I bought a crystal radio kit and I'm having some trouble with it. Here's the kit.
My antenna is about 100ft of extension cord about 10ft off the ground between 2 trees. One end hangs down to make an L shape. To connect it to the radio, I took an old 2 prong cord and plug, cut off one off, soldered the wires together, and connected that to the radio with alligator clips. Then I plugged the other end into the hanging extension cord. For the ground, I used a long (20+ft) telephone wire since the trees are far from the house. I cut the jacks of both ends and soldered all the individual wires together. One end is connected to an outdoor hose bib and the other is connected to the radio with alligator clips. The unused length stays coiled on an oatmeal box. The green clip is the antenna/extension cord and the black clip goes to the ground. I've attached photos of everything. When I try it out, I hardly get anything. The best I get is when I touch my finger to either end of white clips. Any suggestions?
My antenna is about 100ft of extension cord about 10ft off the ground between 2 trees. One end hangs down to make an L shape. To connect it to the radio, I took an old 2 prong cord and plug, cut off one off, soldered the wires together, and connected that to the radio with alligator clips. Then I plugged the other end into the hanging extension cord. For the ground, I used a long (20+ft) telephone wire since the trees are far from the house. I cut the jacks of both ends and soldered all the individual wires together. One end is connected to an outdoor hose bib and the other is connected to the radio with alligator clips. The unused length stays coiled on an oatmeal box. The green clip is the antenna/extension cord and the black clip goes to the ground. I've attached photos of everything. When I try it out, I hardly get anything. The best I get is when I touch my finger to either end of white clips. Any suggestions?