You might want to consider going to a ham swapfest and buying a good used
commercial unit by HP or others. I see very good ones going cheap ($20 to
$30) especially if they're 100MHz and below.
73
hank wd5jfr
"SWbeginner" wrote in message
...
I am looking to build a frequency counter, or buy an inxepensive kit.
Any recommendations?
Needs: low cost, few parts count
Thanks

Henry Kolesnik wrote:

You might want to consider going to a ham swapfest and buying a good used
commercial unit by HP or others. I see very good ones going cheap ($20 to
$30) especially if they're 100MHz and below.
73
hank wd5jfr


Right! I got one for $5.00 - a Ramsey with a cold
solder joint, works perfectly now, and another
for $10 - goes only to 50 MHz, both at hamfests.

Henry Kolesnik wrote:

You might want to consider going to a ham swapfest and buying a good used
commercial unit by HP or others. I see very good ones going cheap ($20 to
$30) especially if they're 100MHz and below.
73
hank wd5jfr


Right! I got one for $5.00 - a Ramsey with a cold
solder joint, works perfectly now, and another
for $10 - goes only to 50 MHz, both at hamfests.

On Sun, 08 Feb 2004 21:43:08 -0000 SWbeginner
wrote:

I am looking to build a frequency counter, or buy an inxepensive kit.
Any recommendations?
Needs: low cost, few parts count

I have a number of very nice HP counters for frequencies from 20Hz to
1.3 GHz. Prices vary depending on what frequencies and features you
want over a range from $60 to $200. They are all very high quality and
extremely accurate. These are small AC powered units.

Email me for a list if you think you might be interested.

-
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Jim Adney
Madison, WI 53711 USA
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On Sun, 08 Feb 2004 21:43:08 -0000, SWbeginner
wrote:

I am looking to build a frequency counter, or buy an inxepensive kit.
Any recommendations?
Needs: low cost, few parts count
Thanks


If you live in the UK try looking at www.cumbriadesigns.co.uk
They do a nice little kit for a counter that should easily reach
100MHz. The cost is around £50 UK I believe (say $85 US). They also do
a similar module for use as a digital readout dial replacement for
older transceivers.

If you are not in the UK I believe the web site quoted above would
still be of interest to you.

Good luck,

Peter, G3PHO

www.g3pho.org.uk

You might want to consider going to a ham swapfest and buying a good used
commercial unit by HP or others. I see very good ones going cheap ($20 to
$30) especially if they're 100MHz and below.
73
hank wd5jfr
"SWbeginner" wrote in message
...
I am looking to build a frequency counter, or buy an inxepensive kit.
Any recommendations?
Needs: low cost, few parts count
Thanks

On Sun, 08 Feb 2004 21:43:08 -0000 SWbeginner
wrote:

I am looking to build a frequency counter, or buy an inxepensive kit.
Any recommendations?
Needs: low cost, few parts count

I have a number of very nice HP counters for frequencies from 20Hz to
1.3 GHz. Prices vary depending on what frequencies and features you
want over a range from $60 to $200. They are all very high quality and
extremely accurate. These are small AC powered units.

Email me for a list if you think you might be interested.

-
-----------------------------------------------
Jim Adney
Madison, WI 53711 USA
-----------------------------------------------

You can buy a HP 5328A or B on EBay for less than $50. Even the nixie 5326B
which is ancient -- will provide many more years of service. These two can
be described as "ubiquitous". The 5334 is also a very nice two-channel
unit.

Jack

"SWbeginner" wrote in message
...
I am looking to build a frequency counter, or buy an inxepensive kit.
Any recommendations?
Needs: low cost, few parts count
Thanks

You can buy a HP 5328A or B on EBay for less than $50. Even the nixie 5326B
which is ancient -- will provide many more years of service. These two can
be described as "ubiquitous". The 5334 is also a very nice two-channel
unit.

Jack

"SWbeginner" wrote in message
...
I am looking to build a frequency counter, or buy an inxepensive kit.
Any recommendations?
Needs: low cost, few parts count
Thanks