DIY Radio in less than 5 minutes!

Before everything goes digital, I’m going to show you how to make your OWN functional Speaker capable SW Radio in less than 5 minutes! Just watch, and I’ll show you HOW to make your very OWN radio!. All you need is the following (you can get it on eBay for less than 2 dollars if you shop around): 1x 100 ohm Speaker, 200k Resistor, LM741 Op-Amp (or compatible), 220uF Electrolytic Capacitor, 10 nF capacitor, 15 pF Capacitor and a 47 pF capacitor, a Small cheap BreadBoard + some standard 1-core wire for Breadboard (find this at RadioShack or somewhere else). And a 9 volt battery. The components aren’t critical, meaning you can easily use 270K or 180K instead of 200k resistor, or 100uF to 400uF electrolytic capacitor etc. Just find what you have, and connect it as I did…and it’ll work for you!
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50 Responses to DIY Radio in less than 5 minutes!

  1. Vincewerber says:

    Good show OM! The OP amp proved to be a good detector even without the diode :-) Back in the day I made several passive crystal radios and was able to get fair selectivity and a goodly amount of stations but only at night because the locals signed off at night…

  2. dmctactic says:

    This is obviously a fake video. Please use your brain. You will receive nothing with this fake thing. It is crap basically. If it is a good working radio, this smart guy will show us more stations instead of one.

  3. dookiebabii says:

    sir, so you didn’t use an IC for this?

  4. faridn84 says:

    loooool, you received Russian station

  5. HUSTLEBANE says:

    This is the ONLY video on youtube that tells you how to make a modern radio receiver……

  6. Jo0ngle says:

    @mytube30590;
    I haven’t measured or calculated it, so no…sorry ;) But maybe you can figure it out, it has about 63 windings, with a coil that is 0.70 mm diameter, around a 3 cm. plastic pipe? It also has 5 taps about each 10-13 winding.

  7. Jo0ngle says:

    @people709,
    Haha, thanks ;) Well..maybe you gramps had something like my tube radio (look at the other video)? ;)

  8. Jo0ngle says:

    @peap90,
    I rarely use a schematics when I build simple stuff, it’s just out of my mind as I know how these things work (well, at least practically), but I’m planning for a better video with schematics & more details in the future, so stay tuned.

  9. Jo0ngle says:

    @kebmann
    Electronics is a fun hobby, this simple show isn’t supposed to teach you how the components work, there are however plenty of electronics tutorials on the net, try searching for words like “electronics, tutorial, beginner” etc. on google, and I’m pretty sure you’ll find something interesting. Good luck.

  10. Jo0ngle says:

    @AKSoapy29,
    I assume you mean a transmitter? Yes, if you google am or fm transmitter – you should find some useful schematics, please be aware of the legalities on using such transmitters in your own country.

  11. AKSoapy29 says:

    Can you make a radio broadcaster?

  12. kebmann says:

    For every component you put in, I asked “Why? What does it do?”

  13. Trayton60 says:

    I love how he says “under five minutes” when his video is 5:33 long.

  14. peap90 says:

    nice! do can you show me also the scheme?

  15. people709 says:

    yeah my gramps defantly had a 1x 100 ohm Speaker, 200k Resistor, LM741 Op-Amp (or compatible), 220uF Electrolytic Capacitor, 10 nF capacitor, 15 pF Capacitor and a 47 pF capacitor haha but great video

  16. mytube30590 says:

    hi
    can you tell me exactly how much the coil capacity in henry?
    thank you for this video

  17. Bollywoodfaiz says:

    cool….

  18. supermusicmaria says:

    yea i have all them materials.i dont work at radio shack.simple materials please!

  19. fispaulonunes says:

    Please,can you send me your project to my e-mail adress?it’s fispaulo@bol.com.br.Thank you.

  20. fispaulonunes says:

    Please,can you send me your project to my e-mail adress?it’s fispaulo@bol.com.br.Thank you.

  21. fispaulonunes says:

    Please,can you send me your project to my e-mail adress?it’s fispaulo@bol.com.br.Thank you.

  22. FeignofCordor says:

    @Jo0ngle
    I seen a crystal set on another youtube video and the reception wasn`t to bad but he also had a bulb working off the set that lit up quite brightly it was quite cool. I think they make a great Father and son project.

  23. ThePrudhviram says:

    @Jo0ngle thanks

  24. Jo0ngle says:

    @markofgunderson, the antenna is very easy, it´s just a longwire (literally – a long wire!), you can also connect it to your house radiator (heating element), just watch out for shock! If you do this, make sure you are running the radio on a 9v battery instead of a 9v mains adapter, this is for your own safety, most likely nothing will happen, but yet… ;)

  25. Jo0ngle says:

    @ThePrudhviram, many people ask for a schematics, I do believe it´s possible to follow this build closely and do what I did, but you´re right, I should make a better video, including all the details as detailed as possible – I may do this in the future, stay tuned all.

  26. stella253281 says:

    owszem ?adne piosenki

  27. chanternical says:

    Danny- Tokyo ft. Jonas Biebers parody
    youtube.com/watch?v=BsYi5IPRYlQ

  28. bezinteresownie says:

    @ramafreerun a Ty znasz? mo?e powiesz, ?e od dzieci?stwa?;p

  29. Ligejaa says:

    Ja te? s?dz? ze Danny jest ?wietny.Coraz lepsze kawa?ki.Coraz przystojniejszy

  30. JohnCenawee says:

    ramafreerun zgadzam si? z tb..On jest czad:))

  31. ramafreerun says:

    Dany jest pro ;/ wyzywaja go a nawet go nie znaj? cepy ;/

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  33. nekenciudanny says:

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  34. TheEmxp says:

    zajebista nuta mam do niej filmik

  35. kallkbrottet says:

    @lukasz200992
    Biography
    Danny Saucedo is of mixed Polish/Bolivian origin as his father comes from Poland and his mother is from Bolivia.[

  36. kasiaa47 says:

    @bartekk900
    nie pisze si? tak w Anglii ..
    uwierz ja wiem xD . !! .. haha . lol ..
    ucz si? podstaw jak chcesz takie co? pisa? xD

  37. FAJNEEXDE says:

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  38. nekenciudanny says:

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  39. ceewljennyyy says:

    @lukasz200992 Nej, ditt jävla as, han är svensk!
    Lär dig söka på google?

  40. nohatenopain says:

    Search in google if he is swedish,HE IS SWEDISH -.-

  41. Sanny19885 says:

    @MsZiomalka ME TOOOOOOOO :)

  42. odaxelagniaproject says:

    @lukasz200992 Oh maybe, I just know that he lives in Sweden

  43. lukasz200992 says:

    no, mather-bolivian,father-polish

  44. odaxelagniaproject says:

    @lukasz200992 He’s Swedish.

  45. lukasz200992 says:

    Danny is Polish

  46. aleunaMish says:

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  47. Jonsuuh says:

    HE’S FUCKIN HOT!

  48. ianos123 says:

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  49. Bille994 says:

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  50. ianos123 says:

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