And park it somewhere in the Caribbean, as a tax haven.
Have to saw Scotland off first though, or we will sink....
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Do crystal radios still pick anything up?
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Unlikely. Scotland is still bobbing up after the last ice age. ;-)
Tim
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And the south is bobbing down in response, apparently.
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Yes - but on a crystal set? They may have existed, but I don't ever remember seeing one for SW.
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Surrounded by blacks? Have you run this by your kipper pals?
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Tottenham Court Road used to be the mecca for electronic hobbyists back in the day. They stocked *real* stuff back then; today it's just a load of brand new consumer tech gadgets.
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They weren't as directional as they originally thought - and hoped. They only found out about 30 years later that the gain in desired direction was pretty much zero. I enjoyed a guided tour around it when it was still operational; mostly underground and like something out of James Bond.
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Can you name a better photo-transistor than the OC71? ;-)
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Why would a MW "power" station have to be treated differently to
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Proops was an Aladdin's Cave! In those post-war days, there was masses of ex-WD stuff coming onto the market. What happens to ex-WD stuff these days, if there is any?
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Those are nearly gone as well. It's now coffee bars, restaurants, sports wear and furniture shops.
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Yah bollocks. Get digging - only 50 miles from Stirling to Dumbarton. You can have the bits below that line, including Nicola :-)
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Rarely these days much more that about a 100K for a main station, the olde analogue was peak sync power the average was a lot lower then that it appeared to be.
But it is in a Very tight beam towards the distant horizon it costs too much money to generate and waste heating up the ground locally!..
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In fact I'm involved in a community radio station and recently we did a thing with some local schools re radio and what it was all about. Part of that was we made up some crystal set kits which the children put together. They were amazed that they worked and all ran off home with them proudly boasting that they could make a radio!.
Only problem is that AM transmitters are starting to be shut down now:-(
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As long as I can remember the bottom end of TCR (nearest central London) has been full of electronic equipment retailers.
They're piled high with boxes of electronic equipment and with negotiable prices. If they exist, it would be interesting to see some historical photos showing the time before that. I wonder if there are any sites which show them.
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I think the answer to that is in the 3rd paragraph.
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OCP71?
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It was till the SNP took over.
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IIRC if you carefully stripped the paint off an OC71 you had an OCP71.
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Exactly. Well remembered.