
ITC 220 Base Station, Locomotive & Wayside Radio Transceiver Field Service Guide PN 0046300120 Rev. A
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Configure the Agilent E4417A power meter
Use these settings:
Select Channel
Sensor Mode: Normal
Range: Auto
Filter: Auto
Duty Cycle: Off
Offset On: Use offset from cable and attenuator
Frequency: 221.137 MHz
CF Table: Off
FDO Table: Off
Video Avg: Off
Video B/W: Low
Step Detect: On
Gates
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Gate Start: 3 ms
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Gate Length: 97 ms
Trace Setup
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Start: 1 ms
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Length: 99 ms
Trigger
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Cont Trig
Measure Setup
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Upper Window: AVG
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Lower Window: Peak
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Rel/Offset: both Off
Meas Display – Resolution 3 digits
Expected peak RF power output
The expected peak RF power for the Base Station Transceiver (24 VDC or 48 VDC model) is 75 watts PEP.
The expected peak RF power for the Locomotive Transceiver is 50 watts PEP.
The expected peak RF power for the Wayside Transceiver is 25 watts PEP.
Radio transmission characteristics
Spectrum analyzer images, which follow, show typical radio transmission frequency and power spectrum
characteristics in DQPSK transmission modulation format.
Note
— Only Base Station and Locomotive Transceivers are capable of transmitting at π/4DQPSK full rate. The Wayside
Transceiver is capable of transmitting only at π/4DQPSK half rate.
Use the commands below in XtermW, to key up the transmitter at either π/4DQPSK full rate (Base Station or
Locomotive only) or half rate (Base Station, Locomotive, or Wayside) and observe radio performance.
To key up a Base Station or Locomotive transmitter at π/4DQPSK full rate:
(Base Station and Locomotive only)
1.
In
XtermW
type the following commands: