Recommended Test Equipment And Service Aids; Recommended Test Equipment - Motorola APX 7000 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 7000
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
Power Meter 5% Accuracy
and Sensor * 100 MHz to 500 MHz
50 Watts
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
Aeroflex 3920
(www.aeroflex.com)
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
Bird 43 Thruline Watt Meter
(www.bird-electronic.com) or
equivalent
Boonton 92EA
(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
Transmitter power output
measurements
Waveform measurements
Voltage supply