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Chapter 2 Test Equipment and Service Aids
2.1Recommended Test Equipment
The list of equipment contained in Table
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Service Monitor | Can be used as a | Aeroflex 2975 | Frequency/deviation meter and |
| substitute for items | (www.aeroflex.com), Motorola | signal generator for |
| 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 |
| 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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Oscilloscope* | 2 Channel | Leader LS8050 | Waveform measurements |
| 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 | |
| 50 Watts | equivalent |
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RF Millivolt Meter | 100 mV to 3 V RF | Boonton 92EA | RF level measurements |
| 10 kHz to 1 GHz | (www.boonton.com) or |
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| equivalent |
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