radio tracking a tortoise - HELP!

Mar 05, 2006 1 Replies

Every year, Shelly the tortoise gets lost or manages to escape the garden. It can take days to find her. I would like to build a locating device so that I can track her down. The basic requirements are:



a) that the 'transmitter (transponder?) on the tortoise is as small as possible.



b) that it can be made by an electronics numpty. I have basic soldering skills, and can eventually work out a circuit diagram.



Can anyone point me in the right direction?



TIA Floatything (an escapee from uk.rec.sailing)


Telking Electronics (talkingelectronics.com.au) does kits and also publishes schematics for a number of small transmitters... I think you need to pay to see the schematics.

Bye. Jasen

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