5-1
November 2001
Part No. 001-7240-001
ALIGNMENT PROCEDURE
SECTION 5 ALIGNMENT PROCEDURE
Figure 5-1 Alignment Setup Diagram
CAUTION
Make sure that the programming cable is
attached to the radio with the cable up as shown.
Attempting to attach it the other way may result
in serious damage to the radio.
Remote Programming Interface (RPI)
Signal Generator/
Wattmeter
50-ohm
Load
Comm. Monitor
Generator
Audio
PC-Compatible
Computer
Speaker Load
Part No. 023-9800-000
RPI-Transceiver Cable
Part No. 597-7200-031
680-Ohm
5.1 GENERAL
NOTE: Special test operating code must be loaded
before this transceiver can be aligned using PCTune.
Refer to Section 5.1.2 for more information.
5.1.1 INTRODUCTION
The alignment procedure described in this section
should be performed if repairs are made that could
affect the factory alignment. In addition, before a
transceiver is initially placed in service, the perfor-
mance tests in Sections 5.14 and 5.15 should be
performed.
To perform the alignment described in this
section, special PCTune and PCFlash software is
required (see Table 1-1). The setup is basically the
same as that used for programming. This equipment is
shown above and also described in Section 3.1.
Only two adjustments are made manually and the
others are made digitally using the PCTune software.
The manual adjustments are squelch sensitivity and
TCXO frequency, and if they do not need to be reset,
the transceiver can be tuned without any disassembly
or the need for a special test cable.
5.1.2 SPECIAL TEST CODE REQUIRED
This transceiver does not have a test mode that is
selected for alignment. Instead, special test operating
code is loaded and the PCTune program then automat-
ically selects the frequencies and other test conditions
that are required to perform the alignment. Then when