Very neat color movie of how radio crystals were made for the Signal Corps in 1943!
http://kf5czo.blogspot.com/2015/03/crys ... -1943.html
I also posted this in the radios forum for the "Sparkys' out there!
"Crystals Go To War"
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Re: "Crystals Go To War"
They went from northeast of Brazil.State of Paraiba-João Pessoa.
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CCKW 353 Banjo 1944 s/n:309623
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Re: "Crystals Go To War"
Neat find. There was a pretty big industry here is Lee County with radio crystals up into the 80's. A road is named Crystal Drive and my wife had a part time job in a place that made them in the mid 70's.
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