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crystal radio

simple radio receiver circuit used mostly for AM reception
Class type of: radio receiver Q695140

Facts

3 properties
Subclass of
radio receiver[1]
Does not have part
active electronic component, power supply[5][6]
Has part(s)
LC circuit, antenna, detector[2][3][4]
🏷️ Also known as
en crystal radio receiver en crystal set en galena radio en crystal radio ar مستقبل راديو بلوري ar راديو بللوري ar راديو كريستال cs krystalka da Krystalmodtager da Krystalapparat da Diodemodtager da Krystalradio de Diodenempfänger de Detektorempfänger de Detektor-Empfänger de Detektorradio de Kristallempfänger de Kristallradio es Radio a galena es Radio de galena
🔖 Identifiers · 14
Library of Congress authority ID
sh85034489
GND ID
4149213-4
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
topic/crystal-set
Freebase ID
/m/01hs73
Google Knowledge Graph ID
/g/11x7vgrb9
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
krystallapparat
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
2780248234
Museum-digital tag ID
32290
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007536084005171
National Library of Latvia ID
000162057
Nomenclature for Museum Cataloging
11317
Quora topic ID
Crystal-Radio
Show all 14 identifiers +2
Vikidia article ID
fr:Poste_radio_à_galène
Zhihu topic ID
19631800

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🔗 Connections
Has part(s) 3
antenna, LC circuit, detector
Does not have part 2
power supply, active electronic component
Subclass of 1
radio receiver
Subtypes 1
foxhole radio
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  1. 23w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has part(s) → LC circuit, antenna, detector
    Has parts → —
    Subclass of → —
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    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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