rees@apollo.uucp (Jim Rees) (02/11/86)
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.