06-11-2016, 11:11 AM
The perfect way to listen to a ballgame. The radio on the left, a Westinghouse Aeriola Jr. crystal set which I am listening to the Phillies/Nationals game on now, was made in August of 1921 in the midst of Babe Ruth's second season with the Yankees and less than six months into Warren G. Harding's presidency.
In order to pull in stations (I live some six miles from the nearest AM transmitter in a hilly area), I am using an AM amplifier powered (not shown) by a nine volt battery which I have attached to the radio, a ground wire, and a 200 foot indoor antenna. This amplifier is a homemade device made by some radio enthusiast in Turkey and which I purchased off Ebay for $20.00 plus s/h.
It is very effective in that it increases signal strength between 200% and 300% and can be used for both crystal sets and tube radios from the 1920s & 1930s to improve reception.
In order to pull in stations (I live some six miles from the nearest AM transmitter in a hilly area), I am using an AM amplifier powered (not shown) by a nine volt battery which I have attached to the radio, a ground wire, and a 200 foot indoor antenna. This amplifier is a homemade device made by some radio enthusiast in Turkey and which I purchased off Ebay for $20.00 plus s/h.
It is very effective in that it increases signal strength between 200% and 300% and can be used for both crystal sets and tube radios from the 1920s & 1930s to improve reception.
