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FISHING
ELECTRONIC
to attract
thesoundof wetbugsmillingaboutthesurface
Thiscircuitimitates
curiousfish.
The circuitis basicallya Hartleyaudiooscillatoroperating in a frequency
between 200and2,006Hertz.Powered byanAAcell,it canhousedina clean
emptypeanutbutterjarwiththe buzzercircuitrymountedupside-down onthe
.ofti.Vou mustbe carefullnotto drillin sucha wayasto allowwaterto leak
tnrougnthecap.siliconrubbercanbe usedto closeanywaterleak'
CapacitorClwouldgivea resonantfrequencyof approximately 1,000Hz'but
p1 wouldgivea wid6variation in signaltonegenerated in theaudiorange'

Youcanalsousea low-impedance asa transducer,

earphone it to
connecting
the secondcoil(output)of thetransformer'
Tooperate, unscrewthecap,throwS1ON,putthecoverbackon,anddrop
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thefishlureintothewaterintnevicinityof whereyouwillbefishing'Allow
minutesbeforereelingthemin.lf necessary, adiustP1to a newsignal tone'

Figure I showsthe schematic diagral for the FishLure.observethatthe

se-condarycoilof thesmallaudiotransformer is notusedin thiscircuit.

construction FishingLure,usinga terminalstripas

detailsof the Electronic
chassis,is shownin Figute 2. The exactlocationsof components is not
critical.
Any500:8or 1,000:8transistor
T1 isalsonotcritical. transformerwithcenter-
tappedprimarycanbe used.we canalsosuggestthatanysmalltransistor
transformer canbe experimented with'

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PartsList- ElectronicFishingLure
Q1 - 8C548 general-purpose
NPNsilicontransistor
T1 - 500:8or 1,000:8transistor
transformer
(RadioShack2TS-1380 is suitablefor thistask)
P1 - 100,000ohm trimmerpotentiometer

R1 - 1,000ohm,114W,5%
resistor

C1 - 0.01uF metalfilmor ceramiccapacitor

S1 - SPSTtoggleor slideswitch
BZ - Piezoelectric
transduceror crystalearphone
(RadioShack273-073 or equivalent)
81 - 1.5V AA cell

ldeasto Explore
To learnmoreaboutthe circuit:
o ReplaceBZbya low-impedance tweeteror smallloudspeaker
con-
nectedto the transformersecondarycoil.
o ChangeC1 valuesin the rangebetween0.001and0.22 uF.Ob-
servewhat hapenswith tone pitch.A higher-value
capacitorgivesa
lowertone.
o The circuitalso operatesfrom a 3V or 6V powersupplywithout
makinganychanges.

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Scienceand ditferentusesfor the device:

o Youcanmakeseveralexperiments in animalconditioning,
including
the onesthat livein the water.Tryto alterthe RC network(P1,R1 and
Cl) to get tonesof ditferentpitch.Tryto usediodes,smalltransformer
coils and other passivecomponentsin this experiment.Soundslike
thoseproducedbysongbirdscanbe generatedwitha fewcomponents
arrangedin the correctway.Can you discoverhow to do it?
o Removethe piezoelectrictransducerandwireelectrodesin itsplace.
The devicecan be useas a nervstimulator. Experiments withanimals
and plantscan be made.What physiological functionsare atfected?
Can circadianrhytmsor internalbiologicalclocksbe atfectedby con-
tinuousexposureto sounds?
o Electrodesplacedintowaterand wiredin placeof the transducer
will producea currentfield.Youcan pedorminteresting scientificwork
relatinghowfishandotherWaterbeingsreactto the currentfield.Can
the currentfieldsaffectphysiological
functions?lf you experiment with
plants,selecta fast growinghouseplant.

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