[time-nuts] Re: Frequency counter recommendation wanted

[Richard (Rick) Karlquist]

I was the R&D project manager for the 5334B in a former life.  It was a 
low cost counter designed to win the low bid on big military contracts.
I had to throw it together in less than 1 year from start to ship.
It is FAR from the best counter HP made, although not the worst either.
It is also now 35 years old.  Since you have only a couple hundred 
dollars to spend, maybe the '34 or '35 are the best you can do.
Don't bother with the optional C channel.  Its only interface is HP-IB
by the way, like anything of that era.

Rick
N6RK

On 3/13/2023 11:26 AM, John Miller via time-nuts wrote:

> The HP 5334B and 5335A are good options, but I have some anxiety about buying older equipment from ebay that may be in rough shape or questionable provenance. That said, I suspect that there are other reputable options out there, and I want to keep my mind open. I'm not biased towards old or new or any particular brand, but I would like to keep the cost under a couple hundred dollars.
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> KC1QLN