Dave's Homemade Crystal and Tube Radio Main Page

At the Elmira Hamfest, September 2005
(This page has had the internal links removed. Please check out my active main page.)

Welcome, friends. March 2005 marks my third year making these little radios. I wrote the web pages to show off the projects that I made. I made the projects so I could write the web pages. I think I am in a big circle.

The projects on my website range from the pretty simple to some high performance crystal and one tube radios. There is something for everybody here. The projects shown here are ones that I built since March 2002.

I hope you enjoy looking at my projects as much as I have making them. There will be more coming. 73, Dave N2DS

Site Map

I offer parts for sale (and completed sets too.)

The Marketplace. Where others sell their homemade stuff!

What's Dave Up To Now?

Breadboard for experiments and testing (10/3)
  Dave's Crystal Radio Set #55 (9/10)
  New Set on Visitors Page (8/30)
  Dave's Homemade Transmitter Main Page (8/28)
  Dave's Homemade Microbroadcaster (8/28)
  Demod of AM Signals Visitor technical article by Ramon Vargas (8/22)
  The Eicoflex Updated! (7/17)

2006 DX Contests Announced!

The Birmingham group will be hosting the 2006 DX contests.

1) The next Crystal Set DX contest will be held January 13-23, 2006.

2) The One-Active-Device (1AD) DX Contest will be held the second and third weekends in February. The dates are February 10-13 and 17-20, 2005.

More Info Here!


Dave's Radio Collection	F-A-Q	Restoration Project	Bogen T-725
Take a look at my old radio collection.	Frequently Asked Questions	Restored homebrew 1920's single tube radio.	Applications for this transformer.



Xtal Radio Listening Log	Favorite Stations	Visitors	Loops
Tube Radio Listening Log	With editorial comments (sorry)	Sets that my visitors have proudly built.	Homemade Loop Antennas



Tests and Experiments	6-12 volt	Construction hints	Spider Coils
The Frankenstein Page	How I made a 55 Ford radio fit in a 92 Caravan.	Look how I build some of my radios.	How to build them.



Old QSL Cards	Visitors Articles	Contesting	Circuits
1930-1960's	Technical Wisdom	Hints	Schematics Only


Variometer	Variocoupler	Switch	Catswhisker
Variable Inductor	Moveable tickler coil	Antenna Switch	Listen to a piece of rock


Matching Transformers	Battery Boxes	Octostuff	Test Coil
Get better reception	Power for your tube projects	Cap and Coil in boxes	Loading Coil


Downloads	DX Notes	Bandwidth Measurements	Power Supplies
Files available here!	High Performance Set Building	660/46 Litz	AC to DC


Old Publications	DRM Experiment	Antenna Tuner	Transmitters
Take a look!	6BE6 Digital Radio Adaptor	Multi-Use too!	Medium Wave


Breadboard
Test twice, build once.

	For Sale	My Stuff for sale here!
	The Marketplace	Other Peoples Stuff For Sale Here!



Crystal Radios	Audio Amplifiers	Tube Radios