Chapter 4 Recommended Test Equipment And Service Aids; Recommended Test Equipment; Table 4-1. Recommended Test Equipment - Motorola APX 3000 Basic Service Manual

Chapter 4 Recommended Test Equipment and Service
This chapter provides lists of recommended test equipment and service aids, as well as information
on field programming equipment that can be used in servicing and programming ASTRO
APX 3000 radios.
4.1

Recommended Test Equipment

The list of equipment contained in
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.
Equipment
Service Can be used as a substitute for
Monitor items marked with an asterisk
(*)
Digital RMS 100 µV to 300 V
Multimeter * 5 Hz to 1 MHz
10 Mega Ohm Impedance
RF Signal 100 MHz to 1 GHz
Generator * -130 dBm to +10 dBm
FM Modulation 0 kHz to 10 kHz
Audio Frequency 100 Hz to
10 kHz
Oscilloscope * 2 Channel
50 MHz Bandwidth
5 mV/div to 20 V/div
RF Millivolt 100 mV to 3 V RF
Meter 10 kHz to 1 GHz
Power Supply 0 V to 32 V
0 A to 20 A
Aids
Table 4-1

Table 4-1. Recommended Test Equipment

Characteristics
includes all of the standard test equipment required for
Example
General Dynamics R2670
Fluke 179 or equivalent
(www.fluke.com)
Agilent N5181A
(www.agilent.com),
Ramsey RSG1000B
(www.ramseyelectronics.com,
or equivalent
Leader LS8050
(www.leaderusa.com),
Tektronix TDS1001b
(www.tektronix.com),
or equivalent
Boonton 9240
(www.boonton.com) or
equivalent
B&K Precision 1790
(www.bkprecision.com)
or equivalent
Application
Frequency/deviation meter and
signal generator for wide-range
troubleshooting and alignment
AC/DC voltage and current
measurements. Audio voltage
measurements
Receiver measurements
Waveform measurements
Waveform measurements
Voltage supply