PS Magazine - MAY 1979
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 318
MAY 1979
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Trying to save a lIttle tIme can cost
±f the launcher top plate breAks, you
you aN ²S-1852/GRC³103 a´tenna.
face a $1,300 µePair bIll. Maybe a stay
Like putting up those first few ma¶t
·n the hospital if the mast falls on you¸
sections by hand. Sure it's quicker than
Hold down the speed When you take
Use
jacking
lever
using the jackIng lever. But a little
horseplay, or a slIp, and the assembly
crashes to the ground.
Broken
plate=
$1,300
it
down,
too.
You
Wouldn¹º
just
remove the guy wIres and let
fr
dro»¼
½alking it down by hand can give you
the same results.
¾hat top-heavy load can easily get
away. Or the Wind could catch it.
Remember that repair bill?
¿
BrIng it down the same way it goes
up. Use the lever.
· F-
'Course, while it's up, Àe sure the
anÁhors are firm and tension is good
o the guy wires. That 35 or 50-ft mast
and reflector Áatch a lot of winD.
Be sure
guys are
anchored
For
ÃorE
inÄ
oÅ handlIng the
ÆntEnnÆ ÆÂd getting a firm anchor, see
ÇÈ 11-É820-540³12 (Êec 67).
Finally, watch your speed when you
pÆÁk
away
the
assembly
In
your
VehiÁlE. Secure It.
Pack away caref±lly-
prOtect reflector
Rods
Otherwise,
that
loËse
load
wIlÌ
bounce around and bÆng up your ²SÍ Î
21É0 refleÁtor. ±f the rods bend or
·\
break, you've lost signÆl strength.
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