Yep, I remember my younger bro and I playing with jam tins attached by wire. We were within hearing distance anyway but communicating via a jam tin was much more fun. However, after a year or two I graduated to something far more sophisticated... a home made crystal set with a cat's whisker and Bakelite headphones.

GaryKelly wrote:

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Yep, I remember my younger bro and I playing with jam tins attached by wire. We were within hearing distance anyway but communicating via a jam tin was much more fun. However, after a year or two I graduated to something far more sophisticated... a home made crystal set with a cat's whisker and Bakelite headphones.

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 Now you're bringing back some memories Gary,

I can still remember the one and only Crystal set I built,

I think the biggest thrill I had was throwing the heap of wire together then attaching the old ear phones and then ,

after a bit of fiddling with the bent safety pin on the lump of Crystal, I actually heard a radio broadcast.

"Ah" the good old days 

K,J.

Vic41 wrote:

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Ditto here with the cans on strings and later a home made crystal set, and don't forget the home made billy carts.

This article on todays kids is interesting;

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-08-23/crap-australian-parents-raising-a-generation-of-spoilt-brats/5691638 

 

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 We used two cans and a length of string and we made our own Crystal Sets.