Test Equipment Solutions Datasheet

Test Equipment Solutions Ltd specialise in the second user sale, rental and distribution of
quality test & measurement (T&M) equipment. We stock all major equipment types such as
Spectrum Analyzers, Signal Generators, Oscilloscopes, Power Meters, Network Analyzers
etc from all the major suppliers such as Keysight, Tektronix, Anritsu and Rohde & Schwarz.

We are focused at the professional end of the marketplace, primarily working with customers
for whom high performance, quality and service are key, whilst realising the cost savings that
second user equipment offers. We fully test & refurbish equipment in our in-house, traceable
Lab. Items are supplied with manuals, accessories and typically a full no-quibble 1 year
warranty. Our staff have extensive backgrounds in T&M which enables us to deliver
industry-leading service and support. We endeavour to be customer focused in every way
right down to the detail, such as offering free delivery on sales, presenting flexible technical +
commercial solutions and supplying a loan unit during warranty repair, if available.

As well as the headline benefit of cost saving, second user offers shorter lead times, higher
reliability and multivendor solutions. Rental, of course, is ideal for shorter term needs and
offers fast delivery, flexibility, try-before-you-buy, zero capital expenditure, lower risk and off
balance sheet accounting. Both second user and rental improve the key business measure of
Return On Capital Employed.

We are based in at Oakley, Bedfordshire in the UK from where we supply test equipment
worldwide. Our facility incorporates Sales, Support, Admin, Logistics and our own
in-house Lab.

All products supplied by Test Equipment Solutions include:

- No-quibble parts & labour warranty (we provide transport for UK mainland addresses).
- Free loan equipment during warranty repair, if available.
- Full electrical, mechanical and safety refurbishment in our 40GHz in-house Lab.
- Certificate of Conformance (calibration available on request).
- Manuals and accessories required for normal operation.
- Free insured delivery to your UK mainland address (sales).
- Support from our team of seasoned Test & Measurement engineers.
- ISO9001 quality assurance.

Test Equipment Solutions Ltd

Unit 3 Highfield Court
Highfield Road
Oakley
Bedfordshire
MK43 7TA

Telephone: 01183 800 800

Email: [email protected]
Web: www.TestEquipmentHQ.com
Wireless
2945B Communications Service Monitor

A compact, lightweight and rugged instrument that allows laboratory

standard measurements to be conducted in the field

• Rugged lightweight package Field Operation

• Full span spectrum analyzer with ‘live’ At under 12 kg (25 lb), the 2945B lightens the load to remote sites.
look and listen The shape of the 2945B is ideal for carrying. The side handle
ensures that the instrument is clear of the stairs when ascending
• Tracking generator with full offset
tracking buildings and the depth is suitable for the 2945B to be operated
comfortably when it is placed on the floor.
• Accurate power measurement to 150 W
A large color transflective (improved sunlight readable) display aids
• 5 W protection on all RF ports as operation under harsh viewing conditions.
standard
An optional bail arm is also available. This option allows a stowage
• Color transflective superfast LCD with
rapid refresh rate for easy monitoring and cover to be fitted over the front panel for storage of adapters and fur-
real time adjustment ther protection to the instrument’s front panel. A selection of cases
are available including a hard transit case, standard soft carrying case
• 50 kHz DSO (Digital Storage or an integrated soft carrying/optional case allowing full operation
Oscilloscope) with anti-aliasing
without removal from the protective case.
• Transient and Harmonic analysis
Internal Battery
The 2945B Communications Service Monitor is Utilizing NiMH technology the internal battery option provides 60
the lightest, most rugged service monitor avail- minutes operation in the field.
able with a full performance spectrum analyzer
Compact and light the 2945B is equally at home in the field as on a
as standard. For field work the 2945B provides
bench.
an excellent combination of instruments for all
types of maintenance work. In the workshop, it Fast Warm Up - Fast Results
provides all of the performance you would The standard TCXO allows results to be made reliably within a
expect for exacting measurements. minute of switch on. Where even better stability is required, an
optional OCXO is available.

Stored settings may be recalled from internal memory or from a

memory card, allowing fast and straightforward setting up.

Fast Full Performance Spectrum Analyzer - provided as stan-

dard
The spectrum analyzer provides spans from 100 Hz per division to

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full span and also has a fully adjustable reference level. Speed is com-
parable with analog analyzers, allowing real time adjustments over the
displayed dynamic range. With the tracking generator provided as
standard, duplexers and filters can be aligned quickly and easily. An
offset facility provides testing of equipment with frequency transla-
tion. Channel stepping can be performed by defining an increment
and then using the FREQ ×Ø keys. This is particularly useful when
testing multi-channel systems.
Remote Control - RS-232 or GPIB
Remote control is provided with an RS-232 interface as standard. An
IEEE-488.2 interface (Option 5) can be fitted where other instru-
ments are required to operate in a system with the 2945B.

