The kid didn't use a diode, he used a resistor. He also forgot to ground it. However he was using a crystal earphone, so maybe that'll replace the diode.
Even without the potato, it will work if the diode is connected to a wire antenna outside, the other side of diode connected to ground( short metal rod driven to ground)magnetic headphones or an old telephone handset connected across the diode, am broadcast stations will be heard depending if your location has nearby am stations though everything will be heard simultaneously because you don’t have a tuning capacitor and coil in the circuit( tank circuit) for proper tuning😄 It’s a basic crystal radio set.
Alright. Skip the spud, use a piece of plastic from a bakery container, add foil to both sides, connect a Germanium diode, and a wire for each lead of a mono 1/4 guitar plug, and add the antenna to the side of diode as shown, and slowly turn the volume up, then the channel gain. It may hear tons of stuff at once. Any strong signal can blast in at any time, so NO HEADPHONES.
Nah, that potato becomes a capacitor. grounding the other half to a waterpipe will help this pick up any very strong local am signal, broadcast, cb radio, aircraft...all at once, like a fishbowl scanner, no selectivity, just anything in 10 miles, once you add a Germanium diode. I am not building this, but not regretting watching it. I hope they make a followup vid with better results, and plug it into a guitar amp.
I don't need to be Brains from Thunderbirds to know this is a hoax. He should have eaten it and put on his real radio while eating. Er will this work with a cucumber?'. What's a diode?.
Carrego meu celular em 15 minutos com batatas. Ligo para um food da vida e peço uma porção. Em quanto isso, coloco o carregador na tomada. Se o motoboy for meio lerdão, o celular estará carregado até mesmo sem batatas. Caso contrário, vou comendo elas com calma, tiro uma soneca e quando acordo... Há: 100 % carregado !!! É infalível !!! (Desde que não interrompam o fornecimento de energia).
@@ballygeale1 True, but that’s what they were referring to by “diode”. I do think this video should give more detail, the instructions are really vague.
You turn it on by planting the potato. LOL, this video is just a joke. You can make very weak battery using a potato (or lemon) but you need a pieces of copper and zinc to use as electrodes. The video is BS.
I didn’t understand why it matters to put the positive on your left. Surely if you turn your potato round, the positive will be on your right.
It might be because it matters which side you put the antenna on
You should insert a small radio inside the potato then it will work
Let’s face it we came here after seeing this in diary of a wimpy kid
yep
You're right
Yesh
The heck?
No
it work. even without potato., only diod is enough if Radio Station is near.
Really ?
Can you tell how
@@shashwatvishwakarma269 here you go th-cam.com/video/VqdcU9ULAlA/w-d-xo.html
Who else came here from diary of a wimpy kid
Me!
Me
Me
Me
me
that's nothing compared to my mango cell phone that actually gets 5g.
That's a resistor not a diode, that might have something to do with why it doesn't work.
Хоть один написал что у него резистор в место диода
Potato processor computer powered by lemon
best asmr vid on youtube
Probably baked potato as hard drive
The kid didn't use a diode, he used a resistor. He also forgot to ground it. However he was using a crystal earphone, so maybe that'll replace the diode.
Slav engineering in action
next he'll show you how to make vodka from the potato
Do you have a problem ?! :DDD
looks like a resistor not a diode....
potato. really. unbelievable. I shall try. I shall fry the potato before dry if radio don't cry through the speaker.
if this doesnt really work im gonna totally freak out
we can use copper wire instead of tin foil. Comment please
Ritadhee Pal really? I didn’t know that. Cool
So basically the potato is a capacitor
The book on the thumbnail was from diary of a wimpy kid!
Edit: that's quite a lot of likes and comments thanks
@Gamepad Kids! same here
Yes
@@thecamels4 same!
Me to
@Gamepad Kids Same!!
Attach cathode ray tube and it will pull in channel 7
Create a diode from a razor or piece of metal you find. However.....
I want to see a radio made 100% from the woods. It can be done.
