PS Magazine - JUNE 1981
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 343
JUNE 1981
OE-254
Antenna
Group .±.
Some things that go up ±hould stay up. EsPecially Your
OE-254's mast. Without that tALl friend, you²ll have a
±hort signaL³
thaT Depth, ´ou²Lµ LeaVe the anchor
hook ju±t aboVe the grounD.
In harD grounD, driVe ´our ±take± at
µea±t to the Cabµe conneCtion hoLe¶
Untiµ an improVeD
·E¸¹5º
»s
f»eµDeD, use a board or ±ometh»ng
¼
½H»±¾µL kee¿ tHe hammer from DamagÀ
»nG the piVot CLeVis, ±take Cable orÁ
stake HeaD.
± ´ou assembµe the mast, Line u¿
the tongue in one seCtion w»th the
Line s²ctions up
grooVe in the otHer. ÃeCtion± ±HouLD fit
togetHer smoothL´.
ÂnD, an´ time ´ou erect a mastÄt´¿e
antenna, keep it tw»ce »ts He»ght from
aN´ power µine±.
Åow, before ´ou pu±h that ma±t
sk´warD, reView the »NstructioNs in
½M 11Æ5985Ç357Æ13. Èt sHows the
proper
teCHNique±. EVen so, keep
tHese things in miNd:
Be sure the ±ide guy rope± are eVen,
aND keep a ±Light tensioN oN ¾em.
½hen, when »t comes time to raise the
antenna, work with your partner, not
against him.
Éour partner is ´oÊr as±»staNt¶ Ëe
shÌÊld waµk toward the Íase pLate
pushiNg the ma±t up as he goes aloNg.
Ëe mu±t Not push up faster thaN
´ou¾re puµµing. ÎoorD»nationÏ »s esseNÐ
t»aL.
Èf he pu±Hes up too fa±t, he couLd
reVer±e the ma±t bow, Causing it To
buCkµe aND Damage ma±t ±eCtÑons.
ÂnD, remember, aµwa´± wear gµoVes
During instaµlat»on.
½o heaD off proÍLem±, put ´our
ereCt»on team through a coupLe of
dress rehearsaµ± ÍeFore the reaµ thing.
ÒeÓVe off
Ô
one up¿er mast section
anD the antenna when ´ou pract»Ce. Õo
aheaÖ anD aDjust the gu´s to the»r f×naµ
µength, tHo.
ONCe ´ou¾Ve got it, Lower the mast,
in±taµL the antenna aND ra»se ´our ma±T
for reaLØkee¿iNg the bow as ±Hown »n
Ùig ¹Ú15 of ´our ½MÛ
One Caut»on oN the feeDcone
a±sembL´. ÅeVer use force to ±Crew in
tHe insuLat»ng extens»oN. ËanD t»ght »s
OK.
ÙinaLLy, if you figure on putting the
mast up at Night, NotCh tHe top (reD)
guy pLate anD gu´ (reD) as±embLies. Â
ÜÝiN cut ±houLD help ´ou pair ¾Þm u¿.
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