PS Magazine - JULY 1982
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 356
JULY 1982
'ioOr lL®±±1 ²³³
Those smalL piEcEs Of gEAr tHAt gO
Ev±rywhEr² yOu dO, LikE bAckpAck And
sqU³d R´diOs, nEEd prOtEctIOn.
µf¶Er you dO EVErytHing yOur Pubs
t·¸L you tO, Add fiELd ExPEdIEnts tO KEEp
thiNgs dry¹ ºL³stIc m³kEs A gOOd cOVEr
f»¼ h½ndsEts¾ HEAdsEts, sPEAkErs And
r³dIOs¿
BE cArEfuL WItH yOÀr bAcKpAcK rA-
dIOs, tHO. BAttEry gAs nEEds An OÀtLEt.
ÁEAVE A HOLE In thE bAg's bOttOM FOr Ât
Leave hole
in bottom
Ãf yOu cArry CÄÅÃ's Or kEYLIsts, ÀsE
tHE pLAstIc FrOm yOÀr BÆÇ4386 bAttErÈ
IEs tO prOtEct 'Em.
'ÉOursE, yOu'LL WAnt tO WIPE tHE
OutsIdE Of yOur gEAr WHEnEVEr yOu sÊE
It's WEt. BÀt, OncE tHE WAtEr gEts
InsÂdE, yOÀr bEst bEt Âs tO gEt tHE sEt tO
sÀPËOrt sO tHEy cAn bAKE Ât dry.
GE³r, LIke yOur ÌÆÇ312 tELEpHOnEs,
cOVErEd WÂth cAnVAs? ÍEmOVE It
pEriOdicALLy tO EyEbAÎL tHE EQuIpmEnt.
ChEck cOmmO cOrds And cAbLEs fOr
d¼y rOt, tOO. BEnd tHEm OVEr yOÀr
fIngEr. Ãf yOu sEE dry rOt, ÀsE A LÂttLE
silIc»nE grEAsE. Æ dAb Of ÏSÐ 6850Ç
00Ñ880Ò76Ó6 WÂLÎ dO. ÌOO MucH, tHO,
³nd yO
´µ
VE A MEss.
¶®W@I[ ·@¸¹UDºC»¼
ÍEMOVE drY cELLs WHEn YOÀ WOn't bE ÀsÔng yOÀr gEAr FOr A WHILE. BAttErIEs
cOrrOdE QÀIckLy In HOt AÕd WEt ArEAs. ÌHAt cOrrOsIÖn ×Å's tHE gEAr It's In, tOO.
BAttErIEs HAVE A sHOrt sHELf LIfE In HOt ArEAsØ Ãn gArrÂsOn, KEEP dry cEÎÎs
rEfrIgErAtEd if POssIbÎE. ÙInd tHE cOOLEst sÚOt YOÀ cAn, Ûr ÜÀrE.
Ãn tHE FIELd, tEst tHOsE dÀdEs WÂtH YOÀr ÆÐ/ÝSÞÇß3 bAttEry tEstEr bEFOrE yOu
hAVE tO dEpEnd On 'EM tO dO tHE jOb fOr YOÀ. ÌHE tEstEr WIÎL tEÎL YOÀ HOW MÀcH
·
LIfE tHE pOWEr PAck HAs ÎEFt.
ÌHE ÝSÞàß3 WOn't tEst AÎL dry cELLs, bÀt Ât dOEs tEst tHE MOst WIdEÎYáusEd
OnEs. ÌHAt IncLudEs tHE BÆÇ4386 In YOÀr bAcKPAcK sEt And tHOsE In YOur âQÀAd
rAdIOs.
ã
NO SUCH lhInG
As a "PRY± cEL²
i³ T´µ ¶·IM¸te.
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(ED Note-
We want to thank CPT Edwin
m¹
Ortiz, CO of the
396th Signal Company, for much of the good info in this article.
Stationed in the Canal Zone, hi± unit ha± learned it± moi±ture²
proofing le±±on± well.)
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