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The Crystal Set Handbook: and Volume III of the Xtal Set Society Newsletter, by Philip N. Anderson. There is nothing else out there like this handbook. It takes the reader beyond the basics and discusses the math and mechanisms behind the mystery of the crystal set. "This book is written for crystal set enthusiasts, radio amateurs, first-time radio experimenters, and electronics students. I wrote it to encourage design, building, & experimentation" --Phil Anderson. Contents of the book include an introduction to the crystal set with a simple oat box project, formulas for coil inductance and coil Q, a procedure for measuring coil capacitance, introductory and advanced chapters on L-C circuit matching, and Volume III of the Xtal Set Society Newsletter.

8" x 5½", paperback, 133 pages.

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The Xtal Set Society Newsletter, Volume 4.
This book contains 6 great issues of the Xtal Set Society Newsletter from 1994. Topics include hints on measuring coil capacitance, building projects using Quaker Oats boxes, broadcast and short-wave notes, how to make home-brew headphones & curve tracers, how crystal earphones work, descriptions and circuits of 10 crystal sets.

8½" x 5½", paperback, 85 pages.

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Crystal Sets: The Xtal Set Society Newsletter, Volume 5. These reprints of the Society newsletter from 1995 are a lot of fun. They include a three part article on the design of unpowered AM receivers made from rocks, which includes plans for building test equipment such as an impedance meter and a Q meter. Also covered is a radio outfit in a headset, Marconi type 107-A tuner, the matching secret, and a great ground-noise powered receiver. Get a copy for yourself or for a fellow radio friend!

8½" x 5½", paperback, 88 pages.

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