Tony Duell wrote:
   meet for
transmitter crystals or beg one.  A 6v 150 ma pilot lamp
 would serve as an adquate plate current indicator.  Coils could be
 easily hand-wound. 
 You mean it's all changed now? :-( 
 
Yep... Crystal Sets are all high-tech, looking at a Regen-kit a few weeks
back I got it is *still* cheap and low tech ( other than the 1T4 tubes).
See the hi-tech coils here.
http://makearadio.com/index.php
  -tony 
The big thing it is not using a RF choke for regen, and I think
that is the biggest problem.The other thing I think it could
of had plug in-coil rather a fixed multi-tapped coil. Still parts
are cheap, and I can rebuild the design on pine board
with new ideas.I can take my time, since I have *No* AM stations
out here.
Ben.