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Never could get these to work in the middle of nowhere because we had no strong AM stations, but here I'm close enough to a couple that I had my choice of far-right religion or sports talk radio. Eh....

But hey. crystal radio is cool, and this thing is surprisingly good (although not very selective) at receiving stuff when there are decent signals.

Yeah, I've got it amplified because the earpiece in the kit needs repair, it has a broken wire from sitting curled up since the 90s.

Never could get these to work in the middle of nowhere because we had no strong AM stations, but here I'm close enough to a couple that I had my choice of far-right religion or sports talk radio. Eh.... But hey. crystal radio is cool, and this thing is surprisingly good (although not very selective) at receiving stuff when there are decent signals. Yeah, I've got it amplified because the earpiece in the kit needs repair, it has a broken wire from sitting curled up since the 90s.

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Those old RS Science Fair kits were awesome. I built a lot of those back in the late 70s and early 80s. They were a fun way to learn electronics and circuit theory. Glad to see one operational in the current year.

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I found this one new in box, couldn't resist it.

It's really a shame that those guided kits aren't really a thing anymore. All kinds of components are available at the press of a button, but these "all the parts are there all the time" kits were just beyond compare. I still have my 160-in-1 that led me to get into electronics.

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I feel like there is a business opportunity here. Not sure what it would take to make a profit but some companies still do soldering kits for learning.

Just need to find an audience.

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Finding that audience might be hard - there's no instant gratification here.