Monday, February 18, 2013

How to build a "Fox Hole" radio

Steps to Building a Fox Hole Radio

Materials:

  • wood block
  • wire
  • pipe
  • razor blade
  • safety pin
  • paper clip
  • screws
  • headphone jack
  • pencil

  1. Wrap a magnet wire around a piece of pipe 120 times 
  2. Attach the pipe to a wood block with a couple screws
  3. Put a couple screws on the outsides of the pipe
  4. Attach a copper wire to one of them and hook it to another metal object like a radiator
  5. Hook another wire around the other screw and make sure it's long and use this as an antenna and put it out a window.
  6. Connect another wire to the wire connected to the ground wire and hook it up to one side of the headphone jack
  7. Connect another wire to the other side of the headphone jack and connect it to a paper clip used as a tuner
  8. Connect 2 wires to the wire used as an antenna and hook one to a razor blade set on the wood block and the other to a safety pin with a pencil attached to it

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