PS Magazine - FEBRUARY 1979
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 315
FEBRUARY 1979
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When days are great for a riDe in ThE
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wooDs: ±hen the Fn anD thrill oF The
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bivouac area beckons-look up.
LooK up, that is, to TH² ³ip oF your
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Aµ¶912 or AS¶1729 anTenn·.
RiDes Through the boonies can be a
bash. UnFOrtuna¸ely, obstacles met
along ¸he ±ay can also bash the tip
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assembly, NSN¹ 5820¶00¶43 7¶2353,
anD its Top pops or breaks oFF.
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off
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tip
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sµicks
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No big problem at Firs¸ glancº, but
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»usI enough o¼ ¸he ¸ip sticks out oF the
s¸ick assembly ¸o be an eye hazarD. µhe
¸iP coulD keeP a buDDy From looking aT
¸he ±orlD ±i¸h 2 eyes.
So, look up½ ¾F ¸h¿ ball on ¸he enD oF
¸he ¸iP asseMbly is gone, get it reÀ
placeD. ÁF i¸'s gooD, ±rap it ±i¸h
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¸rical ¸ape, like soÂ
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uºµ puµ on and compLeµely
cOver µhe µip leNgµhwiºe wiµh µHe
ºaMe V2ÂiN µapeà THenRÄCOver iµ AGAIΜ
wŵh µape ÆSÆ 5970Â00Â419ÇÈÉ91Ê %ËInÌ
Another, mmm, tip. When The
±eather's colD, the tip breaks morÃ
oFten. Look up more oFten.
Ähile you're ±aiting For a Åe± one,
jab a cork or rubberÆ ball oÇer thE
antenna trip anD tape it on.
Wrap
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layerº oF Í/ÎÂin µape
ÆSÆ 7510Ç00ÂÉ90Ç803È on µhe
ÏtÇ1095 É inches From µhe µipÐ
ÑOrce 'he µip aººy Ònµo µhe ÏtÂ1095
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µhe auxiliary receiver" antenna (ÈS¶117 A) oF yoÉr auxiliary rEceiver
Êhich riDes shotgun ±ith the Aµ¶912 an¸enna. Ëon't try to clip iT on the top
or AS¶172Ì has a scre±Íin tip sec¸ion (ÎS¶118A) oF ¸he receiver
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aÏsembly on its ÈSÍÐÐ8A section. Át's
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sturDy anD you usually break the
antenna bEFore The Tip assembly.
Which brings up the nexT pointÓ
ÔveryboDy kno±s that the Aµ¶912 or
AS¶1729 goes
Into
the tieDo±n clip,
not unDer i¸. µhat lets the antenna Pop
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Ö×!ØÙ
out
oF The clip ±hen yoÉ Úit somEthing
... so the antenna ±on't Break.
µhe section is too
AnD,
±hatever you Do, Don'T pÉt the ÈSÛ
Ü8A unDEr ThE clip. YoÉ'll bÉst The
antEnna at the First snag.
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µhe iDea ±ith ¸hE Aµ¶9Ð2,ASÝÞ 729
or receiVßr antenna is to àut the
antenna
Into
Táe cliâ
not under It.
µhat ±ay yoÉã bash ährough åhe
You use thE same tieDo±n clip in ±ooDs (or ±hatever) ±on't be a baD
The same ±ay on the miDDlE section ne±s bash For your antenna.
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