Red Wave Radio

NOT TRUE!

I tested it with my TV News Microwave transmitter and guess what....

It read 2102.00mhz

That's the center freq for 2ghz microwave ch-7 (TV Live Trucks)

So it "reads much higher then the "published" specs!

Anybody know just how "high" it will go???

Mr.News

On 19 Nov 95 11:17am, MR NEWS wrote to ALL:

 MN>   The Radio Shack Frequency Counter has published freq ranges of 1mhz
 MN> to 1300mhz.
 MN> NOT TRUE!
 MN> I tested it with my TV News Microwave transmitter and guess what....
 MN> It read 2102.00mhz
 MN> That's the center freq for 2ghz microwave ch-7 (TV Live Trucks)
 MN> So it "reads much higher then the "published" specs!
 MN> Anybody know just how "high" it will go???

 You have stumbled onto something that many people never know about: the
 published specs are usually "nominal" or guaranteed. Many units greatly
 exceed the specs, as the unit is usually designed to be a little better than
 the specs, so that a huge number of them will pass, even if quality control
 is kept relatively loose.
 In the case of a frerquency counter the frequency range that's listed is
 almost always exceeded by the unit in question.
 While I don't know how high your unit will go, I've measured mine at over 2
 GHz. about a year ago. In the 440 band, it usually spot on.

Bill Funk      

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Gary
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