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01-20-2014, 07:04 PM
I purchased one of those VC2000s a few months ago. Up to that time, I was using the freq. counter function of my DMM. The DMM worked fine for AM, but I needed something to handle the higher frequencies of SW, and possibly FM bands. And like you, I was worried about the "as is" statements on a lot of the used Ebay items.

I used the VC2k to align a Farnsworth that I restored. I think it worked great as the dial pointer Is aligned with and exactly tracks the dial scale...and the radio is an excellent performer. I wouldn't hesitate to recommend that unit.

Jon
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Frequency counter - by fields 100 - 01-19-2014, 03:49 PM
RE: Frequency counter - by codefox1 - 01-19-2014, 05:39 PM
RE: Frequency counter - by morzh - 01-19-2014, 06:06 PM
RE: Frequency counter - by Warren - 01-20-2014, 12:51 AM
RE: Frequency counter - by gregb - 01-20-2014, 10:51 AM
RE: Frequency counter - by PAradiogeek - 01-20-2014, 07:04 PM
RE: Frequency counter - by Warren - 01-21-2014, 12:51 AM
RE: Frequency counter - by jontz - 01-22-2014, 06:45 PM



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