Printing and Post Analysis

With the parallel printer port interface, screen dumps, automatic test
results or previously stored results may be sent to any parallel printer.
These facilities are available as standard using the serial RS-232
Live Look and Listen interface.
This feature puts the 2945B above all its peers with the ability to
examine signals on the screen and demodulate them simultaneously. A screen capture facility is available so any screen displayed on the
Intermittent interference can be isolated quickly and the signals then 2945B Communications Service Monitor can be saved direct to a PC,
easily identified. The trace can be saved to the memory card along via the serial port, as a bit map file.
with the time and date, providing factual evidence that can be recalled A single trace dump command allows fast transfer of the spectrum
later. This feature is particularly useful when looking for rogue trans- analyzer, OBW or transient analysis trace to be transferred as 249
missions, especially on busy basestation sites. ordinate values for detailed post-proccessing and analysis.
From 2 µV to 150 Watts Autorun - internal control
The 2945B will measure the power of low level signals such as those With the (optional) Analog Systems Card fitted, automatic testing
encountered when monitoring off-air signals or those found when without an external controller is possible. Custom tests may be writ-
probing a circuit. 150 Watts measurement is provided without the ten and run by the operator. Four programmable relay contacts are
need for external attenuators, so high power base stations can be provided with the optional parallel printer interface to allow remote
measured directly. Measurement accuracy of better than 10% is control of radios or test fixtures from built-in automatic tests.
guaranteed all the way down to 5 mW on the N-Type connector, allow-
ing radios to be qualified at low power levels. Custom Programs
Users may program the instrument to suit their own specific needs.
Accurate RF Signals This is possible either by configuring any of the range of built-in pro-
The signal generator provides coverage from 400 kHz to 1.05 GHz grams or by using the MI-BASIC interpreter to produce a customized
with +5 dBm output (+7 dBm overrange) and fast switching speed. test program that can be executed internally, without an external con-
Level accuracy is ±2 dB at all levels above -127 dBm. troller.
Duplex - provided as standard
Full duplex operation is provided by the 2945B. This allows testing of
duplex radios as well as simultaneous testing of repeater transmit and
receive paths. There are no restrictions to the duplex offset.

PMR, Trunking and Cellular

The 2945 provides extensive support for the various tone signaling
systems used in Professional Mobile Communications such as
DTMF, TONE REMOTE (Option), DCS and CTCSS. Also a highly Memory Card - with real time clock
flexible user defined system enables the instrument to be configured
The Memory Card Drive meets the PCMCIA standard format for PC
to accommodate a wide variety of other tone formats that are in use.
cards. The 2945B provides a DOS based filing system that allows
Additionally trunked networks are supported with network signaling transfer of information to a PC fitted with a memory card slot.
protocol simulations for MPT-1327/1343, LTR (available Oct 05) and
Test setups, test results, screen dumps, spectrum analyzer
EDACS radio / repeater measurements. Legacy analog cellular stan-
coordinates and test sequences can all be stored on the memory card,
dards are also available internally and include AMPS, TACS and
allowing information to be easily stored and retrieved when required.
NMT with all country variants provided.
Reliability POCSAG Decode - built in option
The 2945B features high integration with a rugged chassis design to Off-air decoding of POCSAG signals is provided as an option. This
maximize mechanical protection. allows tone, numeric and alphanumeric signals to be displayed.
Signals with bit rates of up to 4800 bits/s can be automatically detect-
Audio Analysis
ed making the 2945B an ideal surveillance tool. The 2945B can be set
A comprehensive and expanded range of filter selection is provided as to detect all messages, a user selectable RIC (just like a Pager), or a
standard, including band pass, lowpass and high pass. Optional fil- fixed message string.
ters are available for psophometric weighting of audio signals and
demodulation of signals in a simulated radio channel bandwidth.

The standard 1 kHz notch filter provides for normal

distortion/SINAD measurements. Additional notch filters can be
added to enable distortion/SINAD measurements for signals in the
range 50 Hz to 20 kHz where required.

The direct measurement of CTCSS is possible with the 300 Hz LP

filter, even with speech present.

Two comprehensive audio generators are provided as standard for

internal modulation or audio sources for transmitter stimulus. SPECIFICATION
External DC coupled FM is provided. GENERAL INFORMATION

Comprehensive Oscilloscope Certain characteristics are shown as typical. These provide additional
information for applying the instrument, but are unwarranted.
Analysis of audio signals, whether from the demodulated signal or the
audio input direct, can be viewed for further inspection. The oscillo- RF SIGNAL GENERATOR
scope can either be combined with the measurement screen in the
Tx, Rx or AF test modes or ‘zoomed’ to a full screen display. FREQUENCY
Different levels of persistence can be selected to allow short or long Frequency Range
term effects to be captured.
400 kHz to 1.05 GHz
Transient Analysis Resolution
The ability to capture transients on the rising or falling edge of a 10 Hz
waveform provides a valuable tool for fault finding radios and radio
Indication
systems. The user has full control of the trigger level and input atten-
uation as well as the timebase and five fixed trigger points, making 10 digit display
this feature simple and flexible to operate. Setting
Keyboard entry, delta increment/decrement function and rotary control
Accuracy
As frequency standard
OUTPUT LEVEL
Output Level Range
Rx Test:
N-Type socket: -141 dBm to -21 dBm
Harmonic Analysis BNC socket: -115 dBm to +5 dBm
An automatic harmonic analysis function is included in the 2945B. (overrange to +7 dBm)
This complements the fast spectrum analyzer and allows a rapid
check that the transmitter is not producing any large harmonics.

