In reply to Stiffler Scientific's message of Sat, 27 Jan 2007 13:27:47 -0600: Hi, [snip] >hundred hertz. Now with this circuit (my example) as you approach a specific >frequency there is a shift internal of the core and a very solid and quick >lock to the excitation. You may have to pull the input 1khz before it will >break free. The local environment has a very strong field around the circuit >that is very interesting and (spooky) want of a more descriptive word. [snip] I'm going to go out on a limb here, and guess that it works best when the oscillation frequency is 60 Hz. ;) (50 Hz if you happen to live in Europe or Australia).
Regards, Robin van Spaandonk http://users.bigpond.net.au/rvanspaa/ Competition provides the motivation, Cooperation provides the means.