
Chapter 2 Test Equipment and Service Aids
2.1Recommended Test Equipment
The list of equipment contained in Table 
Table 
| Equipment | Characteristic | Example | Application | 
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| Service Monitor | Can be used as a | Aeroflex 2975 | Frequency/deviation meter and | 
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 | substitute for items | (www.aeroflex.com), Motorola | signal generator for  | 
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 | marked with an asterisk | R2670, or equivalent | troubleshooting and alignment | 
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| Digital RMS | 100 µV to 300 V | Fluke 179 or equivalent | AC/DC voltage and current | 
| Multimeter* | 5 Hz to 1 MHz | (www.fluke.com) | measurements. Audio voltage | 
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 | 10 Meg Ohm Impedance | 
 | measurements | 
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| RF Signal | 100 MHz to 1 GHz | Agilent N5181A | Receiver measurements | 
| Generator* | (www.agilent.com), Ramsey | 
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 | FM Modulation 0 kHz to | RSG1000B | 
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 | 10 kHz | (www.ramseyelectronics.com), | 
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 | or equivalent | 
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| Oscilloscope* | 2 Channel | Leader LS8050 | Waveform measurements | 
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 | 50 MHz Bandwidth | (www.leaderusa.com), Tektronix | 
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 | 5 mV/div to 20 V/div | TDS1001b | 
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 | (www.tektronix.com), or | 
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 | equivalent | 
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| Power Meter and | 5% Accuracy | Bird 43 Thruline Watt Meter | Transmitter power output | 
| Sensor* | 100 MHz to 500 MHz | measurements | |
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 | 50 Watts | equivalent | 
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| RF Millivolt Meter | 100 mV to 3 V RF | Boonton 92EA | RF level measurements | 
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 | 10 kHz to 1 GHz | (www.boonton.com) or | 
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 | equivalent | 
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