PS Magazine - MAY 1972
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
1972 SERIES, ISSUE 234
MAY 1972
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Get it all the way up there, man, if you
have to, but stoP at 75 Feet iF you Wanna
save a Winch .
.± or a mast.
²uzzat?
The mast oF the AN/GRC-50 radio set,
that's Wot. The strain on the ³inch even
uP
r
75 feet is great enough. But beyond
that the Force on the handle literally
shears off the crankshaFt±
Also, excess height sUetches t
H
e WincI c´ble so that it tWists and canµt lay in the
³inch reel. And that, Friend can set uP a toPPled mast±
fF
you need more than 75 Feet
oF jLast, you need another antenna site±
An¶ther Way to secure a mast is to
sc·e³ the guy stakes into the ground on
the same angle as the guy Wire. ¸hich,
more or less, makes the stake an exten¹
sion of the Wire.
ºf you scre³ the stake on a difFeren»
angle, like PerPendicula¼ to ½he Wire, you
se¾ it uP For the big Pullout. The strain is
much greater.
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MATCH
STAKE
ANGLE
TO
WIRE
ANGLE
²hen you're Winding uP the battery
cable on your ºM¿174/ÀD radiacmeter,
take it easy.
Too much Pressure againsÁ the batterYÂ
cable clamPs damages Ãem as you WraP
the cable around the battery box.
There are no rePlacement clamPsÄ
ºn WraPPing the cable, Place only
layer arounÅ the boX. Be sure the cable
doesnÆÇ sÈiP into the small Portion of the
reÉessed batteryÊbox recePtacleË ºt coulÅ
r1
SWITCH THE
SWiTCH
SWitching from
6.3
AC filament voltÌ
age readÍng to BÎPlus DC Pla¾e voltage
on your AN/ÏRMÐÑ05 multimeter?
ThenÒ be sure to reset the multimeter
Function s³itch. OtherWise, you can end
uP ³ith a burned-out multim
e
ter±
²hen you're reading Filament AC voltÓ
age, the ÔÕnction sWitch indicator is
Parked on the Ñ0Îvolt AC scale. ²hen
you change the test Probes From the AC
test PoÍnts to the highÎvoÖtage Points,
yo× need ¾o reset the Function sWitch to
the ØDC voltage range for the reading.
Then insert the Probes.
ºF you donµt, the Ñ0Îvol¾ AC scale
burns out the resÍstoÙs and rectifier±
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