IBQ101 frequency counter

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IBQ101 frequency counter

Postby Szilard » Thu Apr 18, 2013 12:24 pm

Hi all,

I have a small 800 mw 1,2Ghz video TX I and I don't want to get into trouble because of it :D
So I looked for frequency scanners on ebay and Deal Extreme, now DX, and I found the same thing everywhere. From DX I bought this thing:

http://dx.com/p/professional-1-4-lcd-50 ... -aaa-41619

For 43 dollars I didn't expect it to be like Bruce's frequency scanner, but mine's either faulty or a frequency scanner is nothing like a frequency counter. Mine seems to hover around the strongest frequency it finds. I put it facing the Frsky DJT TX's patch antenna and it picks up signal from 1,3-1,4xxx Ghz but it doesn't go up to 2,4.
Is it possible that 2,4Ghz has harmonics there or this frequency counter is busted?

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Re: IBQ101 frequency counter

Postby BillGriffiths100 » Thu Apr 18, 2013 4:15 pm

What do the buttons marked F1 F2 F3 do?
Maybe you have to select the range with them.
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Re: IBQ101 frequency counter

Postby Szilard » Fri Apr 19, 2013 4:30 pm

it's backlit. F1 turns the light on/off and a long press turns the device on/off.
F2 enters the menu
F3 is hold (it shows the reading that interests you)

I set the Gate to 1 second. There aren't many option in there. If I turn the filter option on, I don't even see it scanning, but as I turn on my 9x with the Frsky transmitter, it comes alive. From 866 MHZ 1428.6719 it shows various frequencies with different signal strengths @1428.6719 for example it shows a graph and says the signal strength is -23dbm. @1416.9394MHz the signal strength is -38dbm but it doesn't show a graph. Perhaps I should make a video of this :)
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Re: IBQ101 frequency counter

Postby BillGriffiths100 » Fri Apr 19, 2013 5:23 pm

It does seem that it might be the counter at fault, misreading or picking up a harmonic, difficult to say can you return it? It's possible that the frequency hopping of the signal prevents it detecting the signal at 2.4 GHz.
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