How to Make a Foxhole Radio

by on January 6, 2011

During World War II, GIs іn thе field built really іnсrеdіblе unadorned radios tο listen tοο. Thеѕе wеrе mаdе wіth materials thаt thеу mау possibly gеt thеіr hands οn аnd wеrе tіnу enough tο carry nearly іn a hυgе pocket. Yου саn modify thіѕ design іf уου want tο set іt up ѕο thаt іt’s tuneable tοο! Tο see аll thе plans, gο tο makezine dot com slash podcast!
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Hopefullie January 6, 2011 at 10:42 am

Ok…I just started back crocheting as a leisure activity of mine but, this is so much surpass..AWESOME!!!!! I’m going to try this tonight.

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brandonas1 January 6, 2011 at 11:34 am

Thank you for taking the time to make this video , -Brandon

KITTKITT20 January 6, 2011 at 12:14 pm

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myguitardidyermom12 January 6, 2011 at 12:31 pm

@quarkleptonsoup The point of a foxhole radio was making the best of the junk you had laying nearly in the field. Observably it may possibly be superior upon( can’t all circuits?) but the point wasn’t feature.

SmashCOBamberg January 6, 2011 at 12:40 pm

but I want a foxhole GHETTO BLASTER!

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@omiixam yeah. his shirt is inside out.

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quarkleptonsoup January 6, 2011 at 2:14 pm

OOOPS Sorry, I forgot about the intrinsic capacitance of the antenna. Antennas shorter than a quarter-wavelength have capacitive reactance.

quarkleptonsoup January 6, 2011 at 2:42 pm

You are missing half the tuning circuit. The coil of wire is an “Inductor”. Collective with a “Capacitor” (Two conductive sheets with a space linking them), you have a tuned circuit that can discriminate linking different frequencies. I suspect you are just picking up the strongest station and so may possibly do away with the coil entirely.

omiixam January 6, 2011 at 3:37 pm

Ähhhmm .. I reckon ur not able to place on a shirt in the right way !! 2:50

But nice radio ;)

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Soulrider2012 January 6, 2011 at 4:16 pm

Making a Youtube video for MakeMagazine with your shirt on inside-out, priceless.

jonh4 January 6, 2011 at 4:37 pm

Damn! It really works??

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TheAdventuresClayMan January 6, 2011 at 5:45 pm

does it matter which way i wind it?

spwb2k January 6, 2011 at 5:48 pm

Righteous.

ReddmanDGZ January 6, 2011 at 5:48 pm

you don’t need too much heat to blue the steel. A unadorned pocket lighter will ussually do the trick.

I used to build these as a kid. They are an brilliant way to gather about how radio signals can potential devices.

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Mickaelhg January 6, 2011 at 7:18 pm

Dude your t-shirt is on backwards ….

zupper1995 January 6, 2011 at 7:30 pm

im doin my physics project about it ; D D D D D D D

mountain177 January 6, 2011 at 8:08 pm

let me question you this. can you turn that type radio into a transmitter

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