User's Manual

68P8100XYXX-O APRIL 2003 3-21

PRELIMINARY

Internal Review (First Draft - 50% to 60% Complete)

SIMULCAST CONFIGURATION ILLEGAL CARRIER DETERMINATION AND BASE RADIO MEASUREMENT

SOURCE OF THE TRANSMITTER METERING POINTS

Table 3-4 lists each of the transmitter metering points and where the measurement is taken.

CHECKING THE TRANSMITTER FREQUENCY

Perform Procedure 3-5 to measure the transmitter frequency of a base radio.

ABLE 3-4 SOURCE FOR THE TRANSMITTER METERING POINTS

Current Column Read From

Station Forward Power (Watts) Individual base radio

Station Reflected Power (Watts) Individual base radio

Station VSWR Individual base radio

RFDS VSWR Power monitor in the RFDS

ROCEDURE 3-5 HOW TO CHECK THE TRANSMITTER FREQUENCY

1 Turn off the STR 3000 Simulcast Base Radio using the On and Off switch on the

front of the power supply module.

CAUTION

Make sure power to the base radio is OFF. Connecting or

disconnecting RF cables while the transmitter is keyed

could cause personal injury or equipment damage from RF

arcing.

NOTE

If two STR 3000 Simulcast Base Radio rack transmitters are

combined together, turn off all of the base radios in both racks.

2 Disconnect the transmit cable from the base radio.

3 Connect the transmit port to the service monitor.

4 Set the service monitor to monitor the transmit frequency of the base radio being

tested.

5 Turn on the base radio being checked using the On and Off switch on the front of

the power supply module and allow the station to fully initialize.

6 Use the CSS application to read the configuration from the base radio.

See “Reading the Configuration File from a Device” in the STR 3000 Simulcast

Base Radio online help.

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