PS Magazine - FEBRUARY 1981
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 339
FEBRUARY 1981
You send, they receive. They send, you receive.
Nothing could bE simpler. Unless .
...
Unless something in tHat network
of cables, connectors, antenna
sections and matching
units goes haywire.
From
the
Top
TaKing care of your wHip may be
your hardest job. It
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bounces off trees,
wires and anything else that gets in
tHe way. Protecting it means having it
tied down before you move your
vehicle.
It also means tying it down right.
LiKe on an M²51 t(uck, keep the tip at
least 9 f³et off
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the ground. That eases
the strain on the MX-670µ matching
¶unit's s·ring.
It means tying it down with the Kit
called for in your pubs¸not anythi¹g
A proper tiedown also means
putting tHe AT-1095 antenna element
into¸not underºthe tiedowR clip.
Putting it under the clip Keeps it from
popping free when it hits a branch.
THat's a killer.
'Course, if you do cracK or break an
antenna section, replace it. A short
antenna won't match the transmitter.
THat leads to reflected power wHich
returns to the transmitter and can
damage it.
WHile you're protecting your anten»
na, protect your buddy, too. Do it with
a
whip tip. Tip Assembly NSN 5820¼
00¼437¼2353 will Keep the sHarp
antenna from spearing a pedes½¾ian.
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tHat's handy. A piece of w¿re, fOr
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example. Bad idea. The wire com¼
some new sections doesn't substitute
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pletes a circuit back to the vehicle.
for a cap, eitHer.
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