BBC 1959 'Focus' Transistor Radio & DRR2 Coil

[Yorkie]

Thanks for reading guys, and for your comments - yes, I'm sure that a ferrite rod antenna, of which I'll no doubt have several among my 'souvenirs', would be a better bet. However, I only built the radio because a chum wants a DDR2 coil, and I thought I'd try to be helpful and wind him one, but I didn't want to just wind it and not test in to see that it does the job. So, really, the mission is to wind a working replica DDR2 coil. They occasionally come up on e-bay, where they fetch ludicrous prices (don't most things?), typically £18.00, so no surprises there then.

I'll check the wiring again, because though the front end is very simple - a cap, a tuning cap, a coil and a diode - it's always possible to make a daft mistake. I'd have thought that if it was indeed working, that at least I'd hear something. I've got several genuine 1920 crystal sets and they each pick up at least half a dozen stations - all at once, all over the band! Crystal sets were fine when there was only one station on the band, but they're as wide as a barn door, and I'm sure that this BBC 'joke' radio will have similar poor selectivity, but before I condemn it outright, I ought at least wait until its working, and then pass a verdict on it.