I have a sears roadtalker 40/ssb cb base and it would be nice to have a portable frequency counter
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can some one recomend a portable frequency counter for a cb/sideband older radio
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Not cheap, but the easiest. eBay link.
Many of the other brands available would require a cb / ham repair tech to hard wire it in to your radio.
Many of the other brands available would require a cb / ham repair tech to hard wire it in to your radio.
Hi @Eggburt, I have one of these and it is somewhat OK. Not the best but it does cover 27 MHz and costs less than $50. Frequency readout seems to be reasonably accurate. But keep in mind it is cheap for a reason. Dave
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You won't be able to count the SSB since there is no carrier.
There were frequency counters for older radios where they wired into the crystal oscillator or PLL and the counter had an offset for the IF frequency so it constantly read the frequency during transmit or receive. Good luck finding one of those since they would be many years out of production. If someone had some RF knowledge and were clever they could get a programmable oscillator and mixer to make the converter needed to read the operating frequency from the radios local oscillator. Its not difficult but its also not for everyone.
There are a bunch still available online. Quick eBay search shows this seller having 7 brand new units yet (and many more from various other sellers). I used these on my Galaxy and Super Star radios back in the 90's. Plug and play on select radios, otherwise they needed to be hard wired by an experienced tech. These do show the frequency on SSB also.
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For REALLY cheap might I suggest this Chinese thing. RK560 Frequency Counter DCS CTCSS RadioTesting Interphone Frequency Meter | eBay I own one and it works.
I also own a RadioShack handheld frequency counter for years (like c. 1996) and it has performed very well. They have a few on eBay. Make sure you read the description because some listed there don't work.
Do make sure you remove the antenna if it's next to the radio or the Xmitter antenna is nearby.
I also own a RadioShack handheld frequency counter for years (like c. 1996) and it has performed very well. They have a few on eBay. Make sure you read the description because some listed there don't work.
Do make sure you remove the antenna if it's next to the radio or the Xmitter antenna is nearby.
