PS Magazine - MARCH 1972

PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly

1972 SERIES, ISSUE 232

MARCH 1972

PS Magazine - MARCH 1972 - Page 26 of 35
Noise bugging your radio-set
w±²³´µ¶
you're operating in the TRANSMIT
mode of radio set ±N/ ±RC²1³4?
That buzzing background´s no good
FOr communications in your chopper or
fixed-wing, so here's your move:
Have suppoµ check the gUard receiver
X-¶ode audio circuit. The manufactUrer
(
was supposed to disconnect the circ·it by removing pin D of i²line connector P503¸
but some hot²sh¹t may have re-ºserted the pin or it ¶ight never have been removed»
Getting rid of the pin should shut off the buzzing¼
½his won´t inte¾fere with the normal f·nctions of the ±N/±RC²¿¿4»
±irdrops or other "open doorÀ opera-
Á tions can really pile the dust and diµ on
±-:²' ,³ ´µ¶·.¸¹º »¼½¾
·
you ca´t even flip the switchesÃ
Ä
So wot to do?ÅSame thing an unnecessary
trip to support would doÆ Like, wipe off
the dust with a liÇt²free rag and get down in the cracKs with a soft bristle brush. Èeep
compressed air away, since it´ll only blow dust deeper into the controlsÃ
Ése cÊution wËen you approaÌh the ÊnÍ
tennÊs on your ÎH-58Æ
ϽÎP »»» when you feel like using the
Ëoming ÊntenÐÊ Ñike a Ñadderà ManÒ you
Won´t knoW Where you´re going if a careÓ
Ñess foot knocks your homing
signals
out of Êlinement»
LÔÎÈ »»» outà Your signaÑs can really
get Ìrossed if you get metallic base paint
on your ±DÕ loop Êntenna»
LÖS½EN »»» up» Either remove the
the aircraft
LISTEN


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