PS Magazine - OCTOBER 1979
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 323
OCTOBER 1979
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1.
.
Be sure you
'
re
staked
'Course, in a pinch, you might tie
gUys to StAtioNAry obje±t²;
-
like A tree.
BUt, dOn't try to get by with feWer
guy wires thAn your TM cALLs For.
ThAt's Aski³g For tr´ubLeµ
Poor
·.
groundIng
iS
reAlly
big
trou¶Leµ EyebALL TC 1·¸6 Grounding
T¹chºiqU»S (¼ep 76).
MASt or ½hip ante¾nnA SectionS cAn
Sti¿k together Like glue When JAck
ÀroSt turnS Water to i±e. Che±k your
mAnuALS For the right StuFF, oF ÁourSe,
bUt, uSuALly adding SiLicone cAn head
oÃF thiS Sticky SituÄÅiÆn:
±
Get A 2Çoz tUbe With È¼È 6850Ç
0ÉÇ·ÊÊÇ50
9
4. You get An 8Ëoz tube
with È¼È Ì850Ç00Í880ÇÊ6·6µ
Be Sure SecÎionS Are free of dirtÏ
duSt And greÐSe, especiAlÑy
thÒ
ÓAting SUrfAceS.
52
Ôce on yoUr AntennA cUtS doWn the
rAdiating rAngeÕDean it off. Àrom
the sAFety AngLe, A pie±e oF ice FAlLing
40 feet cAn rÖin your Whole dAy.
Clean The BowL
Keep cerAmi± inSulAtor ×oWlS dry.
ØAter coLLe±tS in the bÙWL during
wArm weAther. Comes A cold SnAp,
the Water'LL freeze and breAk the
gLAss.
JUSt ×eing cold mAkeS the glAÚS
brittLe. HAndLe it cAreFULLy.
Ûnce you've Wiped the boWL cleAn
andÜ dRy, reAÝh For the Silicone AgAin.
ÞSe it to reSeAL the insulAtor.
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³
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l
²
W' r
,
±²
³
´
Taµe Of the Tape
I
¼ome troopS report tApe loSeS itS
grip in
cold WeAther.
The biggeSt
viLLAin iS the TßÇ8à tAáe TM ··Ç
582Éâ348Ç·5 (MAy 66) recommendS
for fAstening the CGÇ·0Ê cord to the
ãC¸292
.
The tAping relieveS StrAin on the
MPÇ68 AntennA bASe connectionS.
A
LowÇtemp tApe thAt holdS iS TßÇ
600,ä¼È å9Ê0Ç00Í240Ç0620µ Ôf iæ
getS too coLd çr even thAt tApe,
Swit±h to cLAmpS to reLieve the
preSsère. érder È¼È 59Ê5Ç00Í563Ç
0229.
ShORt Stuff
êinAlLy, be gentLe with cords And
cAbLes in coLd WeAther. BrittLe inSuLAë
tion
•
breAìS . ThAt míkeS the innArdS
A
candidAte
Fîr
ShortS
thAt
kiLL
commo.
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