PS Magazine - SEPTEMBER 1980
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 334
SEPTEMBER 1980
:.
You don't
C)
have to be a
·
magiciaN to keep your
A±/PRC-77 or -25 radio
set on the air. But it²lL take more than a
moderN³day Mandrake to bring ´em
back after weeks of bad maintenance.
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Receiver/T±ansmitte±s
Keeµ a¶¶ kNobS aNd swit·hes SnUg.
WheN yoU use ´em, stoµ tUrNINg when
you fee¶ the kNob Stoµ. ¸f you go
further, somethiNg inSide or oUtSide
wi¶¶ break.
The RF antenN¹ ·oNNector Needs
sµeºia¶ c¹re. ¸t doeSn´t t¹ke mU·h for·e
to twist it too far ¹round. Th¹t´¶¶ do ¹
number oN iNside wiriNg. »o when
hookiNg uµ the aNteNn¹ ·ab¶e or the
µrotective ·¹µ, go eaSy. TUrN it ´ti! it
stoµ¼, theN Stoµ½
'
±
Easy on
knobs,
switches
Keeµ audio coNNectors ·overed
wheN
Not
iN uSe.
The rUbber
"Dumbbe¶¶s¾ keeµ moiSture oUt ¹nD
contacts c¶eaN. ´CourSe, if yoU´re uSinG
on¶y oNE ·oNNe·tor, ·over the other
¸f coNtacts ¹re t¹rNisHeD, SHine ¿em
up Àith a soft rUbber eraser.
MiSsing dumbbel¶s c¹N be reµ¶a·ed
with ±»± 5935Á00Â973Á1732. Ãott¹
cover connectors right noÀ? ÄSe a
striµ of waterµroof tape. Order New
rubber coVers A»ÅÆ, tho.
Fina¶¶y, be sure the µower connector
c¹p´s in p¶ace. The radio won´t oper¹te
it it's miSsiNg or ¶oose.
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