PS Magazine - OCTOBER 1984
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 383
OCTOBER 1984
Hand and eye coordination is your
best defnse against cable mayhem.
Without it, you can Tear up receiver-
transmitter receptacles or cable pins.
Either way, you've KO 'd your commo.
Use your eyes To Line the key wit± its
keyway. Use your hand to Fel ²or a
smooth matchup and turn the connector
clock³ise until it locks into place.
Same goes ´r removing the cable.
Be sure it is completeLy loose ²rom
recepTacle grooves, and slide it ²ree.
Never yank. It might still be µstened.
Big losers in This rough and tumble
game are the CG¶1773 and CX·4722
cables.
¸±e center male pin on the smaller
CG¶¹773 Rº cable can break easiLy. It
usually does so inside the recepTacle,
too.
Ya» iT ²rom The receptacle and you
break the small key. ¸hat means replac·
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I² the position o² the cable's keyway
makes it ±ard to connect, move it.
Simply loosen the 3 screws on The back
o² the eLbow connector and care¼lly
roTaTe the keyway where you ½anT it.
¸hen tighten The screws To hold the new
alinement.
OCT ±²
Used right, the rubber cover on your mount's
elecTrical recepTacle can save you a lot o² grie².
Used wrong, tho, it can create some.
Rig±t means to slip the cover on w±en t±e
¾
radio's
out o² The mount. ¸hat keeps di¿t or moisture ²rom
settling in and ruining your commo connection.
Wrong is to leave t±e cover on when the radio's
going in. Sound µrÀftched?
Ask a fw repair types who have seen a receiverÁ
transmitter come in with bent or broken connector
pins.
I² your covers are missing, get new ones wit± NSN
5935Â00·911·2323. ¸hen, use them right.
Always CLean Your Bowl
All iT takes is a ÃittLe moisture inside
Mmr1'"
±T-.
an AB·15, AB·652 or MPÄ68 antenna
base insulator bowl to wipe out your
commo.
Wipe The wet stuŲ out ²irst.
¸he bowl o²ten siTs on your vehicle
or on an antenna mast day in and day
out, rain and shine. Keeping iT dry
means checking Æt o²ten.
You can usually see the crack t±at LeTs
in a ²lood o² water. Get the bowl
replaced w±en you do.
NeVer ²Çrget that condensaÈion can
´rm even in a goÉ bowl. So, you haVe
to Êke iT apart and clean iT now and
then.
OCT ±²
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