PS Magazine - FEBRUARY 1978
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 303
FEBRUARY 1978
An eyeing and geNtle touch with a moisture dabber can be that Little
PM
toucH you need to keep your A±/T²Q-17 countermeasures se³ doing its joB.
THe ´est time to start tHat moisture seaRch is ·before you turn your seµ on,
expeciaLly if it's been off for awhiLe. CondeNsation can colle¶t in your T¸1137
transmitter¹ ºhis dampNess will cause arciNg damage in the »A»O tank coiL
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