lieber LU1FCR
Rosario Argentina

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