PS Magazine - APRIL 1976
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 281
APRIL 1976
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inside your radio and short
WHen you take off the side and back
'er out±
panels of your RT to get rid of dust and
Always remember to turn off all
dirt,
you're
keeping
your
power
power before you pusH your receiver-
transistor assembly cool and doing its
transmitter or receiver into the MT-
j
ob± That goes for the rest of the RT's
1029 or MT²1898 mount³
innards
when
the
heat
exchanger
'
Cause with the power on,
.
you wind
vanes are clean±
up with singed contact pins and a
GEt rid Of
·
the dirt on tHe blower
damaged radio set±
motor's
squirrel cage fins,
too± A
Same thing happens when you pull
tootHbrush works well to clean the
that gear out with the power on±
fins±
´ye µhose contact pins in the audio
·
Be sure to replace the side and back
receptacles±Use a pencil eraser to keep
panels of your set after you're tHrough
'em clean and corrosion²free¶ These'll
cleaning±
help to knock intermittent contact and
When it's bath²giving¸time for your
side noises±
gear, use a wet brush to scrub off mud¹º»"¼
½nd grime on the set's surfaces¶ Stay
away from 'em with high pressure
Hoses± That high pressure stuff can
¾HIle You're at it, make sur¿ tHe
0-
•
.
:
riNg's
in
place
in
Your
M²80 ÀÁ
±
ÂKropHone or ÃÄÅ8Æ HanDset ÇaÈleÉ
cÊnneÇtor±
A missing ˲ring leaves you witH
loose contÌcts and Íauses arcing when
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_²
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º»»¼½
you
make
the
connection
to
the
³
control panel of the RT²246 or ²524±
This'll lead to burnt pins and poor
transmission±
Îou need to make sure the ground
straps are fastened to your MT²1029
and
²1898
mounts
and
MX²6707
Ïntenna matcHing unit³ With poor
grounding or no grounding at all you
can be in for a real shocker±
MX-6706
ANTENNA
MATCHING
UNIT
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