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Lord Buckeye  
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 More options Nov 5, 6:21 am
Newsgroups: sci.electronics.repair
From: Lord Buckeye <l_buck...@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2009 10:51:23 -0800 (PST)
Local: Thurs, Nov 5 2009 6:21 am
Subject: What is this thing?
Bought this at a thrift store yesterday. Don't have a clue what it is.
Took it outside to get some photos of it and it starts making noise.
No plugs or jacks on the outside and what looks like a photoelectric
cell on the front. Obviously homemade. Any clues will be appreciated.
Thanks.

Monte

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9Ihytsr_1M


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Jeff Liebermann  
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 More options Nov 5, 6:35 am
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From: Jeff Liebermann <je...@cruzio.com>
Date: Wed, 04 Nov 2009 11:05:32 -0800
Local: Thurs, Nov 5 2009 6:35 am
Subject: Re: What is this thing?
On Wed, 4 Nov 2009 10:51:23 -0800 (PST), Lord Buckeye

<l_buck...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>Bought this at a thrift store yesterday. Don't have a clue what it is.
>Took it outside to get some photos of it and it starts making noise.
>No plugs or jacks on the outside and what looks like a photoelectric
>cell on the front. Obviously homemade. Any clues will be appreciated.
>Thanks.

>Monte

>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9Ihytsr_1M

I would guess a bird caller or ultrasonic mosquito repeller.

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Baron  
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 More options Nov 5, 7:59 am
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From: Baron <baron.nos...@linuxmaniac.nospam.net>
Date: Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:29:01 +0000
Local: Thurs, Nov 5 2009 7:59 am
Subject: Re: What is this thing?

Lord Buckeye wrote:
> Bought this at a thrift store yesterday. Don't have a clue what it is.
> Took it outside to get some photos of it and it starts making noise.
> No plugs or jacks on the outside and what looks like a photoelectric
> cell on the front. Obviously homemade. Any clues will be appreciated.
> Thanks.

> Monte

> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9Ihytsr_1M

Duno, it sounds chirpy. :-)

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propman  
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 More options Nov 5, 10:42 am
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From: propman <prop...@nowhere.ca>
Date: Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:12:33 -0800
Local: Thurs, Nov 5 2009 10:42 am
Subject: Re: What is this thing?

Lord Buckeye wrote:
> Bought this at a thrift store yesterday. Don't have a clue what it is.
> Took it outside to get some photos of it and it starts making noise.
> No plugs or jacks on the outside and what looks like a photoelectric
> cell on the front. Obviously homemade. Any clues will be appreciated.
> Thanks.

> Monte

> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9Ihytsr_1M

Seem to remember from a few years ago now, in some of the "101 Easy
Electronic Projects" flavoured magazines, a project that used a
photovoltaic cell (photo resistor??) to trigger an audio synth chip; the
rate at which it chirped depended on how much light was shining on it
(or something like that).

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Van Chocstraw  
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 More options Nov 5, 1:31 pm
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From: Van Chocstraw <boobooililili...@roadrunner.com>
Date: Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:01:34 -0500
Local: Thurs, Nov 5 2009 1:31 pm
Subject: Re: What is this thing?

Lord Buckeye wrote:
> Bought this at a thrift store yesterday. Don't have a clue what it is.
> Took it outside to get some photos of it and it starts making noise.
> No plugs or jacks on the outside and what looks like a photoelectric
> cell on the front. Obviously homemade. Any clues will be appreciated.
> Thanks.

> Monte

> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9Ihytsr_1M

Solar powered cherper.

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Paul Hovnanian P.E.  
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 More options Nov 6, 7:14 am
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From: "Paul Hovnanian P.E." <p...@hovnanian.com>
Date: Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:44:41 -0800
Local: Fri, Nov 6 2009 7:14 am
Subject: Re: What is this thing?

Lord Buckeye wrote:
> Bought this at a thrift store yesterday. Don't have a clue what it is.
> Took it outside to get some photos of it and it starts making noise.
> No plugs or jacks on the outside and what looks like a photoelectric
> cell on the front. Obviously homemade. Any clues will be appreciated.
> Thanks.

> Monte

> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9Ihytsr_1M

Sounds like a solar powered noisemaker intended to emulate a bird. Probably
for scaring rodents or other animals away from a garden or similar place.

Just guessing.

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