Mark,
You want to look for TIMS test set, with it you will be able to send
and receive different tones at different levels and measure the levels
as well.
Dan
KA8YPY
On Apr 27, 2007, at 8:11 PM, N9WYS wrote:
> Sorry - I believe it also needs to be able to measure the frequency of
> the
> audio tone on the line...
>
> Mark - N9WYS
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com On Behalf Of N9WYS
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> My "helper" told me that I need to start looking for test equipment -
> he's
> taking a different job and won’t have access to the equipment he does
> now.
>
> Inasmuch, what is the test meter called that you use to measure the
> signal
> level across/on phone lines? I'm told that I need one that measures
> in dB,
> I believe.
>
> Thanks!
> Mark - N9WYS
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com On Behalf Of Dan Blasberg
>
> Most of the radio circuits that i remotely test and we (Verizon)
> engineer are 0, -16 circuits, meaning that the from the telecom
> interface we are looking for a 0db signal on the transmit side, and
> when it gets to the other end at the interface card at the station the
> signal will be -16 db.
>
> Dan
>
> KA8YPY
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> On Apr 26, 2007, at 10:40 PM, allan crites wrote:
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>> Tim,
>> The AT&T spec for line loss from the sending end to the central office
>> is 9 +- 1 dB and from the central office to the receiving end is 9 +-
>> 1 dB. So your total loss will be 18 +- 2 dB.
>> I need to find my tone remote manual to get the answers to your other
>> questions.
>> WA9ZZU
>>
>> "Steve Bosshard (NU5D)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>> I believe 16 db would be terribly excessive loss for a line - maybe 6
>>> db tops. I usually set -10 dbm @ 1000 hz for +/- 3 khz deviation.
>>> ). 0 dBm for max deviation. and let the tone levels fall into place
>>> as you have indicated. If the line measures 6 db of loss @ 1000 hz,
>>> you may want to move the hold tone from -20 dBm to -17 or -14 dBm and
>>> the remainder accordingly. Also loss may vary with tone frequency,
>>> so loss at 1000 hz may be far different from loss at 2175 hz. Best
>>> luck, Steve NU5D
>>>
>>> On 4/26/07, tim_shephard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I'm working
>>> with a GE repeater, Master II. Its tone remoted. It is
>>>> setup and working, but I'd like to know how to set the tone remote
>>>
>>>
>>> --
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