FC3002 hand-held radio frequency finder

FC3002 is the latest advance in hand-held radio frequency finder / counter. It excels at finding frequencies for secure monitoring applications. It automatically and instantly tunes ICOM CI-V or AOR receivers to the frequency it finds. It is compact, truly pocket sized and is designed for ease of use and reliable performance. It comes complete with internal NiCd pack, AC wall charger, 7 section telescopic antenna and interface cable.

Specifications

Features

• 10 digit Liquid Crystal Display
• Low power consumption (Average 6 hour battery life)
• LED back light
• Supplied with NiCd pack, AC wall charger, telescopic antenna and interface cable
• Measures frequency and period
• Automatically holds and tunes ICOM CI-V or AOR receivers
• Filter prevents display of random noise
• Hold switch to lock display
• Low battery indicator
• Beeper
• 4 selectable gate speeds
• Ultra sensitive synchronous detector 16 section bargraph to show RF signal strength
• High speed 300 MHz direct counter with 0.1 Hz resolution

Controls

1. Power Switch.  This slide switch turns the RF finder on which also initiates a 2 second test of all the LCD segments.
2. Com Switch.  This slide switch selects either the ICOM CI-V receivers or the AOR receivers.
3. Range Switch.  This should be switched to the 300 MHz position for frequencies between 1 MHz and 300 MHz and switched to the 3 GHz position for frequencies between 10 MHz and 3 GHz.
4. Lite Switch. This slide switch turns the LCD back light on and off.
5. Filter Switch. Slide the switch to turn the filter on and off.
6. Function Button. This selects the frequency or period. This button has four settings.  One each for displaying frequency or period as these are received, and two settings for automatic hold and tune of the first frequency or period found.
7. Hold Button. This holds the current display and stops the RF finder from counting
8. Gate Button. This selects the gate or measurement time. A longer gate time allows  counting for longer period and results in higher accuracy.
9. Calibration. The calibration adjustment opening is located on the front panel of the RF finder. This allows access to the trimmer capacitor that provides about a 10 PPM adjustment range of the time base oscillator. This is not usually necessary but to do so read a signal of an known frequency before adjusting the trimmer for correct frequency display. If you calibrate at 4.1943 MHz or above then the RF finder will be more accurate.