PS Magazine - JANUARY 1985
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 386
JANUARY 1985
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you can. Shade them with the vehicle's
canvas top, a tree or whatever's handy.
Rags soaked in cold water do a double
cooling job.
Another good coverup is solar heat
refleCting p±int. See TB 43-0118's
Table
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Whether c²mouFaGng or spot
p³nting, use the p´t to add protEion·
µom Heat buildup.
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¶etting the most your tactic±l radio
has to give takes good operation.
¸ere're a couple of thIngs to keep in
mind:
switch ON and squelch to OLD ON.
Remove the X-mode cap. ¹f the call
lamp lights, you're in secure mode.
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Pick a good site. That means the
hIghest spot avºlable. Use line of sight
if you c».
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your vehicle in the
dirEion of yo¼r t½get. Keep obsta¾les,
like trees »d buildings, out of your
signal p±th.
No light could just me±n a bad lamp.
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¸±ve DS ¿ÀÁyour raÂios at le²st
So, listen. Ãrn the RT ofÄ. Replace the
yearly. With secure gear and digital X-modecap. Set squelch to NÅW OÆÆ
trafÇc, your RT's have to be peaked out
and turn the RT on. You should hear
to ÈommuÉcate.
a rushing sound. Remove the cap and
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Êheck for X-mode operation
the sound should stop.
with a look and Ësten.
¹fit does, you'reinX-Mode. ¹f not,
Switch on your RT. Turn the light
turn your set in Ìr adjustment.
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Íake sure you're in the same
sQuelch as the rest of your net.
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Not getting the right µeQs when
you punch a button on your RT-246?
Be sure you're setting them up riÎht.
You m¼st hold the TUNÅ button each
tÏe you preset a µequency. OÐherwise,
you won't engage the automatic tuÑng
circuits.
When operating, be sure to Fip the
band switch to AUTO. That's the onÒy
setting that lets you ¼se the p¼sh-ÓuÔton
feature.
H²ld TUNE
w³´n PR´s´µing
f¶´qu´nci´s!
·roteCtIo¸, ·L¹º
Once everything's in working order, keep it that w±y.
Never carry RT's by the guards. Th±t 50-lb load can snap a g¼ard and let
the RT hit the dirtÕ Remember, too, Ðhe RT is a two-person load.
The headshed decided (SÍART Íessage 36) to p¼t ÖWO handles on all
RT-524 and -246's . You can car× the RT by these handles.
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Use all the shields, grommets and
cable straps called Øor in your radio
ÙnstÚlation kiÐs. They keep radio cables
out of the way of fÛet and cargo.
Keep ÜaInt off cables and matching
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uÉts. BefÞre sending your vehicles to
the paint shop, removeßor maskà
those rubber or plastic suráces that ²re
in the painter's line of fire.
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Æinally, keep high-pressure jets of
water oâ your comMo ge±r. The eq¼ipã
ment is rain-proof, but a jet of water
is bound to änd a way inside even åhe
best-buttoned radio set.
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