What large antenna works best for a crystal radio?

[jbivy]

Originally Posted by Reece

Here's a great site. The site owner has built lots of crystal sets with amazing results, and they are built with outstanding craftsmanship. I learned a lot from him. He's carrying on in the tradition started by his grandfather who made and sold crystal sets to jewelers in the 19-teens (article on those sets towards the end of the website.)

http://www.hobbytech.com/crystalradio/crystalradio.htm

Thanks. This has been a fun little experiment. I hope to get her working better (more selective), then finally mounted in a wooden cuban cigar box i picked up. Im using repro knobs, so from the outside she will look like a period cigar box crystal set.