The 1953A Frequency Counter has an outstanding price/performance ratio and features all the basic functions required for a variety of measurements: Frequency, Frequency Ratio, Period, Period Averaging, Time Interval, and Gated Totalize. Inputs available are channels A & B; common or separate. Wide-ranging provides six choices of gate times, period averages, and time interval resolutions. The 1953A covers the frequency range form 0 to 125MHz (DC) and 5Hz to 125MHz (AC).

Gate times: 0.1 ms to 10 second in 6 steps
Period range: 0 to 25MHz (DC), 5Hz to 25MHz (AC)
Period average: 1 period to 10E+05 periods in decade steps
Time intervals from 0.1 µs to 10E+07 sec