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From: rees@apollo.uucp (Jim Rees)
Newsgroups: net.analog,net.ham-radio
Subject: Need freq counter recommendations
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Date: Mon, 10-Feb-86 17:49:18 EST
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I'm in the market for a frequency counter.  I don't want to spend more
than $150.  Ideally it should cover 50 Hz to 500 MHz.

Are the counters you see advertised in the back of Ham Radio and similar
magazines any good?  What should I look for, and look out for?  Will
I be sorry if I don't get 9 digits?

Typical uses would be setting the markers on my sweep generator (4.5 Mhz,
26 MHz, 42 Mhz), setting the LO frequency in my ATV receiver (~450 MHz),
adjusting touchtone pads (remember the old ones with the big inductors?),
and similar home jobs.