Just make sure both channels are OK Sometimes you can find them with the C channel for the same price
-pete On Fri, Sep 6, 2013 at 5:01 AM, Robert Atkinson <[email protected]>wrote: > Hi Edesio, > Welcome to the group. The HP 5316A you are looking at is an excellent > little counter. While not up to extreme time nut standards, they work well > and in my opinion would make a much better first counter than (say) one of > the modern low end (not known brand) new counters or microcontroller based > modules/kits. I have one and it gets as much use as my 5370B. It's not rack > bound for starters. While small it has the features of a full size > universal counter. If the auction goes much higher it may be worth looking > at dealers. I can get a 5316B with HPIB in the UK for under 100 UK pounds. > > Robert G8RPI. > > > ________________________________ > From: Edesio Costa e Silva <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Friday, 6 September 2013, 12:26 > Subject: [time-nuts] First frequency counter > > > Hi Folks! > > I am following the time-nuts for sometime but this is the first time I post > a message and I hope it is not off-topic. > > As I live in Brazil, I can not find used equipment in the local market. My > (only?) option is to import some. Since money is always a scarce resource > and the shipping costs from U.S. are very high, I must opt for some small, > light and old equipment. Would this one > (http://www.ebay.com/itm/231044866809) be a nice option for a first > frequency counter / time interval counter? Feel free to suggest > alternatives. > > Thanks in advance, > > Edésio > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe, go to > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe, go to > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. > _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
