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4. As you insert the wires, cut each of them to the length needed to
   reach the assigned terminal block and strip the insulation from the
   end of the wire.
   Keep the wires from the potentiometer as far away as possible from the
   wires from the speaker or the wires from the variable capacitor/coil.
   You’ve no doubt experienced how having a microphone too close to a
   speaker can produce an awful screech; the same screech can occur if
   these wires get too close together.


5. Secure the wires with wire clips where needed.
   The way parts are laid out in this box and the distance between some of
   the components (such as the speaker, potentiometer, and variable
   capacitor to the terminal blocks) is short enough that you won’t need
   wire clips.


6. Close the lid on the box and admire your finished radio, as shown in
   Figure 8-15.

Figure 8-15:

The finished

radio.

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