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[[Category:ACE R&D]]
[[Category:ACE R&D]]
I've started collecting remnants from the era of crystal radio (1900-1930) partly to use to explain what I'm doing in performances but mostly to learn some of the lost history of this technology. There is plenty of information out there, but a lot of the practical details are missing.




[[File:Tins.jpg|right|frame|500px|Tins for detector crystals for radios circa 1920 - although branded with lots of made up names, most of the crystals were in fact galena]]
[[File:Tins.jpg|right|frame|500px|Tins for detector crystals for radios circa 1920 - although branded with lots of made up names, most of the crystals were in fact galena]]

Revision as of 17:42, 30 May 2026

The use of natural semiconductors

I've started collecting remnants from the era of crystal radio (1900-1930) partly to use to explain what I'm doing in performances but mostly to learn some of the lost history of this technology. There is plenty of information out there, but a lot of the practical details are missing.


Tins for detector crystals for radios circa 1920 - although branded with lots of made up names, most of the crystals were in fact galena