Chapter 11 MTR3000 Test Equipment And Service Aids
11.1 Recommended Test Equipment
The list of equipment contained in Table 11-1 includes most of the standard test equipment required
for servicing Motorola base station/repeaters.
Table 11-1 Recommended Test Equipment
Equipment Characteristic Example Application
Service Monitor Can be used as a
substitute for items
marked with an asterisk
(*)
Aeroflex 3900 Series
Communications System
Analyzer (www.aeroflex.com),
General Dynamics R8000 with
optional DMR/MOTOTRBO
options installed
(www.gdsatcom.com) or
equivalent
Frequency/deviation meter and
signal generator for wide-range
troubleshooting and alignment
Digital rms
Multimeter*
100 µV to 300V
5 Hz to 1 MHz
10 MegΩ Impedance
Fluke 179 or equivalent
(www.fluke.com)
AC/DC voltage and current
measurements. Audio voltage
measurements
Oscilloscope* 2 Channel
100 MHz Bandwidth
5 mV/div to 20V/div
Leader LS8050
(www.leaderusa.com),
Tektronix TDS1001b
(www.tektronix.com),
or equivalent
Waveform measurements
Power Meter and
Sensor*
5% Accuracy
100 MHz to 500 MHz
50 Watts
Bird 43 throughline Watt Meter
(www.bird-electronic.com) or
equivalent
Power Output measurements for
use on “analog” channels
RF Millivolt Meter 100 mV to 3V RF
10 kHz to 1 GHz
Boonton 92EA
(www.boonton.com)
or equivalent
RF level measurements