Crystal Radio Specification - Demands of the Whippersnappers

When they realised that I could make them a crystal radio together with a science fair type development system, they started placing demands. They had a very detailed list of demands; however, I implemented only some of them, as I do not have the money for the rest.

They wanted a radio in the style of a radio chassis, so that they could keep it open and fiddle experiment with different circuits that they had seen on the Internet. They also wanted an option of installing it inside a wooden box, should they find one in the future. Therefore, all the controls had to be at the front of the chassis, so that it would slide into the box.

They wanted the circuit area uncluttered, so that they could build simple circuits without any unnecessary wiring confusing them. Their long-term plan was to try out simple GCSE level circuits such as a potential divider, or experimenting with a transistor as a switch.

They wanted the tuning control on the extreme right-hand side, and they also wanted a volume control for future use should they decide to make a simple transistor amplifier circuit.

They wanted the controls clustered together on the right side. Their excuse was that they were right-handed, and did not want to move their little hands too much.

They wanted the loudspeaker at the front on the left-hand side so that they could place their little left-ear against it whilst they were tuning for the radio signal.

"Sha la la - la la - la la - la la - la dee dah - Just like that." :-)

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