DL101I got a germanium disc from ebay, and I did a quick test by and found that pointing a scalpel to it it works as a point contact diode!
It is a bit rough but it works!
I'll try obtaining something pointy and see if I can get better performance.
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That would make a neat crystal radio project :-)
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Nice, I love raw electronics. If you havent seen http://www.sparkbangbuzz.com there's a ton of useful experiments in there. Crystals are awesome :-D
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Yay ! it's a start :-)
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