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XPR-7550e Help

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guru1983

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Hey i got a XPR-7550e and was want to check the power output and was wanting to know if it can just be hooked to a wave meter or is the another type of meter it needs to be hooked to. Thanks
 

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You'll need the proprietary RF adapter from Motorola that's quite expensive and only connects to an RF jack on the back of the radio under the XPR7550e nameplate. From there you can either use a wattmeter with proper dummy load or more preferably, a service monitor.
 

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Without a service monitor or very expensive wattmeter you will only be able to measure power in analog mode.
 

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True, I forgot that bit of pertinent information. It confused one of my coworkers for a while the first time he tried to check an XPR4350 on a digital channel.
 
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