[Boatanchors] Frequency Counter

[J Forster]

Rodger wrote:

> Hi John,
>
> I started using this "trick" when I was trying to get an SX-25 back in
> alignment; when I received it one band had the HFO tracking on the wrong
> side so it was WAY off.  I loaded the proper top and bottom frequencies
> into memories of the YB-400 and this made the "back and forth" setting a
> lot faster. [snip]

I was working of a frequency drift problem on a WS 19 and used a Sony
ICF-2010 in CW mode to tune in the LO then went around tapping things and
with a heat gun and freeze spray. It was easy to hear when the suspect part
was tickled as the beat note changed.

-John