DIY HACK – HOWTO make a Homebrewed Radio using paper clips, magnet wire, and razor blade

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Wow, check out this homebrewed radio you can make in your spare time!

The first time I tried this, it didn’t work. It was frustrating, but I just went through my materials, blued the razor blade and it worked. The second time I tried to get it to work, I couldn’t get a station, I just got buzz. I played with everything and finally figured out that the ground connection wasn’t very good. When I fixed that, I was able to hear sports talk radio! One of the interesting things is that it works better or worse depending on where you put the pencil lead on the razor blade. If it doesn’t work the first time, don’t give up! Every project you work on can have 100% success as long as you don’t mind mistakes and redoing things!

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One Response to DIY HACK – HOWTO make a Homebrewed Radio using paper clips, magnet wire, and razor blade

1. girrrrrrr2 says:

   September 15, 2007 at 9:08 am

   awesome… so how many stations can it get???