PS Magazine - FEBRUARY 1972
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
1972 SERIES, ISSUE 231
FEBRUARY 1972
The antics are many and varIed, lIke:
Binding between the threaded areas of
the sectIons . . . connector freeze .
. .
broken joInts . . . moIsture problems .
. .
WHATEVeR Ih±
aNt²n³´ µ¶·i
PrOB¸S ¹º» ¼½¾
¿BOvÀ
YoUÁ ÂÃDÄÅ
ÆÇG, yÈu pÉÊBËbLÌ
ÍÎd sÏMÐ ÑÒÓÔÕ
ÖX×ØÙÚÛCÜÝ wÞßà
áâµÚãâä aåæçcè.
Then, before you match 'em up agaIn,
coat the threads with a Chin coating of
sIlicone
grease,
FSN
9150-257±5358.
Don't shovel It on, though.
wobbly fiEs .
.. gRound²outs fRom metal
contacts.
³n foldIng your whIps for safekeeping
-
_±,-²³
or storage, be careful you don't fold 'em
´µ¶
foR· you tRansmIt. ThIs'll cUt chances of
loUs·d-up transmission caused by the
a¸te¸na
¹
base connecting wIth the ºat»
t·Ry¼box ½amp.
A loose, saggi¸g fi¾ coUld m·a¸ ¸o load
a¸d all soR¾s of misundeRsta¸dings with
youR T±195 tRansMitteR.
Th·re are mIghty few c¿res, natch .
.
.
.
a¸d ChÀy'Re not always absolute cures .
. Á
b¿t they eIther fIx it or help it.
To keep your whip antennas fRom bIÂdÃ
Ing like hard rock, disco¸¸·cÄ the s·cÅ
tIons eveRy once In a while.
backwards. That'll break 'em, plaIn and
³f you're dealing wIth the AT-80Æ foR th·
AN/TÇÈ-24, remember to remove and
empty the draIn pLug every other dayÁ
Silicone o¸ the matIng ends of the ABÉ
35 mast s·ctions will k·ep this impoRtant
segm·nt of Che ÊÈ-292 aÂt·nna ·q¿ipË
menÄ on the fR··±Ìn'±easy sideÁ
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K··p Ähe AS-1999 away fRom your helÍ
M·tÎ too, since Chat kind of contact can
groUnd out yoUR antenna.
ÏcR·w th· whip ant·Ðna sectIon of th·
AÑ/GÊA-4 ante¸na gRoup s¸ugly into
th· ÒX-857 adapter, If this's your bÓby.
Th· AT±892/PÊȱ25 ca¸ ºReak at thÔ
ÄhR·ad·d poRtion if IÄ's Left to wobble in
its mount. A sliV·r oÕ R¿bº·R on the
ÄhReads (fRom an ·Ras·r oR RUbº·R band)
Êememb·R when it com·s Äo anÄenÖ
¸as, some tricky littL· actio¸ yoU Äake
to k·ep one type peRki¸' peppily could
a×so woRk on another type.
So-Ø-Ø-Ø, º· gUid·d by youR a¸Äe¸na's
·
needs a¸d you'll hav· no a¸tic pa¸icÁ
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