We found this circuit in a 1976 publication. The transistors can be BC547 or 2N2222. Crystals up to a few tens of Megahertz can be tested. The LED can be of any type. The capacitors must all be ceramic.
The figure shows how to implement an alarm buzzer in an LM3914 to warn about crossing the scale...
This circuit can act as a shield being controlled by a microcontroller by pin 1 or 2. The...
This circuit was obtained from a 1980's QST magazine. The circuit can generate 1 to 15 MHz signals...