inputs.text: take reviews grain salt - backgroundi engineer ham operatormy thoughts productyou may notice crystal radio kits amazon pretty poor reviewer ratings would like point even bestconceived crystal radio may simply live poor reception area stations radio sensitive close fm radio tower no good crystal radio powered radio energy sensitive signals cannot tune anything might need much longer andor higher wire antennaif not know radio wired incorrectly simply not getting reception broadcast station least able hear crackling static touching connections antenna wire well noise lightning storm earpiece completely silent revisit wiringregarding kit specifically components good personally could expected price really bought dehemonstrator onhand cheap way get parts one needs one package electrical connectors funny something said including aroundthehouse partsthe manualit could use illustrations connections sure found wording drawings irresistibly charming not optimistic product clearly changed slightly since manual written no biggies general one needs common sense realize something done prestripped wires etctip finding good ground connection make difference world using homes coldwater plumbing not sure thing especially multistory building plumbing running walls around effect negating antenna may want actually go outside run ground wire big metal stake kind actually stuck ground especially soil moist area difficult desertclimatefinal thoughtsthis science project one not necessarily feel kit inadequate experimentation required make workin case school science fair project kit like probably not consistent spirit fair unless experimenting goes beyond content manualoutside run ground wire big metal stake kind actually stuck ground especially soil moist area difficult desertclimate final thoughts science project one not necessarily feel kit inadequate experimentation required make work case school science fair project kit like probably not consistent spirit fair unless experimenting goes beyond content manual