that was in the globe on sunday also Craig. I think it may have been the same article. somehow I don't think tinfoil and wood lasted too long outside though so don't believe everything you read.
I did that ,too , crystal radio. No batterys. Just when I got it working my younger brother Bob knocked something over and crushed the toilet paper tube tuner. I laugh about it now, but Bob had to run for his life then..
He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty, he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself.
Thomas Paine