User's Manual

3-20 68P8100XYXX-O APRIL 2003

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ILLEGAL CARRIER DETERMINATION AND BASE RADIO MEASUREMENT CHAPTER 3: SIMULCAST REMOTE SITE CONFIGURATION

MONITORING THE TRANSMITTER METERING POINTS

Perform Procedure 3-4 to monitor the transmitter metering points.

ROCEDURE 3-4 HOW TO MONITOR THE TRANSMITTER METERING POINTS

1 From the Service menu, select Metering Screen.

Results: The Metering Screen dialog box appears (Figure 3-17).

IGURE 3-17 METERING SCREEN DIALOG BOX

NOTE

To obtain a reading for the RFDS VSWR metering point, you must be

connected inside the STR 3000 Simulcast Base Radio rack at the

bottom position, which accepts the output from the FRDS output

power meter. Otherwise, the value will be either 0 or N/A.

2 Click Transmitter Test, which briefly keys up the transmitter.

Result: The status bar on the window confirms if the transmitter is operating

properly or if it has failed.

See Table 3-4 “Source for the Transmitter Metering Points” on page 3-21 for a list

of the source for each transmitter metering point.

Exhibit 9D