PS Magazine - JUNE 1980
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 331
JUNE 1980
outside, your TacTical communicaTioNS
equipmeNT is a seT-up for corrosioN.
VehicLe±mounTed
or
back±packed
radio
seTs,
Telephone
seTs
aNd
swiTchboards,
microphones,
heaDseTs².
.you
Name
iT .
.³ all
NeeD
coNsTanT checks and exTra PM wheN
The climaTe's righT for corrosioN.
ExAmples:
Rain,
humidiTy, sTream-fordiNg´
any
source
of
wATerµcaN
cause
moisTure
To
coNdeNse
insiDe
your
TacTical radios aNd TelepHones. IN a ¶Ay
or so, corrosioN begins· ¸epen¶ing on
where you are, in A week you migHT
hAve serious damage.
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compoNenTs.
¹he R¹±841 of your º»/P¼C½77
geTs clobbered regularly wiTh corro
sion,
mosTly
because
iT
is
more
eXpose¶ To waTer Than mosT oTher se¾Ts.
¹haT iNcLudes parachuTe jumps which
eNd iN waTer. ¹he seT sweaTs inside
when
heaT
aNd
moisTure combine,
which mAkes iT a pri¿e caNdidaTe for
ThaT drying ÀAT supporT.
Áome Troops proÂTeÃÄ The PÅC±77
wiÆh a
cleAÇ
plAsTic bag when TÈe
climaTeÉs moisTÊ ¹hAT wAy, you cAN see
To chaËge chANnels ANd Work oTher
swiTches. ¹he bag Ìomes off When The
operaTionÍs over.
º gooD way To help any of your
equipmeNT iN humiD areas is To wipe
The ouTside surfaces dry as ofTen as
Necessary.
Cover it
with
plastic
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