Tones Generation and Decoding

The tones menus include full remote control so that radio workshops
can further automate their tasks. It is possible to enter tones dura-
tions of up to 20 seconds directly, simplifying operation with some of
the more extreme tones systems in use. These and other improve-
ments are in response to user feedback and allow better control of the
tones from the top level screens. Resolution
0.1 dB

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Indication Setting
4 digits plus sign (dBm, dBµV, µV, mV PD/EMF) Keyboard entry, delta increment / decrement function and rotary con-
trol
Accuracy
Accuracy
±2 dB for levels above -127 dBm on N-Type socket up to 1 GHz
For carrier frequencies from 1.5 MHz to 400 MHz
Atten Hold Facility (CW and FM modes only)
± 7% ± 1 digit for modulation frequency of 1 kHz
Allows user to define start point for seamless generator operation ± 10% ± 1 digit for modulation frequencies from 50 Hz to 5 kHz
across a range of up to 20 dB (guaranteed 10 dB minimum) ± 15% ± 1 digit for modulation frequencies from 50 Hz to 15 kHz
Reverse Power Protection Distortion
N-Type: 50 W 10 minutes, normal operation Less than 2% at 1 kHz for 30% AM, CCITT weighted
150 W for 1 minute at 20°C Modulation Frequency
Overload indicated by audible and visual warning 5 Hz to 33 kHz
BNC: 5 W Overload indicated by audible and visual warning AMPLITUDE MODULATION - EXTERNAL
Output Impedance Input Impedance
Nominally 50 Ω Nominally 10 kΩ in parallel with 40 pF
VSWR Frequency Range
N-Type As internal AM
Better than 1.2:1 up to 500 MHz Modulation Frequency Range
Better than 1.35:1 up to 1.05 GHz As internal AM
BNC Sensitivity
Better than 2.2:1 up to 1.05 GHz 1 V RMS for 0 to 100% AM
SPECTRAL PURITY FREQUENCY MODULATION - INTERNAL
(If you require even better spectral purity than that specified here, Frequency Range
please consider the 2948B)
400 kHz to 1.05 GHz
Residual FM
Maximum Deviation
Less than 15 Hz RMS (0.3 to 3.4 kHz) up to 500 MHz
0 to 75 kHz
Less than 20 Hz RMS (0.3 to 3.4 kHz) up to 1.0 GHz (with OCXO)
Indication
Harmonics
3 digits
Better than -20 dBc
Setting
Spurious Signals
Keyboard entry, delta increment/decrement function and rotary control
Better than -30 dBc (±10 kHz to 1.5 MHz offset from carrier frequen-
cy or over range 600 to 700 MHz) Accuracy (1)
Better than -40 dBc from 400 kHz to 1 GHz ±5% ± 10 Hz at 1 kHz modulating frequency
±10% at modulating frequencies from 50 Hz to 15 kHz
SSB Phase Noise (20 kHz offset)
Distortion
Better than -95 dBc/Hz up to 1 GHz
Less than 1% at 1 kHz for deviation of 5 kHz, CCITT weighted
RF Carrier Leakage
Modulation Frequency Range
Less than 0.5 µV PD generated in a 50 Ω load by a 2 turn loop
25 mm from the case. Output level less than -40 dBm into a sealed 5 Hz to 33 kHz
50 Ω load.
Resolution
AMPLITUDE MODULATION - INTERNAL
25 Hz
Frequency Range
Pre-emphasis
400 kHz to 1.05 GHz
750 µs selectable
AM Depth Range
FREQUENCY MODULATION - EXTERNAL
0 to 99%
Input Impedance
Resolution
Nominally 10 kΩ in parallel with 40 pF
1%
Frequency Range
Indication
As internal FM
2 digits
Modulation Frequency Range AUDIO SINAD METER
DC to 100 kHz
Frequency
Pre-emphasis
1 kHz (additional frequencies available with option 29)
750 µs selectable
Range
Sensitivity
0 to 18 dB and 0 to 50 dB
1 Volt RMS for 0 to 75 kHz deviation
Resolution
MICROPHONE INPUT
0.1 dB
Input Level
Indication
2 mV to 200 mV (AGC levelled)
3 digits and bar charts
Input Impedance
Accuracy
Nominally 150 Ω
±1 dB
Press To Talk (PTT)
Sensitivity
When using the optional microphone in Tx Test mode, the PTT will
50 mV (100 mV for 40 dB SINAD) reading suppressed if audio voltage
switch instrument to Rx Test.
is less than 5 mV

