Aeroflex announces advanced test capabilities for its 3900 Series Digital Radio Test Set

“The Aeroflex 3900 continues to prove its flexibility with the addition of the Motorola SmartNet/SmartZone technology,” said Rob Barden, Director of Product Marketing for Aeroflex. “This new capability provides users of Astro systems with both analog and digital P25 test capabilities. Plus, with the re-banding feature, users can now test radios that have been re-banded for proper operation.”

Aeroflex is a licensee of the SmartNet/SmartZone technology from Motorola. Aeroflex currently provides a wide range of features for a number of Motorola radio technologies, including Project 25 and HPD.

In addition, the Aeroflex 3900 Series now supports additional tests with the 1.7.4 software including:

· Motorola Linear Simulcast Modulation for testing the latest Simulcast Systems being released by Motorola.
· Support for Survey Technologies’ Field Test 6 Software. Now, users of the Aeroflex 3900 Series can improve and automate the acquisition, analysis and display of signal strength across a given terrain to include P25 signals. Field Test 6 has expanded the drive-test measurement concept to include indoor measurement and analysis for applications where GPS is not available.
· Auto-Test II TIA-603 Software. Analog radio designers and servicers can now test their radio to the TIA-603 Land Mobile Radio Measurement and Performance Standards. This Auto-Test II application allows users of the Aeroflex 3900 to verify radio performance to this TIA standard.
· DCS/DTMF decode. To further support analog radio testing, the 3900 Series with software version 1.7.4 now supports DCS and DTMF decode.

All the new software functions will be available in September 2008. The SmartNet/SmartZone support, the Linear Simulcast testing support and the TIA-603 Test Application will be available as charged for options. DCS and DTMF decode will be supported as a standard feature in the 1.7.4 release, as will the support for the Field Test 6 Software.