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Dog Whistle for Ronja Circuit Diagram Project

Ronja is the author’s dog, a beagle-mongrel,  who seems increasingly often to need to be  called to heel either with a shout or with a  whistle. And so the idea came about for an  electronic dog whistle that could produce  two alternating high-frequency tones. A  design like this has several advantages over  conventional whistles or calling.   Dog Whistle for Ronja Circuit Diagram Dog Whistle for Ronja Circuit Diagram   You can continue to carry on a conversation with your friends without having to  stop to whistle or call to your dog. Using high frequencies means that  the whistle sound is barely audible to  (especially older) humans and so is less  annoying to other people than conventional whistles or calls. As is well known,  dogs have rather better hearing than  we do and can hear frequencies of up to  40 kHz. The two alternating pitches mean that the  dog can more easily distinguish it from...