AUDIO VOLTMETER AUDIO DISTORTION METER

Input Impedance
Frequency
Nominally 1 MΩ in parallel with 40 pF
1 kHz (additional frequencies available with option 29)
Frequency Range
Range
DC and 50 Hz to 50 kHz
0 to 10%, 0 to 30% and 0 to 100%
AC only 50 Hz to 50 kHz
Polarized DC (below 1 Hz) Resolution
Maximum Input Voltage 0.1% distortion
30 VRMS, 50 Vdc Indication
Level Ranges 3 digits and bar charts
0 to 100 mV to 0 to 100 V RMS in a 1, 3, 10 sequence. Accuracy
Digital readout also in mW, dBm, dBV, dBr (user selectable)
External load R selectable compensation for 4, 8, 16, 75, 100, 150, ±5% of reading ± 0.5% distortion
300, 600 Ohms Sensitivity
Peak hold facility 50 mV (100 mV for 1% distortion) reading suppressed if audio voltage
Resolution is less than 5 mV

1 mV or 1% of reading AUDIO S/N METER

Indication
Range
3 digits and bar chart
0 to 30 dB and 0 to 100 dB
Accuracy
Resolution
±3% ±3 mV ±1 digit
0.1 dB
AUDIO FREQUENCY METER Indication

Frequency Range 3 digits and bar chart

20 Hz to 20 kHz Accuracy

Resolution ±1 dB

0.1 Hz, less than 10 kHz Sensitivity

1 Hz, at 10 kHz and above 50 mV (100 mV for 40 dB S/N) reading suppressed if audio voltage is
Indication less than 5 mV

5 digits AUDIO OSCILLOSCOPE

Accuracy
Operating Modes
As frequency standard ± 1 digit ± resolution
Single with digital storage on screen or repetitive sweep
Sensitivity
50 mV

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Frequency Range Accuracy
DC to 50 kHz, 3 Hz to 50 kHz AC coupled As frequency standard ± resolution
Voltage Range Acquisition Time
10 mV to 20 V per division in a 1, 2, 5 sequence Less than 1 second (manual tune)
Typically 3 seconds (auto-tune)
Voltage Accuracy
Sensitivity
±5% of full scale
Auto-tuned: 5 mW (N-Type)
FM Ranges 0.05 mW (Antenna port)
±75, 30, 15, 6, 3 and 1.5 kHz deviation full scale, ±10% accuracy Manual Tuned: -34 dBm (N-Type)
-60 dBm (Antenna port)
AM Ranges Auto or manual control of input attenuator
20, 10 and 5% per division, ±10% accuracy VSWR
Timebase N-Type: Better than 1.2:1 up to 500 MHz
50 µs/div to 5 s/div in a 1, 2, 5 sequence Better than 1.25:1 up to 1.05 GHz
BNC: Better than 3:1 up to 1.05 GHz
Graticule
10 Horizontal by 6 Vertical divisions RF POWER METER (BROADBAND)

Special Features Frequency Range

Built in anti-aliasing circuitry and variable decode trigger level 200 kHz to 1.05 GHz
Dynamic Range
AUDIO BAR CHARTS
5 mW to 150 W (N-Type)
Bar Chart Displays 0.05 mW to 250 mW (Antenna port)
AF Voltage, SINAD, Distortion, S/N Indication Units
Vertical Resolution Watts, dBm or dBW
2% of full scale Indication
Ranging 3 digits or bar chart
Auto-ranging, range hold or manual selection Resolution
1, 2, 5, sequence with hysteresis 0.1 dB max, typically 1%
Audio and Modulation Filters Accuracy (N-Type)
Lowpass filters ±10% ± resolution up to 1 GHz (FM & CW)
Four independently configurable Lowpass filters LP1, LP2, LP3, LP4 Maximum Continuous Rating
that can be set to any frequency cut off point from 250 Hz to
20000 Hz N-Type: 50 W at 20°C
(excluding the band 1001 Hz to 2999 Hz) Antenna port: 1 W
50 kHz Lowpass (No filters applied) Intermittent Rating
750 µs de-emphasis N-Type: 150 W for limited periods, typically 1 minute at 20°C.
Highpass filters Overload indicated by audible and visual warning.

