{"id":30178,"date":"2018-01-14T08:40:26","date_gmt":"2018-01-14T12:40:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=30178"},"modified":"2018-01-14T08:41:29","modified_gmt":"2018-01-14T12:41:29","slug":"make-your-own-3-d-printed-crystal-radio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/01\/make-your-own-3-d-printed-crystal-radio\/","title":{"rendered":"Make your own 3-D printed crystal radio"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Did you know you can build your very own working 3D-printed radio – without any soldering, electronics experience, electric cord, or even batteries?<\/p>\n

Digital Trends reports that\u2019s exactly what talented Houston, Texas-based 3D-printing and electronics enthusiast Sage Hansen has created. And he\u2019s willing to show you how to do it, too.<\/p>\n

Called a crystal radio receiver, or sometimes a \u201ccat\u2019s whisker receiver,\u201d this is an incredibly simple type of radio receiver that was popular in the earliest days of radio. The only power it requires to work is the received radio signal, which is used to produce sound. It is named after its most important component, the crystal detector or diode.<\/p>\n

\u201cAM radio was one of the first ways of transmitting audio to a very broad audience in the early 1900s, but it is still very popular today,\u201d Hansen told Digital Trends. \u201cIt starts with the radio station converting their audio sound waves into electromagnetic waves, which can travel great distances.<\/p>\n

Each radio station uses a specific frequency that is constant, but the sound waves are mixed so they amplify and modulate the base radio wave. What makes the crystal radio so exciting is how simple the circuit is, and how it can be made out of normal household items.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n