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How to Make a Foxhole Radio



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During World War II, GIs in the field built really amazing simple radios to listen too. These were made with materials that they could get their hands on and were small enough to carry around in a big pocket. You can modify this design if you want to set it up so that it's tuneable too! To see all the plans, go to makezine dot com slash podcast!


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it is a diode ( 2 months ago by babot6)
it is a diode
joeellioth: A ... ( 2 months ago by RealityChequed)
joeellioth: A germany diode? I laugh at you like Firemarshall Bill!
The blueing on the ... ( 2 months ago by RealityChequed)
The blueing on the razorblade is for resistance to rusting, not to keep it sharp longer.
When i started to ... ( 2 months ago by QuestCapeHero)
When i started to make it and my speakers unpluged but were still hanging and i just finished making the metal part and i heard the radio!
Totally awesome and ... ( 2 months ago by Mindraker1)
Totally awesome and simple. Beginner hams would totally dig this. Perhaps a safer substitute for the burned razorblade, but otherwise, I totally dig it.
This is F**king ... ( 2 months ago by alphakristjan)
This is F**king amazing seriosly :D very cool im gonna try it someday
Question: Is it ... ( 2 months ago by 1canshort)
Question: Is it possible to use something else apart from a blade? Thanks...
Hey friend, thanks ... ( 2 months ago by Haley8nowhere)
Hey friend, thanks for sharing and inspiring ppl!
Why don't you use one of those cheep chinese motorised screwdrivers in terms to wind the coil: they are slow and have varriable speed as well.
I had to make one ... ( 1 month ago by suichi56)
I had to make one of these in physics. Its really cool. But we used a diode instead of that razor blade. A note to people who make it. You can scrape a small layer of the insulation in a line across the top of the coil off. And tune across that instead of on the diodey/razorblade.
crystal radio right? ( 1 month ago by steve89z)
crystal radio right?
kids made this ... ( 1 month ago by steve89z)
kids made this radio in the 20's known as crystal radio homebrew.i made one in the 60's and connected it to my radiator in my bedroom with alligator clip,got about 5 stations?
can you get music ... ( 1 month ago by spicychicken321)
can you get music stations?
HI THERE I TRYING ... ( 4 weeks ago by TheFlyre)
HI THERE I TRYING TO MAKE A RADIO BUT THE FOXHOLE... I AM TRY TO SENT OUT Radio WAVES OUT TO MY ROOM OR JUST OUT DO YOU KNOW WHAT I MEANT?
hey, um, what do ... ( 3 weeks ago by slayerpianoman)
hey, um, what do you mean insulation? insulation for what?
Very neat ( 3 weeks ago by devel155)
Very neat
we all love you Bre ... ( 3 weeks ago by itsEMILagain)
we all love you Bre, and wants youu back! thank you for inspiring me to so many GREAT things!
why doesn't it work ... ( 3 weeks ago by slayerpianoman)
why doesn't it work with the drill press, it only was going the different direction!
Does this really ... ( 2 weeks ago by dcallstar51)
Does this really work? i should make one...
By the way i love Makezine! Keep makin vids i want more kool projects to do!
Wow that is actauly ... ( 2 weeks ago by ticalcmaster)
Wow that is actauly kind of cool.
Bellechick is no ... ( 2 weeks ago by Okie1973)
Bellechick is no Cheater!!!1
Well what if a EMP ... ( 2 weeks ago by ticalcmaster)
Well what if a EMP knocked out the radios. Then it would be nice to know how to do this.
i am not sure about ... ( 2 weeks ago by tonyrueb)
i am not sure about the wood cylinder thing. basically you are making an inductor, and ideally you would want a ferromagnetic material in there like steel or iron. you could use such a device as an op amp or a audio transformer but that would not be a real GI radio.
actually... the ... ( 2 weeks ago by tonyrueb)
actually... the metal inside the microwave must be grounded, such as to the metal sides.
sweet dude i got ... ( 9 hours ago by redleader413)
sweet dude i got some electricity kit like wen i was 9 and it can with stuff to make a radio it was like 10$ lol



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