50 Hz Highpass, 300 Hz Highpass

Bandpass filters
Any combination of LP1, LP2, LP3, LP4 and the Highpass filters
Audio Analyzer General Features
Tones Mode

RF FREQUENCY METER

Frequency Range
HARMONIC AND TRANSIENT ANALYSIS
100 kHz to 1.05 GHz (manual tune)
10 MHz to 1 GHz (auto-tune) HARMONIC MEASUREMENT
Resolution Displays 1st to 5th harmonic of the selected carrier
1 Hz or 10 Hz, up to 1050 MHz, selectable Maximum Harmonic Frequency
0.1 Hz, 1 Hz or 10 Hz up to 999 MHz, selectable
1.05 GHz
Indication
Up to 10 digits
Dynamic Range Accuracy (1)

0 to -60 dBc ±5% ±1 digit at 1 kHz

TRANSIENT POWER ANALYSIS ±8.5% ±1 digit from 50 Hz to 10 kHz
Displays power profile against time Demodulation Distortion (1)

Frequency Range Less than 2%, at 1 kHz and 30% AM, (CCITT weighted)
1 to 1050 MHz Residual AM
Dynamic Range Less than 1% (300 Hz to 3.4 kHz)
60 dB below spectrum analyzer reference level FREQUENCY MODULATION
Scale (power) Frequency Range
10 dB/div 100 kHz to 1.05 GHz
Scale (time) Modulation Frequency Range
50 µs/division to 5 s/div 10 Hz to 15 kHz
Trigger Level Deviation Range
Adjustable over full dynamic range +ve or -ve trigger selection 0 to 75 kHz
Pre-trigger Peak hold facility
0, 25, 50, 75 or 100% of displayed period Resolution
10 Hz below 2 kHz deviation, 1% above 2 kHz deviation
MODULATION METER
Indication
Sensitivity
3 digits and bar chart
Auto-tuned: 5 mW (N-Type)
Accuracy (1)
0.05 mW (Antenna port)
Manual Tuned: -34 dBm (N-Type) ±5% ±1 digit at 1 kHz modulation frequency
-60 dBm (Antenna port) ±7.5% ±1 digit for modulation frequencies 50 Hz to 10 kHz
Auto or manual control of input attenuator
Demodulation Distortion
Audio & Modulation Filters
Less than 2% at 1 kHz and 5 kHz FM, (CCITT weighted)
Lowpass filters
Residual FM
Four independently configurable Lowpass filters LP1, LP2, LP3, LP4
that can be set to any frequency cut off point from 250 Hz to Less than 30 Hz (300 Hz to 3.4 kHz)
20000 Hz (excluding the band 1001 Hz to 2999 Hz) Demodulation Output Socket
A 50 kHz Lowpass (No filters applied) 200 mV peak to peak ±10% per 1 kHz deviation
750 µs de-emphasis
RF SPECTRUM ANALYZER
Highpass filters
50 Hz Highpass, 300 Hz Highpass Frequency Range

Bandpass filters 100 kHz to 1.0 GHz

Any combination of LP1, LP2, LP3, LP4 and the Highpass filters Spans

AMPLITUDE MODULATION 1 kHz/division to 100 MHz/division in a 1, 2, 5 sequence or continu-

ously variable
Frequency Range
Start - stop facility allows selection of infinitely variable span width
100 kHz to 1.05 GHz
Resolution Bandwidth
Modulation Frequency Range
300 Hz, 3, 30, 300 kHz, 3 MHz
10 Hz to 15 kHz
Reference Level (top of screen)
AM Depth Range
-50 dBm to +52 dBm
0 to 99% (manually tuned) 0.7 mV to 71 V
0 to 90% below 100 MHz
0 to 80% from 100 to 400 MHz Displayed Dynamic Range

Peak hold facility 80 dB

Resolution Noise Floor

1% AM Typically 75 dB below top of screen

Indication On Screen Linearity

2 digits and bar chart Typically ±2 dB ±1 resolution (10 dB/div) >10 dB above noise floor

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Vertical Resolution Indication
0.1 dB on 2 dB/division 4 digits
0.5 dB on 10 dB/division
Resolution
Level Flatness
0.1 mV below 409 mV
±1 dB ± resolution over 50 MHz span
1 mV above 409 mV
Intermodulation Distortion
Accuracy
Better than 70 dB for two signals at -30 dBm into first mixer
± 5% + resolution 50 Hz to 15 kHz
Sweep Speeds
Output Impedance
10 ms/div to 200 ms/div in a 1, 2, 5 sequence (optimum sweep speed
and bandwidth selected according to span or user selectable) Nominally 5 Ω (minimum load 25 Ω)
Distortion
Span Resolution Update
Bandwidth (Sweeps/sec) Less than 0.5% at 1 kHz
10 kHz 300 Hz 5 Less than 1% from 50 Hz to 15 kHz
100 kHz 3 kHz 9
Signaling Encoder / Decoder
1 MHz 30 kHz 9
10 MHz 300 kHz 9 Sequential tones functions including revert
100 MHz 300 kHz 5 User defined tones
1000 MHz 3 MHz 5 Encodes and decodes up to 40 tones
CCIR, ZVEI, DZVEI, EEA, EIA or user defined
Marker Indication Any of the tones may be extended
Continuous, burst and single step modes available
Level and frequency or delta marker from center line of screen. Single Up to two frequency plans may be defined and stored within the
marker for frequency and level display. Marker to center frequency. ∆ 2945B for sequential tones
marker Any of the standard tone frequency plans may be copied to user
Features defined and modified
Tone length 20 ms to 20 s
Simultaneous ‘Look and Listen’ spans 100 kHz, 200 kHz, 500 kHz, Standard tone frequencies may be selected from a menu
1 MHz
Generation and decoding of DTMF tones
Sensitivity Generation and decoding of DCS (Digitally Coded Squelch)
Generation of POCSAG code CCIR No.1 Rec 584
2 µV
Bit rates from 400 to 4800 bit/s. Inversion available
Tracking Generator Offset/Frequency Range
AUDIO MONITOR
0 to 999 MHz/400 kHz to 1000 MHz
Demodulated signals and audio signals may be monitored via the inter-
nal loudspeaker and the accessory socket output on the front panel.
AUDIO GENERATORS

