As one-tube radios go, this one is about as simple as they get. It appeared in the November 1945 issue of Radio Craft, and had been sent to the magazine by one Bill Buehrle, Jr., of Ferguson, MO. With just 3 volts on the plate, he pulled in several stations 25 miles away, even without resorting to regeneration from the tickler coil. The editors noted that with the variable capacitor shown, two coils might be necessary to cover the entire broadcast band.

According to his 2018 obituary, Buehrle was born in 1927 and was an Eagle Scout prior to serving in the U.S. Army in World War II. He was an amateur radio operator and electrical engineer with at least one patent.