Radio

[Marty]

Hi Gang
When reminiscing with an old friend this story came to mind.
Here's an interesting bit of radio history. In the 1920's and 1930's
Quaker Oats cereal came in a round box. In that box was all the
material you would need to build a crystal radio. The coil was wound
around the box and the crystal detector mounted on top. I don't know
how they did it but the box top itself was the speaker. That was the
first radio experience for tens of thousands of people. Neat.
Marty

[Charlie Dotson]

Marty

As I recall, the Quaker Oats crystal radio required earphones and an
external long wire antenna.

Best Regards Charlie Dotson

[palmb...@gmail.com]

I won the 6th grade science fair at Abigail Adams Elementary School in Weymouth,
Massachusetts.

Thanks for the memories,
Kathleen
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[marc k]

I've certainly heard about this before, but I've never heard about the box lid being used as a speaker-I've always heard of headphones being used.

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