Or is it? To push the crystal radio into the future a bit, [tsbrownie] tried to design a receiver around standard surface-mount inductors, and spoiler alert — it didn’t go so well. His ...

Hand soldering of surface mount components is a bread-and-butter task ... He starts with passives, but then shows us the technique on a crystal, noting that it’s possible to get the solder ...

The components are housed in ceramic SMD packages and metal lid instead of glass lid and impress above all with their low ESR: 45kΩ typ. (at +25C) 60kΩ max. (at -40C to +85C) 70kΩ max. (at -40C to ...