SV:Re:I am new<>ToolZ

[KA4HJH]

>I would recommend a NOT on the frequency counter. If your scope has an
>accurate
>timebase its easy to get a SWAG (sweeping wild-ass guess) at frequency using
>the formula F = 1 / Period. If you have a modern digital scope, the cursors
>will do a "right on"
>for you. You (the human) can do a MUCH better job of interpreting the period
>of a complex waveform with a scope than a frequency counter can do...

Most frequency counters don't do very far down into the audio 
frequency range anyway, which doesn't make them very useful for 
audio. Higher frequencies is another matter.

Of course it doesn't really matter if you can get one for <$5 at a 
Boy Scout sale like I did (lots of SWAG at that sale--got a 
neurologist's hammer for a buck).


>I WOULD recommend a good Chromatic Digital Tuner... such as models by Korg
>etc.

Got one of those, too. Paid full price, but it was worth it. Like 
Harry says, make sure you get a *chromatic* tuner, not a simple 
guitar tuner--they have a limited freq range.





-- 
Terry Bowman, KA4HJH
"The Mac Doctor"