[Uram-rejections] Do crystal radios still pick anything up?

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 There's a thread on uk.diy that discusses this. The subject would be on topic in uk.tech.broacast if you want to try there.



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> Apologies to those who know about this stuff, if this is a stupid 
> question.  I was on Wikipedia and somehow got on to antennas and that 
> reminded me of some of my mis-spent youth.  I never knew enough about 
> electronics to design anything, but I could usually get something like an 
> amp or a tape recorder from the tip, and fix it.  That was about my 
> limit.  I used to enjoy making crystal radios from some of the bits I'd 
> have lying around, but no matter what I used, I only ever seemed to be 
> able to pick up what seemed to be radio 4.  If you were to build one 
> nowadays, would there be any suitable non-digital station left to pick up?
> 
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