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Captain Kilowatt said:
Yeah....OK.......I see what you want to do. You do not zero beat a signal to a frequency counter like you said you wanted to do. That is why I posted what I did above. It takes two signals to zero beat. In the case of using a receiver the second signal is the carrier injection by the BFO which is really not needed as a simple carrier in AM mode is close enough given the stability of those antenna analyzers. You are looking simply to use the freq. counter as a more accurate way of determining the freq. of your analyzer however it is not zero beating.
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Ok. Gotcha.
I am wanting to use the MFJ-207's frequency counter output to send a signal to the MFJ-886 so I can fine tune the 207. I still want to put a bigger knob on the 207. It's tedious to get it right on frequency. It's easy to zip right past the frequency I want to test.


Thanks for the knowledge!
 
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For antenna tuning it doesn't matter if you are off by a dozen KHz or so anyway. Well.......unless you are tuning a small magnetic loop antenna where the dozen KHz is the entire bandwidth of it. :laugh:

That's what I like about my MFJ-269 analyzer. It has the frequency readout which is quite accurate enough for antenna work and it also has the ability to be used as a rough frequency counter down to 1 KHz resolution which is good enough for getting close or checking unknown frequencies of some signals.
 
an extremely rare radio NIB?
I can believe it. I wouldn't pay it, but I can see a collector paying it.

he's got the make offer button up, so the seller probably has the same opinion of his price as you atlasta.
 
All of the electrolytics are probably junk. That has been the case with most of the really old ones I have bought to go in my meager collection.
 
I buy radios off eBay from time to time but look at it this way...it's like playing the lottery, sometimes you win, sometimes you loose and you should be always be aware that you loose more than you win. Set an offer or bid price that you would not be devastated if you completely "lost" the money :oops:

Just a few things I've found to be cautious of on eBay:

items without power cords (they've been scraped for copper)

items showing pictures not of the actual item being sold (ie: factory web site pics or copied photos from previous auctions)

items listed as "can not test" yet the seller has other similar items listed as tested and working or has a history of buying and selling similar items.

Do not glance over a description that says "for parts or not working or as-is no refunds" and hope it will work. I continually see folks paying "working" price points yet they have no clue. Usually it will not work and becomes a door stop unless you're prepared to repair it which leads me to:

items you can not find schematics for on the web in case it needs repaired. Look it up to see if there are schematics before you bid.

Don't let me discourage eBay buyers as there are some bargains out there. I particularly like the items that come from some "little old ladies doily resale shop" in East Bumford Central USA. There's a better chance that someone just dropped off decent unused equipment or a silent key's equipment for the local shop to sell...increase your odds ;)
 
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