PS Magazine - JANUARY 1972
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
1972 SERIES, ISSUE 230
JANUARY 1972
The
terminal
se±'s no± exactly hoary wi±h age-but it
has been around long enough ±o rate ex²
tRa care ±o keep i± hummin'.
OK,
so pick youR channel wi±h the
³F Channel Dial of youR T´302 tRansµ
mitter but ¶.
. snug ±he lock down just
enough ±o hold ±he dial firm.
heavy·handling,
cause you
might just bReak ±he lock and its innards.
That means suppoR± and a wai±.
A CLoGGED FIlTER-if
±he T¸302 in
±ha± AN/T³¹·24 is zapping ±oo many
ºubes, you could haVe fil±eR fReak¸out.
MeaninG, when You slide out ±He ±Ransµ
mit±eR fRom its case, You spy a fil±eR so
clogged that ozone is bu± a memoRy. So
the tRansmitteR head oVerheats, the tubes
blow hot .
.. then go cold.
'No»her ±hing. If mishandled, ±he T·302
±racks can waRp, or you migh± damage ±he
Pl poweR ConnectoR¼ Thing is, ±he little
wheels on the tuning head have to mesh
with the ±racks just Right¶
¹lean ±he air fil±eR eVerY mon±h for
kEEP IT lEVEL
½When you'Re sli¾in'
if it's Real dir±y ±he T·302 in oR ou± of i±s case, Keep ±he
ough±a be lef± in when you send the case,
or components, oR components and Case,
»o support.
If no±, down±ime on ±hese compone¿±s
miÀht go on qui±e a while, since suÁÁor±
would
haVe
±o
rus±le
uÁ
reÁlaCemen±
transmi±±er leVel. A ±il± could Cause ±Âe
frail S
±±²
in±eRlock swi±ch½a± ±he loweR
right reaR½±o bend or bReak on ±he RamÁ.
Be sure ±he T·302 is flush on i±s Ramp be²
foRe you slip i± the aRm.
Wi±h the tRansmi±±er out of its case, you
can
acciden±ally
break
±he
in±erlock
switCh with a bang against a wall oR otheR
objeC±. ¹aReful is ±he word here.
Tu¿ing heads, suCh as in the
aM³915
on ±he
Track¸24,
can
cÃuse
±roubLe
if
4´
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