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Table of Contents
1 Basic Operating Principles of the 3500A 3
1.1 Radio Test Screens 3
1.2 Instrument screens 4
2 FM Radio Transceiver Testing with the 3500 5
2.1 FM with DCS radio test 5
2.2 FM Duplex Radio with tone squelch testing 6
2.3 FM with DTMF testing 7
2.4 FM Receiver testing 8
3 Digital Radio Transceiver Testing with the 3500A 8
3.1 P25 Radio Test 9
3.2 NXDN™ Radio Test 10
3.3 DMR Radio Test 11
4 Setting Up Pass/Fail Criteria 13
5 Saving and Recalling Setups for Quick Testing 13
5.1 Saving setups 14
5.2 Recalling setups 14
6 Understanding the Modulation Fidelity Parameters 15
7 How to Make Cable Measurements 15
7.1 Determining the location of cable faults 15
7.2 Measuring the Returns Loss or VSWR of an antenna 16
8 Tuning a Duplexer 17
8.1 Setting the Reference Mode for maximum dynamic range 17
8.2 Measuring the duplexer 17
8.2.1 Measuring the pass band 18
8.2.2 Measuring the reject band 18
9 Other Keys to Getting the Most Out of Your 3500A 18
9.1 Top of screen icons 18
9.2 Controlling the frequency range of the frequency find operation 19
9.3 Copying screen saves using the Ethernet port 19
10 Conclusion 20
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