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Old 03-22-2023, 07:40 PM   #66 (permalink)
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foxhole_radio
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The foxhole radio was a crude crystal radio which used a safety razor blade as a radio wave detector with the blade acting as the crystal, and a wire, safety pin, or, later, a graphite pencil lead serving as the cat's whisker.[3]

The foxhole radio, like a mineral crystal radio receiver, had no power source and ran off the power received from the radio station.
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The maker of the first foxhole radio is unknown, but it was almost certainly invented by a soldier stationed at the Anzio beachhead during the stalemate of February – May 1944.[1] One of the first newspaper articles about a foxhole radio ran in the New York Times April 29, 1944.[4] That radio was built by Private Eldon Phelps of Enid, Oklahoma, who later claimed to have invented the design.
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Sometimes I think the most practical way of obtaining my dream car would be to just build my own.
Myself also. I'd want a Basalt fiber monocoque 12/10ths scale Schwimmwagen hull with an electric front axle.

2nd edit: Semi-retractable flotation tires and steerable electric [hubless] hydrojet thrusters.
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