PS Magazine - DECEMBER 1977
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 301
DECEMBER 1977
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The downtime blues oN your FAAR a±/MPQ-49 ²re ² coNst²Nt thre²t.
Yo
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u've gOt ² complic²ted be²st, ²nd there ²re ²ny number of w²ys you c²n ´ut it
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dowNµ You h²rdly even h²ve to try.
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But, ´ro¶e ²s the M·Q-49 Is to DoWntime¸ you c²n do much With m¹nimum
effort to keep it tr²cking the º²d Guys in the sky»
Here ²re some ex²mples:
¼hen ½ou iNst²ll ² T¾T tuºe, or wheN the ¿¼T h²s ºeen unusD for ² Week
or more, use the m²nuf²cturerÀs s´ecs on the tuºeÀs
iD
´l²te to cÁeck It out. The
Lb ²nd E re²diNg youÀre ²fter must ºe the s²me ²s tÃe ĺ ²Nd Eº on the tuºeÅs
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d²t² Æl²teµ T²ble 5Ç4 of TM 9-1430-588-20-1(Se´75) teÈÈs you how to checkout
the tube¸ but you need the inform²tion on the D²t² ´l²teÉ ÊtÁerWise, yoUËll
̲m²ge the T¼Í
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le²ve the system mode switch oN
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STBY for 3 miÎutesµ
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Ïf your w²tch is in hocK, theN le²ve it
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in st²ndby uNtil the st²ndby light oN
the Ñ-1114 tr²nsmitter comes onµ
The poÒnt is, doN't ÓwitcÔ
to
RAÕÏATE on the CÏ until the TÖ1××4
st²ndbØ ligÔt comeÓ onÙ
Ïf you jump tÔe guN, the ÊVER V
(overvolt²ge) ligÔt oN the tr²nsmitter
will come oN .»Ú ²nd youÀve set your
self up for d²m²ge to componentsÛ
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