Name/Title
RadioEntry/Object ID
1976.72.1Description
Crystal radio receiving set built by Leonard Sluyter around 1921. The wood rectangular base and three uprights are each 1/2" thick. The main body consists of two cardboard tubes wrapped with copper wire, with one inserted into the other. All connectors and the station selector are brass.
The following information was written by Mr. Sluyter in 1970: Radio signals, or "wireless" as it was known in those days, were first received on a crystal set receiver, because of the galena crystal and "cats whisker" detector. This device is also known as a "loose coupler" because of the inner coil which slid inside the large outer coil of wire. Station selection or "tuning" was accomplished by means of the sliding contact on the large coil. Needless to say the received signal was very weak and head phones were required. Built by Leonard Sluyter of Independence in about 1921. Donated by him to the Museum.Collection
Lena and Leonard Sluyter Collection
