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Recommended Test
Equipment and Service Aids 4
Recommended
Test Equipment
The list of equipment contained in Table 3 includes all of the standard test equipment
required for servicing two-way portable radios, as well as several unique items designed
specifically for servicing this family of radios. The “Characteristics” column is included so
that equivalent equipment may be substituted; however, when no information is provided
in this column, the specific Motorola model listed is either a unique item or no substitution
is recommended.
Table 3. Recommended Test Equipment
Motorola
Model Number
Description Characteristics Application
R2600 Series Communications
System Analyzer
This monitor will substitute for
items with an asterisk (*).
Frequency/deviation meter and signal
generator for wide-range
troubleshooting and alignment.
Fluke 8012 Digital Multimeter Recommended for ac/dc voltage and
current measurements
R1150_* Code Synthesizer Injection of audio and digital
signalling codes
R1377_* AC Voltmeter 1mV to 300V, 10-Megohm input
impedance
Audio voltage measurements
R1094_ Dual-Trace
Oscilloscope
20 MHz bandwidth 5mV to 5V/
division
Waveform measurements
S1350_*
ST1213_ (VHF)*
ST1223_ (UHF)*
Wattmeter
Plug-In Element
RF Dummy Load
50-ohm, ±5% accuracy
10 watts, maximum
0-1000 MHz, 300W
Transmitter power output
measurements
R1065_ Load Resistor 10-watt Broadband For use with wattmeter
S1339_ RF Millivolt Meter 100µV to 3V RF RF-level measurements
R1013_* SINAD Meter Receiver sensitivity measurements
S1347_ or S1348_
(programmable)
DC Power Supply 0-20Vdc, 0-5 Amps
current limited
Bench supply for 7.5Vdc
*The R2600 Series monitor will substitute for these items.