Roy You wrote:
>What sort of display is it, LED? Something else? >If LED, what color, size are the digits? >How easy is that to use? >A $39 freq counter sounds handy to me... Its been awhile since I looked at that but I believe it is an LED display since most of those at Coppers is that way. I am thinking this is one of those counters that is enclosed in a cabinet that is about 1 1/4" high by 3" to 4" wide. I do not know the color or LED display size but I would like a light blue if it were me. I built a Heathkit radio some years ago that used a fluorescent blue vacuum display and I liked the looks. I plan to get one purely to find out who makes it then we can see if they can out source one made for us without a cabinet enclosure. Currently I expect one can take the board out and put it in their receiver projects. Use a Dremel Tool and cut out a panel window and also use the frequency counter's original front panel to finish it and make it look clean. I should carry your data sheets site url on my post, thats some site you have. Got to remember that its there the next time. We all should see some interesting circuits this winter here from folk in the group and maybe a few emerging kits. I already seen the "High Performance SDR" site. That high end stuff. The CB'ers call that stuff Top Shelf Technology. It goes on the top shelf of their rack mount. The microwave pass band circuit ideas are very interesting. Those things called I/Q Modulators sound cool. I guess there is some of that Blue Tooth Technology that can be spun off into something else here. * I was looking at Texas Instruments SDR Radio chips and exploring them awhile back, that Radioscape DRM Radio stuff. Those chips are made for Radioscape's DRM Radio over seas and I would like to get them here. Its virtually a SDR radio on a microchip for $18 a chip. To read about that you have to go to TI and search engine "Digital Radio Mondiale." TI ought to allow someone to retail them individually to spark innovation with here in the USA. To date I am not aware of anyone retailing these chips in mail order. There might be someone somewheres? Hopefully. Radioscape is going to have DRM and SDR in a automobile dash board radio. They are outsourcing boards to radio manufacturers now. At least thats what I seem to recall. <http://www.radioscape.com/> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Dan ka9rza "Blame all of this on Ivy Tech College who made me take Technical Writing." _____________________________________________________________________ PrivatePhone - FREE telephone number & voicemail. A number so private, you can make it public. http://www.privatephone.com Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/soft_radio/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/soft_radio/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
