[Motorola] Test Set

Glenn Little [email protected]
Sun, 24 Mar 2002 22:47:26 -0500


Paul

According to the service manual for the TU546 it was for testing receivers 
and transmitters with the 11 pin metering plug.  This unit replaced the 
P-8500 and P-8501 test set.  The front of the unit has a square 20 pin 
connector.  There is a cable that has the mate for this connector on one 
end and a male 11 pin metering plug on the other.  My manual is issue C and 
is dated 3/7/61.  The MICOR uses a rectangular mettering plug.  There is a 
cable for this test set to be used with a MICOR.  The MOCOM-70 used what 
looked like a relay connector metering plug.  There is also an adapter 
cable for this.  I have both of these cables.  There may be other cables 
for this test set. These would have been made as newer equipment was 
developed.  This test set was replaced bt a test set that has a model 
mumber of S followed by 4 numbers.  The 4 numbers tell the installed 
options.  Motorola appears to have standardized on the 20 pin connector for 
the test set so that existing cables could be used with newer test sets as 
they were developed.

Hope that this helps.  Looks like the test set was originally used with the 
G strip transmitter and receiver.

73
Glenn
WB4UIV

At 05:12 PM 3/24/02 -0800, you wrote:
>I have a TU-546 Motorola test set that I am not sure what it was used with.
>I suspect it was usable for several pieces of equipment, Micor, Motrac
>vintage but, just don't know for sure.
>
>If someone can place the vintage and equipment to match this piece of
>gear, I would appreciate it.
>
>Thanks!
>
>Paul - NN7B
>
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