Recommended Test Equipment 3-1
Section 3
TEST EQUIPMENT AND SERVICE AIDS
1.0 Recommended Test Equipment
The list of equipment contained in Table 3-1 includes most of the standard test equipment required
for servicing Motorola mobile radios.
Table 3-1 Recommended Test Equipment
Equipment Characteristic Example Application
Service Monitor Can be used as a
substitute for items
marked with an asterisk
(*)
Aeroflex 3920, or equivalent Frequency/deviation meter and
signal generator for wide-range
troubleshooting and alignment
Digital RMS
Multimeter*
100 µV to 300 V
5 Hz to 1 MHz
10 Mega Ohm
Impedance
Fluke 179 or equivalent
(www.fluke.com)
AC/DC voltage and current
measurements. Audio voltage
measurements.
RF Signal
Generator*
100 MHz to 1 GHz
-130 dBM to +10 dBM
FM Modulation 0 kHz to
10 kHz
Agilent N5181
(www.agilent.com) or equivalent
Receiver measurements
Oscilloscope* 2 Channels
50 MHz Bandwidth
5 mV/div to 20 V/div
Tektronix TDS1001b
(www.tektronix.com) or
equivalent
Waveform measurements
Power Meter and
Sensor*
5% Accuracy
100 MHz to 500 MHz
50 Watts
Bird 43 Thruline Watt Meter
(www.bird-electronic.com) or
equivalent
Transmitter power output
measurements
RF Millivolt Meter 100 mV to 3 V RF
10 kHz to 1 GHz
Boonton 92EA
(www.boonton.com) or
equivalent
RF level measurements
Power Supply 0 V to 32 V
0 A to 20 A
B&K Precision 1790
(www.bkprecision.com) or
equivalent
Voltage supply