[Boatanchors] Hand held frequency counters?

[Al Klase]

HERESY ALERT!!!

You might take a look at the  Yaege  FC-1 on Ebay.  You can mail order 
one of these out of Hong Kong for about $50 total.  I bought an FC-2 
about a year ago.  It won't count below 1 MHz (The current offering says 
10 MHz.) However, it's a hell of a bang for the buck, and considerably 
more sensitive than the older lab-grade counters I have.  Be careful, 
you'll forget which pocket it's in.

My two cent,
Al





Joe Eide wrote:
> Hello guys,
>
> I see a problem here in that Sandy mentioned audio thru 150 mhz.  The 
> Cub starts at 1 mhz.
>
> What I like about these counters (like the M1 Optoelectronics) is the 
> sensitivity,  bandwidth and portability.  I like to use my older 
> Optoelectronics counter to sniff out the oscillators in boatanchors, 
> etc.  My HP Universal counter doesn't have that kind of sensitivity.  I 
> would compare the Opto to a handheld xcvr, where they work great with 
> only a rubber duckie, but may overload with a regular antenna.  The 
> Optoelectronics are expensive, but they will serve you accurately for 
> many years to come.
>
> Just my 2 cents.
>
> Happy New Years!
>
> Joe - KB9R
>
>
> manualman wrote:
>   
>> Can't beat this one that's now selling for $139 (1 MHz to 2.8 GHz):
>> http://www.optoelectronics.com/cub.htm
>>
>> Pete, wa2cwa
>>  
>> On Thu, 31 Dec 2009 16:25:17 -0600 "Sandy" <ebjr37 at charter.net> writes:
>>   
>>     
>>> Anyone have any insight into an inexpensive, but accurate hand held 
>>> frequency counter that will do audio, HF and VHF thru at least 150 
>>> Mhz?  And 
>>> have fairly good sensitivity.
>>>
>>> My old Heathkit crapped out and I have two older ones that you can't 
>>> get the 
>>> counter chips for anymore!
>>>
>>> 73,
>>>
>>> Sandy W5TVW
>>>     
>>>       
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