[ARC5] GOOIT Warning

[D C _Mac_ Macdonald]

What procedure did you use for that test, Wayne?  
 
On one eBay auction for this item, I saw a distance (in meters) for VHF and for UHF. Did you get too close to the radiating antenna? Did you have the telescoping antenna on the GOOIT fully out? 
 
The mode of modulation would not have an effect. The counter is simply measuring the "carrier" frequency. 
 
I suggest you complain to the seller and see what happens from that point. 
  
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> From: releazer at earthlink.net
> To: arc5 at mailman.qth.net
> Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2014 13:28:50 -0400
> Subject: [ARC5] GOOIT Warning
> 
> I recently purchased a small "GOOIT" frequency counter on ebay.  It's about the size of a pack of cigarettes, to use an ancient means of measure, and covers 50 MHZ to 2.4 GHZ.  I have two freq counters, one of which is built into a Tek scope, but I thought this little one could come in handy.  With shipping it cost about $20.
> 
> I first tested the GOOIT with a 2M FM HT.  It worked fine.  I then took it over to the airport to use to test an aircraft radio.  When transmitting with that AM radio I got nothing but a brief hiccup out of the GOOIT, no frequency display.
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> I then bought the GOOIT home and did the FM HT test again. Nothing!  Display just shows "0.0 No Signal."  It no longer works.
> 
> So the GOOIT does not seem to work with AM transmitters, and I guess I burned out the front end trying.
> 
> Wayne