1-Transistor Radio

 

1-Transistor Radio

 

      At age 14 I built a 1-transistor radio using the schematic from Radio-TV Experimenter magazine, and worked out the printed circuit pattern to minimize cross overs.  I printed and etched the circuit design, using a Kepro chemical resist, with a small artist’s brush. 

      Then I drilled the holes, and mounted and inserted it into a red plastic cigarette case.  AM tuning was done by threading the ferrite core in and out of a coil capacitor.  

      I was very exciting to tune in a station 450 miles away.  The design and parts were crude by today’s standards, but lent themselves to experimenting and learning electronics.  

 

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