Radio Test Sets
Radio Test Sets
Choose from the best Radio Test Sets
Radio has provided a reliable and secure communication mode over land, sea, and air for more than a century. Radio test tools and processes are used to verify the range, signal power, distortion, frequency, and receiver sensitivity for two-way radio communications. As radio infrastructure has evolved, test tools and methods have also been developed to verify the performance of antennas, repeaters, and cabling.
Mission critical radio networks for military, law enforcement, and emergency responders utilize over-the-air testing to verify coverage and security. Digital radio technologies such as P25 require alignment to ensure modulation fidelity and minimize bit error rate (BER). Software defined radio (SDR) is enabling more adaptable spectrum and protocol usage. This requires a new set of radio test solutions for embedded software development and testing.
CX100 ComXpert Handheld Communications Service Monitor
A fully featured radio test solution in a light weight, rugged, handheld form factor for all the applications where bench top equipment isn’t practical.
CX150 ComLite Communications Service Monitor
A streamlined analogue communications service monitor for modern technicians | Your Essential Tool for analogue Support
CX200 siteXpert Communications Service Monitor
The CX200 is designed with advanced frequency, power, and modulation analysis instruments for both analog and digital systems.
CX300 ComXpert Communications Service Monitor
A complete communications test solution capable of testing everything
CX700 ComXpert Radio Test System
An automated radio communications test solution for commercial, tactical, military, and infrastructure applications in production, depot-level, and field environments.
8800SX Digital Radio Test Set
Advanced Analog and Digital Radio Test Set for Bench and Field Environments
Who Uses Radio Tests Sets from VIAVI?
VIAVI communications test equipment supports a broad variety of public and private sector mobile radio users.
• Emergency responders, hospitals, and police rely on land mobile radio (LMR) coverage and reliability under critical, time-sensitive conditions. Mobile radios in vehicles must work seamlessly with handheld radios and base stations to maintain an uninterrupted communication network. A public agency with a high volume of users will often deploy a trunked land mobile radio system to improve spectral efficiency.
• The railroad industry utilises digital radio technology to control and monitor train positions and ensure safety. VIAVI communications test equipment, including the versatile 8800SX digital and analogue radio test set, provides Positive Train Control (PTC) testing to meet stringent railroad requirements in the lab or field.
• The U.S. military has relied on mobile radios for over 100 years and continues to drive new technology and security advancements. VIAVI supports military radio testing with a full line of tactical radio communication test sets and programmable depot-level radio maintenance equipment.
• Private companies and small public entities like schools and fire departments often rely on independent contractors or two-way radio dealers for maintenance and calibration. This extended support network benefits from the automated radio test and alignment features of highly integrated VIAVI Communications Service Monitors (CSMs).
Types of Radio Test Sets
• Communications Service Monitors
A communications service monitor (CSM) is an integrated radio test solution that combines the features of a spectrum analyser, signal generator, oscilloscope, channel analyser, and power meter in one advanced radio test set. The versatility of a CSM can be applied to both analogue and digital radio applications. A CSM can be used to automate land mobile radio testing and alignment for technologies including P25, TETRA, Digital Mobile Radio (DMR), and Next Generation Digital Narrowband (NXDN). A radio frequency analyser, SINAD and distortion meters, along with modulation sources and channel markers enable equally effective analogue radio test coverage.
• Land Mobile Radio Test
Land mobile radio (LMR) refers to person-to-person communication over two-way radio. Despite the older and simpler format, LMR has differentiated itself from cellular technology as an extremely reliable mode for voice communication. This characteristic trait has led to the widespread adoption of land mobile radio for emergency response and law enforcement teams. With a growing number of government and commercial applications, land mobile radio has incorporated digital technology to improve range and reliability. VIAVI radio test sets incorporate automatic test and alignment features for an exhaustive list of digital LMR products from leading radio manufacturers.
• Military Radio Test
The range, simplicity, and reliability of land mobile radio systems has made them a logical fit for military and tactical communications. With often unpredictable field conditions and security threats, tactical radios must remain adaptable while maintaining high performance standards for transmit power, error rate, and sensitivity. Over-the-air military radio testing prevents the disruption of deployment activities or test-induced equipment failures. VIAVI 3515 Series portable radio communications test sets enable non-intrusive testing on-the-go to verify the field readiness of tactical radios, antennas, and audio systems.
• Software Defined Radio
Software-defined radio (SDR) replaces traditional physical layer components, such as amplifiers and filters, with software-defined elements. This allows multiple radio technologies to share a common platform while enabling remote programming and reconfiguration. The VIAVI Raptor is an ideal software communications architecture (SCA) test environment. SDR applications can be developed, and a simulated radio frequency interference test can be performed. Additional software tools can be used to generate synthetic waveforms or create new SDR models from pre-defined software elements.
