Chances are it still works, though some earpieces can go bad. Others require a 100k resistor across them. An indoor antenna won't work with a crystal set. Instead it needs to be 10 - 30 metres of wire outside as high as you can get it. More: th-cam.com/video/ok7lpERL0a0/w-d-xo.html
Thanks, we're also next to a 5G tower that's strong enough to interfere with Bluetooth so maybe I'll take the set out to a park or something next time!
@@australiancomputermuseum I don't think the 5g should affect it. The park is a mixed blessing. You need a remote site so you can throw wires up into trees and there's no traffic noise that will spoil reception. And you will still need to install an earth. Could use wire radials or copper pipe hammered into ground. A crystal set will work within about 50km of a strong station.
Chances are it still works, though some earpieces can go bad. Others require a 100k resistor across them. An indoor antenna won't work with a crystal set. Instead it needs to be 10 - 30 metres of wire outside as high as you can get it. More: th-cam.com/video/ok7lpERL0a0/w-d-xo.html
Thanks, we're also next to a 5G tower that's strong enough to interfere with Bluetooth so maybe I'll take the set out to a park or something next time!
@@australiancomputermuseum I don't think the 5g should affect it. The park is a mixed blessing. You need a remote site so you can throw wires up into trees and there's no traffic noise that will spoil reception. And you will still need to install an earth. Could use wire radials or copper pipe hammered into ground. A crystal set will work within about 50km of a strong station.