Hi Folks! I am following the time-nuts for sometime but this is the first time I post a message and I hope it is not off-topic. As I live in Brazil, I can not find used equipment in the local market. My (only?) option is to import some. Since money is always a scarce resource and the shipping costs from U.S. are very high, I must opt for some small, light and old equipment. Would this one (http://www.ebay.com/itm/231044866809) be a nice option for a first frequency counter / time interval counter? Feel free to suggest alternatives. Thanks in advance, Edésio

Hi Edesio, Welcome to the group. The HP 5316A you are looking at is an excellent little counter. While not up to extreme time nut standards, they work well and in my opinion would make a much better first counter than (say) one of the modern low end (not known brand) new counters or microcontroller based modules/kits. I have one and it gets as much use as my 5370B. It's not rack bound for starters. While small it has the features of a full size universal counter. If the auction goes much higher it may be worth looking at dealers. I can get a 5316B with HPIB in the UK for under 100 UK pounds.   Robert G8RPI. ________________________________ From: Edesio Costa e Silva <time-nuts@tardis.net.br> To: time-nuts@febo.com Sent: Friday, 6 September 2013, 12:26 Subject: [time-nuts] First frequency counter Hi Folks! I am following the time-nuts for sometime but this is the first time I post a message and I hope it is not off-topic. As I live in Brazil, I can not find used equipment in the local market. My (only?) option is to import some. Since money is always a scarce resource and the shipping costs from U.S. are very high, I must opt for some small, light and old equipment. Would this one (http://www.ebay.com/itm/231044866809) be a nice option for a first frequency counter / time interval counter? Feel free to suggest alternatives. Thanks in advance, Edésio _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.

Just make sure both channels are OK Sometimes you can find them with the C channel for the same price -pete On Fri, Sep 6, 2013 at 5:01 AM, Robert Atkinson <robert8rpi@yahoo.co.uk>wrote: > Hi Edesio, > Welcome to the group. The HP 5316A you are looking at is an excellent > little counter. While not up to extreme time nut standards, they work well > and in my opinion would make a much better first counter than (say) one of > the modern low end (not known brand) new counters or microcontroller based > modules/kits. I have one and it gets as much use as my 5370B. It's not rack > bound for starters. While small it has the features of a full size > universal counter. If the auction goes much higher it may be worth looking > at dealers. I can get a 5316B with HPIB in the UK for under 100 UK pounds. > > Robert G8RPI. > > > ________________________________ > From: Edesio Costa e Silva <time-nuts@tardis.net.br> > To: time-nuts@febo.com > Sent: Friday, 6 September 2013, 12:26 > Subject: [time-nuts] First frequency counter > > > Hi Folks! > > I am following the time-nuts for sometime but this is the first time I post > a message and I hope it is not off-topic. > > As I live in Brazil, I can not find used equipment in the local market. My > (only?) option is to import some. Since money is always a scarce resource > and the shipping costs from U.S. are very high, I must opt for some small, > light and old equipment. Would this one > (http://www.ebay.com/itm/231044866809) be a nice option for a first > frequency counter / time interval counter? Feel free to suggest > alternatives. > > Thanks in advance, > > Edésio > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com > To unsubscribe, go to > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com > To unsubscribe, go to > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. >

Hi I would suggest both the 5334 and the 5335. They aren't cheap from dealers, but from individuals you should be able to get them for the same $100 to $150 price as the 5316. I don't know if the shipping would be higher or not. Once you get things packed into a "long distance box" the weight difference might be pretty small. Bob On Sep 6, 2013, at 7:26 AM, Edesio Costa e Silva <time-nuts@tardis.net.br> wrote: > Hi Folks! > > I am following the time-nuts for sometime but this is the first time I post > a message and I hope it is not off-topic. > > As I live in Brazil, I can not find used equipment in the local market. My > (only?) option is to import some. Since money is always a scarce resource > and the shipping costs from U.S. are very high, I must opt for some small, > light and old equipment. Would this one > (http://www.ebay.com/itm/231044866809) be a nice option for a first > frequency counter / time interval counter? Feel free to suggest alternatives. > > Thanks in advance, > > Edésio > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com > To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there.