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Old 10-04-2009, 05:52 AM
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The clear item is indeed a diode-the point contact germanium types I use in crystal radios typically look like this.

The tan item is a choke. You can find a color code chart on this page:

http://www.electronics-tutorials.com/basics/chokes.htm

This could be L5 or L6 that you are seeing on the schematic, hopefully this will clarify which one is which.
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