Listening to the radio is one of those addictive hobbies that you cannot let the day slip by without doing. Most of the time, the act of turning on the radio comes as a reflex action during moments when you are not doing anything. It can be traced to the fact that everyone loves music.
Music is like the bible, and the radio its prophet, since every possible problem and solution has been thoroughly expressed through song. It is your job as an individual to pick a musical genre that addresses your concerns. Things would be a whole lot easier if you had a radio that provided you all the musical genres.
The radio is a common item found in most households. It can come as a high-powered technological item that holds several CDs and enhance the sound quality. It can also appear as a small and simple device that has choppy reception. Whatever the case, the radio’s structure is based on a circuit board that powers the device to play music.
Once you create or get a hold of a circuit board, building a radio is relatively easy. If you do not have the materials to create a radio’s components, you might as well use cheap makeshift items. It’s the music that you are after anyway.
Posted below are the instructions to make a simple radio. After mastering the steps to create a simple radio, you can try to make more complicated devices. You might even build your own makeshift radio component in the future.
Materials Used:
- soldering iron
- copper wire
- circuit board
- metal chips
- plastic chips
- insulated wire
- telephone handset
- button battery
- radio tuner
The main aspect of creating a simple radio is to recreate the loaded circuit board found in transistor radios. You can first sketch the framework of your projected circuit board on a piece of paper to create a basis for your actual board. Remember that a single mistake can screw up the entire project, which is why this step is necessary.
Once you have made the final sketch, get the basic board and recreate your sketch using the metal chips, plastic chips, copper wire and soldering iron. Be careful when applying soldered copper wire because a misplaced copper droplet can ruin the integrity of the board.
When you complete the framework of your board, get the insulated wire and expose its copper component. Attach the copper component to the battery and the power source section of your circuit board. Affix the radio tuner to the tuning section of your board using the exposed insulated wire. Then, expose the cord of the telephone handset and bind it with another strip of exposed insulated wire. Connect the wire to the speaker section of your board to complete the framework of your board.
You can now test it to see if it picks up radio stations. If it does, then you’re in business. You can protect your circuit board by placing it inside a customized protective casing.
Strange as the device may look, it is actually the most basic form of the transistor radio. You can now sing along to your favorite songs while proclaiming to your friends that you are now a man of science.
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