Ok. Well, this is all related to building the tracking transmitter I'm assuming. THis is what started it all anyways.
It seems to me that all the 3909 did was provide an oscillating signal, that would be put through the coil. Wouldn't a blinking LED do the same thing? Granted it would need 3 volts, which would bring me to our next question. What would running the transmitter circuit at 3 volts do. Wouild it change the frequency? WOuld it make the signal stronger? Also I have a question about inducting signals with coils. This seems like a very crude way to do it. Using wire and all. However, does the wire affect the signal produced. I am using braided wire instead of solid wire and I was wondering if that was affecting anything.
Also, in different posts, people have talked about how they tried to breadboard RF circuits and came up with unsatisfactory results because of built in capacitance from the breadboard. would this also apply to the tracking transmitter circuit?