[time-nuts] Prescalers ?

[Bob Bownes]

Mark,

I had pretty good luck with a Hittite prescaler built into a board for the
5328 as outlined by Bert, VE2ZAZ.

http://ve2zaz.net/hp5328a/hp5328a_prescaler.htm

It's a wee bit deaf as frequency goes up, but works just fine!

Bob


On Thu, Jan 24, 2019 at 1:00 AM Mark Spencer <mark at alignedsolutions.com>
wrote:

> Hi:
>
> I'm pondering ways I can use my  collection of time interval counters
> (most of which also have frequency counter modes) to measure the frequency
> of signals at frequencies up to 1.3 GHz.   None these units will deal with
> frequencies higher than 512 MHz.
>
> Does anyone have any suggestions for off the shelf time nut quality
> Prescalers ?  Or would I be better off just buying something along the
> lines of a suitably equipped 53131A or 53132A ?  (If I end up buying
> another counter I would rather buy another universal counter I could use
> for time nuts stuff, vs simply buying a frequency counter for this
> application.)
>
> Thanks in advance for any suggestions.
>
> Mark Spencer
>
> mark at alignedsolutions.com
>
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