>-> I've got one of those Radio Shack freq counters and I have to tell
 >-> you, I've never had much luck using it find unknown frequencies. I
 >-> don't know whether it just lacks the needed sensitivity, or if I'm
 >-> not being a very good "snoop." Granted, I do like the counter. It
 >-> works very well and a test counter and it's relatively cheap. But I
 >-> think if you're wanting one for "snooping," you'd probably be better
 >-> off spending a little more money and getting one of the units from
 >-> Optoelectronics.
 >
 >From what I gathered when looking for a freq counter, the Radshacks are
 >garbage.  Very low sensitivity.  You have to be practically standing
 >right next to a transmitter to get something.
Well, I wouldn't call it "garbage," but you're right; they aren't very 
sensitive. But then, that might have been the way the RadShak engineers 
intended it. Like I said, it works very well as a "test bench" counter, and 
if you'll look in the catalog, you'll notice that it's listed with the test 
equipment, NOT with the scanners.
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