PS Magazine - SEPTEMBER 1984
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 382
SEPTEMBER 1984
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Know Your V-R-C's.
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You don't need a Superhero
decoding ring to understAnd The
jumble of letTers and numbers
used To name your comm± gear.
²ll you need is a little inF ³rom
Mil Std
196C.
´haT pub lays out the
Joint
Electronics
´ype Designation
Systemµ
One From column A ±±±
²³ter the ²N (²rmy-Navy) pre³ix,
eacH letter stands ³Or a c¶·racterisTic o³
First LettEr
S±cond Letter
(InstallaTion)
²³quipmen´)
A-Piloµed a¶rcraft
A-Invisible light,
heat radiation
B-Underwater mobile,
C-Carrier
s·bm¸rine
D-Radiac
D-¹ilotless carriºr
G-»elegr¸ph or
F-F¼xed gro½nd
»eletype
G-General gro·nd ·se
1-lnterphone and
K-Amphi¾io·s
p½blic address
M-Gro·nd, mobile
L-Co·ntermeas·res
¹-¹ortable
M-Meteorological
S-Water
N-So½nd in a¼r
»-Gro·nd, transportable
¹-R¸dar
¿-General ·tility
À-R¸dio
V-Gro·nd, vehic·lar
S-Special types,
W-Water s·rface and
magnetic, etc.,
½Áder water
or combina-
combination
ÂioÁs oà tyÄÅs
Z-Piloted and
»-»elephone ²wire)
pilotless ¸irborne
V-Vis·al ¸nd visi-
vehicle combination
ble ligHt
X-Facsimile or »V
Y -Data processing
AB
S½pÄorts, Antenna
MD
AM
Ampl¼Ã¼ers
AS
ÆnteÁÁa, simpÇe ¸nd coÈpÇex
M³
BÆ
B¸ttery, Äɼmary tyÄe
MK
BB
B¸ttery, secondary type
Ê»
²
Controls
MX
CG
Cable ¸ssembÇies, RË
PÌ
CP
ÍomĽters
pp
²U
Co½pÇers
R
CV
ConvÅrters ²electron¼c)
ÎÌ
²w
θ doÈes
λ
Ex
͸bÇe assemblies, Áon RË
s
CY
Cases and cabinets
SB
DA
Ìoad, d½mmy
SG
DÏ
Detect¼ng heads
»
Ë
ËiÇter ½n¶ts
Ȯ
ID
ÐÁd¶c¸tor ½nits, non-c¸thode-
»D
ray t½Ñe
»Ò
Ðntensity meas·ring devices
»S
Keying devices
»»
Lo·dspeakers
ʼcroÓHoÁÅs
ZM
»Ô¶rd LetTer
²¹·rpoÕe)
C-Comm·nications
D-DirecÂion finder
reconna¶ssance and/or
s½rveillance
G-Fire control, or
searchlight direcÖing
Ò-Recording and/or repro-
d½cing
K-Comp½ting
M-M¸¼nten¸nce and/or test
assemblies ²incl·d¶ng tools)
N-Navigational aids
0-Special, or combinat¶on
of p·rposes
À-Îeceiving, pass×ve detecting
S-DÅtect¶ng ¸Ád/or rangÅ and
heariÁg, search
»-»ransmiÂÂing
X-Çdentification ¸nd
recognition
Y-S½rve¼llance and coÁtrol
Mod½l¸tors, demod·lators,
discrimin¸tors
Meters
Miscellaneo½s kits
Mo½ntings
MiscellaÁeo½s
Pl½g-¼n ½nits
¹oweÉ s½ppÇies
Rece¼vers
Îeeling machines
Receiver and »r¸Ásmitter
Shelter
Switchboards
Generator, signal
»ransmitters
»elephoÁe apÄar¸t·s
»imiÁg dev¼ces
·
»elegraph app¸r¸t½s
»est ·nits
Ïeletypewriter and Ãacsimile
app¸rat·s
Imped¸nce meas½ring devices
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