PAMS
Technical Documentation
NSE–3
Disassembly & Troubleshooting Instructions
Page 28
Original, 11/97
Transmitter Fault (1)
Transmitter
Fault
TXLEV 5
N620 pin 8(J542)
232 MHz SL: –28 dBm
N620 pin 61 and 62,
116 MHz SL: –40 dBm
VHFLO
N620: TXQP, TXQN, TXIP 
and TXIN, OK ?
Check TXQP, TXIP, TXQN, TXIN 
lines from COBBA pin 13...16 and 
soldered joints at N620 and N250, 
if OK change N250(Test pins J558 
& J560)
N620 pin 63(J514), VTX–pulse 
OK ?
Check VTX supply voltage 
from CCONT
N620 pin 58, ~1.5V
Check VREF_1 – line
N620 pin 59,
loading 15 k
Ω
Check R635 and soldered 
joints
N620 pin 61 and 62, ~0.8V
Change N620
N500 pin2(J552) and pin3 
(J550) 116 MHz  SL: –32 dBm
N500 pin 2 and 3,
loading > 1M
Ω
Check N500 pin 2 and 
3 for short circuits, if 
OK change N500
Check C652, C653, C655, 
L623, L624, R623, R625, if OK
change N500
N500 pin 12(RX–Continous),
SL: –28 dBm
UHFLO
N500 pin 30,
SL: –18 dBm
N500 pin 1 and 29,
~2.8V
Check VTX supply voltage 
from CCONT
N500 pin 16,
~1.5V
Check VREF_2 – line(J518)
N500 pin 20,
loading 10 k
Ω
Check R504 and soldered 
joints
Change N500
Transmitter
1
N620 pin 1,
TXP–pulse OK?
Check TXP–line from MAD
N620 pin 11, TXC–pulse OK?
Check TXC–line from COBBA
TXQP, TXIP, TXIN, TXQN, TXP and VTX:
Oscilloscope pictures in Appendix C 
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