FREQUENCY CELLULAR AND TRUNKING

Frequency Range Test Modes

5 Hz to 33 kHz (sine or square) Auto test/manual test
Setting Auto Test Programs (dependant upon which system in use)
Keyboard entry, delta increment / decrement function and rotary con- Call processing only
trol Call and RF testing
Brief testing
Indication
Comprehensive testing
5 digits
Parametric Auto Test Routines
Resolution
AF Frequency AF Level
0.1 Hz below 3.25 kHz FM Deviation Mod frequency
Rx Distortion Rx Expansion
1 Hz above 3.25 kHz Rx Sensitivity Rx SINAD
Accuracy Rx S/N Tx Compression
Tx Distortion Tx Frequency
0.01 Hz below 180 Hz, 0.1 Hz above 180 Hz Tx Level Tx Power Level
Tx Limiting Tx Mod Level
LEVEL
Tx Noise Tx SINAD
Level Range Tx S/N

0.1 mV to 4V RMS Signaling Auto Test Routines

Setting Registration/Roaming Update PTT On

Place Call PTT Off
Keyboard entry, delta increment / decrement function and rotary con- Page Mobile SAT Deviation
trol
 Clear from Land SAT Frequency Clear from Mobile CALIBRATION INTERVAL
ST Duration
Handoff ST Frequency 2 years
Hook Flash ST Deviation ELECTROMAGNETIC COMPATIBILITY
DTMF Decode DSAT Deviation
Data Performance Conforms with the protection requirements of the EEC Council Directive
89/336/EEC. Complies with the limits specified in the following stan-
dards:
FREQUENCY STANDARD
IEC/EN61326-1 : 1997, RF Emission Class B, Immunity Table 1,
Internal Frequency Standard (TCXO) Performance Criteria B
Frequency SAFETY
10 MHz Conforms with the requirements of EEC Council Directive 73/23/EEC (
as amended ) and the product safety standard IEC / EN 61010-1 :
Temperature Stability
2001 + C1 : 2002 + C2 : 2003 for Class 1 portable equipment, for
0.5 ppm, 0 to 40°C use in a Pollution Degree 2 environment. The instrument is designed to
be operated from an Installation Category 2 supply.
0.6 ppm 0 to 50°C
ENVIRONMENTAL
Ageing Rate
Rated Range of Use
Better than 1 ppm per year
0 to 50°C and up to 95% relative humidity at 40°C
Warm Up
Storage and Transport
1 minute to specified accuracy
Temperature
External Frequency Standard Input
-30°C to +70°C
Frequency
Altitude
1, 2, 5 and 10 MHz
Up to 2500 m (pressurized freight at 27 kPa differential)
Input Level
DIMENSIONS AND WEIGHT
Greater than 1 V peak to peak
Standard Dimensions
Input Impedance
185 mm (7.3 in) height, 400 mm (15.7 in) width, 460 mm (18.1 in)
Nominally 1 kΩ deep (including handle, feet and covers)

GENERAL Option 30 Dimensions

185 mm (7.3 in) height, 420 mm (16.5 in) width, 565 mm (22.2 in)
Keyboard and Display deep (including handle, feet and covers)
Logical color coded keyboard with color high resolution fast LCD Weight
Display Size Typically less than 11.4 kg, (<25 lb)
160 x 85 mm 10.5 kg (No options) Less than 13 kg (fully equipped)
RS-232C
OPTIONS AND ACCESSORIES
RS-232C interface is provided for printing and remote instrument con-
trol 600 Ω MATCHING UNIT (OPTION 1)
Connector INPUT CIRCUIT
9 way female ‘D’ Type Impedance
POWER REQUIREMENTS 600 Ω
AC Supply Voltage Return Loss
100 - 240 V~ / 108 - 118 V~ (Limit 90 - 264 V~/98 - 132 V~) >21 dB at 1 kHz
AC Supply Frequency Frequency Response
50 - 60 Hz / 50 - 400 Hz (Limit 45 - 66 Hz / 45 - 440 Hz) ±0.5 dB at 200 Hz to 5 kHz,
Maximum AC Power ±2 dB at 100 Hz to 20 kHz
190 VA Accuracy of 1:1 Input:Output Ratio
DC Supply Voltage ±1% at 1 kHz ± accuracy of 2945B or 2948B
11 to 32 V Maximum Input
Maximum DC Power 5 V RMS maximum at 200 Hz to 5 kHz
100 W 3 V RMS maximum at 100 Hz to 20 kHz

