Well Ian there are lots of guys on nets using archaic equipment. I go to some
of their swap meets. I have repaired, built, and salvaged many of those old
items. Of course back then the 1 kHz resolution of Collins gear was amazing.
I built a frequency meter a while back. An interesting design inspired by GE
Ham News. It utilized a VFO that would tune from 100 kHz to 110 kHz I think.
The harmonics would, after a while, overlap so the entire tuning range was
covered by about 25 turns of a vernier dial. I could resolve much less than 1
kHz and it was very accurate.
I still have a BC-221T that is almost pristine and works great. Back in the
day I also had an HP 524 counter but not until I got some use out of a Beckman
unit for which I built a 10 MHz counting module.
I have always enjoyed measurments, and I feel fortunate that I can do the
things I do. I just repaired the test leads on my GR 1658 bridge, and am in
the process of learning to use a couple of VNAs I recently acquired.
Unfortunately I am an old man and don't know how much time I have left. But I
do plan to make the most of it.
BobK6DDX
On Saturday, January 26, 2019, 6:00:44 PM PST, Ian Stirling
<[email protected]> wrote:
On 1/26/19 4:31 PM, Bob Albert via time-nuts wrote:
> Well you are right that I am bit far from JPL. I used to work there. But I
>am impressed with the number of replies and the number of suggestions. I am
>still mulling over what will work for me.
Bob,
Frequency counters are practically redundant these days. Ovens and GPS make
transmitting accurate.
I don't go to the bands' edges, and the timing in the radios is fine, even back
to my IC-735 and
Eddystone EA12, from G3YTO, sadly dead long ago.
Ten or twelve digit frequency measuring is just a game mostly for a lot of
us here.
Ian, G4ICV, AB2GR
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