PS Magazine - JULY 1972
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
1972 SERIES, ISSUE 236
JULY 1972
Mast Base For A Tank
Ofar HalF
-
Mast,
.
How do we LocaTe a reducing pLate that boLTs To The Top oF our M48A3 Tur
±
Rets and seaTs the AB²15 mast base?
Dear Sergeant V.D±J.,
You don't± There²s No FS³, part Num-
ber, Nor whatever for the plate´ IN factµ
the
AB-15
hAs beeN replaced By the
AB-
558
(¶S³
5820±474²6163),
which doesN't
Need An adapter pLate, siNce ·ts fLat,
plastic iNsulator was desigNed for the
M48A3
aNd other combat vehicLes. The
AB²15
is a throw¸back to the
M48Al,
but
was ¹rN·shed as part of the
lo-#0f
If you²re OPrAº»nG
rad»O Locaº»oN An¼ ½OU¾Re n¿t uÀ»nG
aLL ½ÁÂr
RC±292
trAnÃM»tºeR AnÄenÅ
na caBLe, whAƼ¼A½A
d
w·th the
suRÇLus?
Èe thinG you ¼¿nɺ ¼o »s ÊoLL »t
up and stOW »º ËEÌͼ
LSG V D.J³
ThAt k»nd of roLLed¸up stowaGe
can keep some of the
RF
eNerÎy
from reAch·ng the anteNNaÏAN¼
you eNd up los»ng traNsm·ssion
range´
If
you²ve
gOt
eNough
uNÅ
tÐAveLLed floor sÇace, you can lay
ouº the extra caBLe sat·sfactor·ly Ñ
Ò
If not, try roof sÇace±
?
If you doN²t waNt Óhe raiNs to
,I
put the ax to your coax cable
A,
coNNect·oNs ´.
. wrap them with
u;
the moNsooN seasoN ·N m·Nd.
1±
A
t·ght seal wilL keep out the
wet stuff aNd your ÔHF/VHF
systems will be zap¸free wheN
you Need them.
ÕLeNty of electrical tape w·LL
keep aNteNna aNd cable coNÖ
NectioNs dry×
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