Codan Radio Radio Repeater Systems Training Guide - Manual (Page 60)

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Appendix E: Mobile Coverage Tests Page 52
Lay out a route for the mobile with test points approximately 1 km (0.6 miles) apart using your coverage
map as a reference as shown in Figure E-2.
Figure E-2: Mobile Coverage Test Points
This route should include a couple of points that are line-of-sight just to confi rm that everything is
working properly. When the mobile stops at the test point, have it transmit long enough so that you
have time to switch the attenuator to the point where the signal gets noisy just before it disappears.
Have the portable (repeater site) squelch set at the threshold for these tests. Make notes showing the
amount of attenuation necessary to switch the signal into the noise at each test point (use the example
coverage test sheet in Appendix I). When completed, you should have a list of test points, most of which
will be in questionable areas of coverage, with attenuator values noted for each. Next it is necessary
to reduce each of the attenuator fi gures by an amount equal to the average (start of test to end of test)
power output of the mobile in excess of 1 watt.
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TP3
TP4
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TP11
TP12
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