Prove it!
@@globalmagicnation8464 Prove what???? I am saying I would like to see that.
@@jeremycbarnhart2305 OK, you said it could be done. If it can, I would like to see it also.😎
Did u guys find proove yet?
Even without the potato, it will work if the diode is connected to a wire antenna outside, the other side of diode connected to ground( short metal rod driven to ground)magnetic headphones or an old telephone handset connected across the diode, am broadcast stations will be heard depending if your location has nearby am stations though everything will be heard simultaneously because you don’t have a tuning capacitor and coil in the circuit( tank circuit) for proper tuning😄 It’s a basic crystal radio set.
The potato just acts as the homeless man's breadboard.
So it actually works?
When u say diode, ur putting in a resistor.
Diodes aren’t necessarily LEDs
Diode is a thing
Its a geranium diode
No , he is putting a diode which is a germanium one
The drawing part on the thumbnail was from diary of a wimpy kid old school
Lol
Super
It works of course but you need to use germanium diode, high resistance piezocrystal earphone (4 kiloohms) and do it right.
I looked on Amazon and there's only 1 and it has 18 pounds delivery
More than the product itself
Alright.
Skip the spud, use a piece of plastic from a bakery container, add foil to both sides, connect a Germanium diode, and a wire for each lead of a mono 1/4 guitar plug, and add the antenna to the side of diode as shown, and slowly turn the volume up, then the channel gain. It may hear tons of stuff at once. Any strong signal can blast in at any time, so NO HEADPHONES.
I use a micro-chip with my taters, I was able to watch old episodes of MASH !
From wimpy kid old school
Only the noises is music for me! Freaking bad!
Great
@@khowell4645 This is basically when ur mom says ur grounded and you forget so you don't know u about to get an ass whoopin'
No ground?
I guess the potato is just the capacitor, right?
doesn't need ground to work
And here I was thinking you were supposed to just eat them
This video is okay
But actually talk
thanks
I would rather eat the potato than listen to that sizzle LoL .d
Diary of a wimpy kid?
Old school
@@sheelaranjan3651 yesss lets gooo
yes
How do you know which end of the diode is positive
If you look at the two wires the longer one is positive
Magic Video Game Cat what if the wires are the same size though
Gametrue 22 I don’t know they are supposed to be different sized but you can just try both directions and which one works
NOW HOPEFULLY YOU ARE RADIO WORKS
What does that mean?
It is multi bands...!!!!! ..great!!!
When did someone discover this????
The SMASH Aliens are having a good laugh.😟👽👽👽👍
i only have the potato
That’s a resistor not a diode
Is a D.I.Y sometime type of potato
King Soloman what do you mean
King Soloman D.I.Y. Means do it yourself
I used 2 spuds and got sterio great
It works but how to you change the radio station 😂 it doesn’t work lol😂😂😂😂
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Nice
thx
@@khowell4645 Overall nice video by the way :)
Thx again
Im 420 person to like
This will not work. Everything is shorted out and the antenna is at least 20 feet too short.
Kind of funny though.
Nah, that potato becomes a capacitor. grounding the other half to a waterpipe will help this pick up any very strong local am signal, broadcast, cb radio, aircraft...all at once, like a fishbowl scanner, no selectivity, just anything in 10 miles, once you add a Germanium diode. I am not building this, but not regretting watching it. I hope they make a followup vid with better results, and plug it into a guitar amp.
Bruh didn’t ground his tater
asmr
4:04 is that a binky?
Haha no it’s an ear piece
Got the tin foil from his hat!
hahaha good one
Riot games servers b like
slav potatoe for hard bass.
Do we need a crystal diode
A germanium or Schottky would work
Do I need the diode
I don’t know but I think you do so the energy is directed the right way
so break some equipment, for example, an old microwave or old computer It's all
Sorry to my english
Prostě Jablko what language do you speak
th-cam.com/video/Pt6eM2rjURU/w-d-xo.html this one might be easier to understand
@@khowell4645 czech
i can tell u use imovie, i use it too
Anybody made one successfully?
Where do you get a diode
The Tech Toot you can get a diode at a hobby shop
On amazon
And hydronic water on tubes as RAM I can't think of the hard drive right now
this is a resistor? XDDD
Kinda cool
wrong "your"
ok
Ok
Ok
@@odeseus5875 ok
I don't need to be Brains from Thunderbirds to know this is a hoax. He should have eaten it and put on his real radio while eating. Er will this work with a cucumber?'. What's a diode?.
Completely fake were the coil to convert AC into DC?
Fake yes, but it is a diode that changes AC to DC. The coil (and capacitor)is for tuning to a particular frequency.
That's was a resistor, not a diode
Andre koen
Walter 2
Will I get better reception with a large russet potato? Can I use two Yukons instead?
It doesn’t seem to matter that much I’ve heard it works with a lemon too.
Con limon funciona una lámpara
How find a radio ststion?
How to change channel
That's what I need to know too.
You can't you can only listen to one channel
@@shashwatvishwakarma269 then how to set it to one channel
@ uhhhh ....
You cant
@ you will listen the highest Frequency in your area
Whats that thing on the right side of the diagram
You don’t need that part
Magic Video Game Cat but what is it? I made mine exactly, and it doesnt work
Do the types of potatoes matter? I used a red potato
Magic Video Game Cat did yours work?
It is a ground
I did that and all I got was Spuds Mackenzie ads.
lol
Great for listening to president Biden mr potato head 🤣
I can’t find the headphone plz help
What
is tin foil or alumminum needed for it
The text said tin foil
@@Notmortarandivyson but he used aluminum foil in the video.
And now Eat the potato !!! 😅
Omg thank you so much mine wasn’t working and after following your steps it worked tysm
And choke on the non-edible stuff!
1:06 is a resistor?
Yep
@@shuchipatel198 no it's a diode
For rectification purposes
Does this thing work?
Yes
@@odeseus5875 have you made it
@@odeseus5875 yes
Now useful info ill use, does it matter what side the diode is facing?
Yeah that’s what the it for
To direct energy a certain direction
what's the resistance of the resistor
It's just joke!
thanks
Not going to work. Antenna is much too small. Potato has no function.
אבל אילו תחנות הוא קולט?
A.M or F.M?
Most likely A.M
@@SituationNormalAint שרה גיפס, המורה שלי יכולה לדחוף לעצמה כי באמת אפשר להפיק חשמל מלימונים ולקלוט רדיו מתפוח אדמה.
How to make
Does it work
King Soloman yes
I would hope nobody believes this foolishness lololololol
i did
Wow
Truly amazing
SOKKA MA DUDE WAZ UP
Only static hmm?
Galena Radio
it is not work!!!😕😕🔍
Maybe it doesn’t, but your grammar sucks.
Can you use a tv attena
Carrego meu celular em 15 minutos com batatas.
Ligo para um food da vida e peço uma porção.
Em quanto isso, coloco o carregador na tomada.
Se o motoboy for meio lerdão, o celular estará carregado até mesmo sem batatas.
Caso contrário, vou comendo elas com calma, tiro uma soneca e quando acordo...
Há: 100 % carregado !!!
É infalível !!! (Desde que não interrompam o fornecimento de energia).
Deos it really work???
Soumya Rai no
It works but you would need a very long antenna
I need test it.. WTF??
😂😂
It didn't go
Did you use a Germanium Diode? That’s literally the vital part of a radio, you can make a radio with just that.
No I mean we didn't hear it on your video
@@ballygeale1 True, but that’s what they were referring to by “diode”. I do think this video should give more detail, the instructions are really vague.
😂
ummmmmm what the
Me
Me lol
How to turn it on?
You turn it on by planting the potato.
LOL, this video is just a joke. You can make very weak battery using a potato (or lemon) but you need a pieces of copper and zinc to use as electrodes. The video is BS.
Try dressing sexy!😂😂😂