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The energy collected is very small, in the order of a few dozen microwatts (millionth of a watt). It depends on how close the transmitter is to the antenna, the length of the antenna and the losses in the components. The wavelength of a radio wave in the AM broadcast band is in hundreds of feet; at 740 kHz it is 1329 ft (405 m), and a 50-foot antenna will capture only a small fraction of its energy. It is not a practical source of power. A small LED of 10 - 20 milliwatts (thousandth of a watt) would need thousands of crystal radios and their associated antennae to light it.

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