Chapter 2 Test Equipment and Service Aids

2.1Recommended Test Equipment

The list of equipment contained in Table 2-1 includes most of the standard test equipment required for servicing Motorola repeaters.

Table 2-1. Recommended Test Equipment

Equipment

Characteristic

Example

Application

 

 

 

 

Service Monitor

Can be used as a

Aeroflex 2975

Frequency/deviation meter and

 

substitute for items

(www.aeroflex.com), Motorola

signal generator for wide-range

 

marked with an asterisk

R2670, or equivalent

troubleshooting and alignment

 

(*)

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

10 Meg Ohm Impedance

 

measurements

 

 

 

 

RF Signal

100 MHz to 1 GHz

Agilent N5181A

Receiver measurements

Generator*

-130 dBm to +10 dBM

(www.agilent.com), Ramsey

 

 

FM Modulation 0 kHz to

RSG1000B

 

 

10 kHz

(www.ramseyelectronics.com),

 

 

 

or equivalent

 

 

 

 

 

Oscilloscope*

2 Channel

Leader LS8050

Waveform measurements

 

50 MHz Bandwidth

(www.leaderusa.com), Tektronix

 

 

5 mV/div to 20 V/div

TDS1001b

 

 

 

(www.tektronix.com), or

 

 

 

equivalent

 

 

 

 

 

Power Meter and

5% Accuracy

Bird 43 Thruline Watt Meter

Transmitter power output

Sensor*

100 MHz to 500 MHz

(www.bird-electronic.com) or

measurements

 

50 Watts

equivalent

 

 

 

 

 

RF Millivolt Meter

100 mV to 3 V RF

Boonton 92EA

RF level measurements

 

10 kHz to 1 GHz

(www.boonton.com) or

 

 

 

equivalent

 

 

 

 

 

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