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OUTPUT CIRCUIT MEMORY CARD DRIVE AND REAL TIME CLOCK (OPTION 6)
Impedance The memory card facility allows the storage of results, set-ups screen
dumps and user programs with SRAM cards. Meets PCMCIA 2 stan-
600 Ω dard. Allows the current date and time to be stored with results to the
Return Loss memory card and/or printed with a screen dump.

>21 dB at 1 kHz SSB DEMODULATOR (OPTION 8)

Frequency Response The SSB demodulator allows signals to be demodulated either via the
internal loudspeaker or via the accessory socket. Provides demodula-
±0.5 dB at 200 Hz to 5 kHz tion of SSB signals (upper and lower sideband).
±2 dB at 100 Hz to 20 kHz Frequency Range
Level Accuracy 400 kHz to 1 GHz
±2% at 1 kHz ± accuracy of 2945B or 2948B AF Demodulation Range
Output Level 10 Hz to 15 kHz
1 mV to 2.5 V RMS across 600 Ω Distortion
ANALOG SYSTEMS CARD (OPTION 2) Typically less than 3% at 1 kHz (300 to 3.4 kHz)
This option provides automatic testing for cellular, trunked and FM Detection Range
radios and a BASIC Interpreter for customized tests
2 µV to 150 W
HIGH STABILITY INTERNAL FREQUENCY (OCXO) STANDARD (OPTION
3) Features

Frequency Automatic detection of USB or LSB. BFO can be used for tuning of
carrier for AM and FM radios.
10 MHz
OCCUPIED BANDWIDTH MEASUREMENT (OPTION 9)
Temperature Stability
Calculates the bandwidth of a signal displayed on the spectrum analyz-
Better than 0.05 ppm, 5 to 55°C er.
Ageing Rate Frequency Range
Better than 0.1 ppm, per year, after 1 month continuous use 1 MHz to 1 GHz
Warm-up Time Display Resolution
Less than 10 minutes to within 0.2 ppm at 20°C 3 digits
PARALLEL INTERFACE (OPTION 4) Accuracy
Allows direct connection of a parallel printer 20%
Additionally provides four software programmable output lines Bandwidth Measurement Range
Printer Port 3 kHz minimum
Connector Ratio range 90% - 99% selectable in 0.1% steps
25 way female D type NMT CELLULAR SOFTWARE (OPTION 10)
Printers Supported NMT 450 NMT 900
75, 100, 150 dots per inch laser printers, FX 80, FX 100 Epson for- Benelux NMTF
mat Austria Spain
Malaysia Indonesia
Accessory Port Saudi 1 Saudi 2
Thailand Oman
Connector
Tunisia Hungary
9 way female D type Poland Russia
Czech Bulgaria
Outputs Slovenia Turkey
4 independently programmable output lines, each one configurable as USER DEFINED NMT
a logic line or as a relay contact closure. +5 V supply available AMPS CELLULAR SOFTWARE (OPTION 11)
GPIB (OPTION 5) USER DEFINED AMPS
Capability TACS CELLULAR SOFTWARE (OPTION 12)
For printing, remote instrument control or for programming of user E-TACS TACS 2
defined test sequences. C-TACS I C-TACS II
Complies with the following subsets defined J-TACS N-TACS
USER DEFINED TACS
IEEE-488:- SH1, AH1, T6, L4, SR1, RL1, DT0, EI, DC1
MPT 1327 TRUNKING SOFTWARE (OPTION 13)
BAND III JRC
 UK WATER HONG KONG mounted on a bench.
AUTONET AMT
MADEIRA NL-TRAXIS IF OUTPUT (OPTION 31)
NZ MPT1327 PH-INDO Allows access to the IF signal from the rear of the instrument (Note:-
USER DEFINED MPT Incorporation of this option replaces the standard demod out capability)
PMRTEST SOFTWARE (OPTION 14) INTERNAL BATTERY (OPTION 32)
USER DEFINED PMR for FM radios Type
EDACSTM RADIO TEST SOFTWARE (OPTION 15) 12 V NiMH
Provides Auto/Manual test capability for EDACSTM radios. Up to 4 user Capacity
defined variants can be created and stored, each with up to 24 spot
channel frequencies. Typically 60 minutes operation

Performs bit error rate tests to check performance of receiver and Weight
transmitter. 1.8 kg
EDACSTM REPEATER TEST SOFTWARE (OPTION 16) Charge Time From Instrument
Provides Auto/Manual test capability for EDACSTM repeaters. Up to four 4 hours
user defined variants can be created and stored, each with up to 24
spot channel frequencies. A data logging facility is also available to Temperature Range
continuously decode and display data messages from the repeater
5-35 C charge
under test.
EDACS is an Ericsson GE registered trademark. 0-50 C discharge
LTR TRUNKING TEST SOFTWARE (OPTION 18)
Notes
Provides Auto/Manual test capability for LTR Trunked radios. (Planned
availability Q3 2006)
(1)
At low modulation levels the residual AM/FM may become significant.

