[sdiy] Frequency counter

[Roy J. Tellason]

On Saturday 29 January 2005 05:39 pm, James Patchell wrote:
> Personally, I prefer using a strobe tuner for adjusting the pitch of VCO's
> as you instant feedback as to which way the pitch is going.  There is, of
> course, the cost problem.  I would keep an eye on Ebay, as they do show up
> there quite often.  A Conn Strobe tuner, when they are working and in good
> shape is real nice...but if it is in bad condition and not working, they
> can be a night mare.  The Peterson tuners are also very nice.

I agree about how nice those Conn units are.  I got to use a couple of them 
during the years I was working on stuff.  I don't recall much about the 
Peterson one that I got to use once,  but I wasn't as impressed with it.

Never had any trouble with them during those times I was using them.  What 
sort of stuff did you run into that you use the word "night mare"?