DEMODULATION FILTERS (OPTION 21)

VERSIONS AND ACCESSORIES
Provides a range of high selectivity channel filters in Spectrum Analyzer When ordering please quote full ordering number information
Look and Listen mode. Shape factor approximates to ETSI require-
ments. Ordering
Bandwidths
Numbers Versions
2945B Communications Service Monitor
5 kHz, 12.5 kHz, 25 kHz, 50 kHz and 300 kHz
POCSAG DECODE (OPTION 22) 2948B Low Phase-Noise Communications Service Monitor
Allows off-air decoding of POCSAG messages. Can decode a message Options
as it is received, or decoding can be triggered from a user selectable
Option 1 600 Ω Matching Unit
RIC code or fixed message pattern.
Bit Rate Option 2 Analog Systems Card*
Automatically decodes any standard bit rate up to 4800 bits/s. Option 3 High Stability OCXO
Numeric or alphanumeric decoding is provided.
Option 4 Parallel Interface †
Number of received errors is displayed.
CCITT FILTER (OPTION 23) Option 5 GPIB Interface †

Allows a CCITT filter to be inserted into either the demodulated audio Option 6 Memory Card Drive with real time clock
path or the audio input path.
Option 8 SSB Demodulator
CMESS FILTER (OPTION 24)
Option 9 Occupied Bandwidth Measurement
Allows a CMESS filter to be inserted into either the demodulated audio
path or the audio input path. Note : Option 2 required when ordering any of the following options
TONE REMOTE (OPTION 26) 10 to 18
Provides configuration screens and generation of Tone Remote control Option 10 NMT Cellular
signals.
PLUS 2 DISTORTION NOTCH FILTERS BOARD (OPTION 29) Option 11 AMPS Cellular

The standard instrument is supplied with a 1 kHz notch for Distortion Option 12 TACS Cellular
and Sinad measurements. This option allows the user to carry out
Distortion/Sinad measurements at two additional frequencies. The two Option 13 MPT 1327 trunking
additional notch frequencies can be anywhere in the band 50 Hz to
20 kHz and must be stipulated at the time of ordering. Option 14 PMRTEST

BAIL ARM/FRONT COVER (OPTION 30) Option 15 EDACSTM Radio Test

Provides a bail arm carrying handle and front panel cover and storage Option 16 EDACSTM Repeater Test
area. The bail arm will also provide additional viewing angles when

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Option 18 LTR Trunking (Planned availability Q3 2006) 46662/616 Soft carrying/operational case for use with option 30

Option 21 Demodulation Filters* 54112/163 Hard Transit Case

Option 22 POCSAG Decode 54431/023 20 dB AF Attenuator (BNC)

Option 23 CCITT Filter †† 46884/728 Rack Mounting Kit

Option 24 CMESS Filter †† 54421/001 BNC Telescopic Antenna

Option 26 Tone Remote 46884/650 Serial port to PC control cable (9 way)

Option 29 Plus 2 Distortion Notch Filters board** 46884/649 Serial port to PC control cable (25 way)

Option 30 Bail Arm and Front Panel Stowage cover 46884/648 RS-232 Printer cable (25 way)

Option 31 IF Output Capability 59999/170 RF Directional Bridge

Option 32 Internal Battery* 54421/002 (1 to 50 MHz) RF Directional Power Head

Supplied Accessories 54421/003 (25 to 1000 MHz) RF Directional Power Head
AC Supply lead 46880/114 Service Manual
DC Supply lead

Operating Manual
† Options 4 and 5 cannot be fitted together.
Optional Accessories
†† Options 23 and 24 cannot be fitted together.
44991/145 Microphone with PTT * Option 2, Option 21 and Option 32 :- Any two of these options can be
fitted together, but not all three.
59000/189 Memory Card (128 k)
** Option 29, The standard instrument is supplied with a 1 kHz notch for
Distortion and Sinad measurements. This option allows the user to carry
59000/375 Memory Card (2 M) out Distortion/Sinad measurements at two additional frequencies. The
two additional notch frequencies can be anywhere in the band 50 Hz to
46662/779 Soft carrying case (suitable for all 294x, except early 20 kHz and must be stipulated at the time of ordering.
units being used with external battery ‡ External Battery Packs for previous models are still available using the
following order codes 2945A Battery pack 43113/021 or 2945 Battery
46662/571 Soft carrying/operational case pack 43113/018.

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