PS Magazine - MAY 1985
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 390
MAY 1985
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AN/VIC-1 Intercom .
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Listen
Up!
Are you a "Say it again, Sam ±
man when it comes to your tracked
vehicle's commo?
If your radio or intercom traFc is
not coming across Loud ²n' clear, try
these hearing aids:
il
³or interCom tra´ic, µlick
the
AM-1780 audio ¶equency ampli·er
Int Accent switch O³³. When it's ON,
the intercom might seem louder, but
it's not. The switch just drops radio
volume. ¸hat makes radio traFc hard
to hear.
Keep intercom signals sharp by
cutting out other noise.
·
³or instance, set the intercom con¹
trol box switch to IN¸ ONºY if you
don't need radio contact.
»eave your
eve
helmet's switch in
the centEr position
ut
you need to
T.
You'll still be able to listen, but you
won't have the dis¼acting noise that gets
in your headset when you key the ½¾¿e
by pushing the switch Àrward.
•
MÁke sure you get a good ·t with
your
eve
helmet ¸hat means getting
the right sizeÃsmall, medium or large.
¸hen, snug up the chin strap to keep
the helmet seated. A good ·t can also
cut down the amount of outside noise
that gets inside the
eve±
Ä
Keep contacts clean and dry. ¸hat
helps keep static and buzZing ¶o!
drowning out the good words you're
supposed to hear.
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Be On the Shor
End
You can save yourself a bad burn
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¶o½ a short circuit by handling your
NA¸O slave cable right.
BeÀre you use it, make sure the master battery switches and all electrical/
electronic switches
.
in both the live and dead vehicle are in the O³³ position .
.
If you attemptÆo ÇstÁll the cable with the live vehicle's ½aster battery switch
Ç the ON position, arcing can occur. You can get buRed. And, your cable will
be damaged.
lso
È
kee
p
your knees, elbows aÉd big feet away ¶om the cable while the
engÇe Ês beÇg craËed. Knock the cable loose During craÉking anD you'll buR
the receptacle contacts.
.
If some part oÌ the cable goes bad or is lost, replace the pÍrt instead of orderÎ
Çg the complete cable, NSN 2590-00-148-7961.
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615001-02±-6004 gets the
²aTO
slave cabLe with end connector.
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2590²00-398²6527 gets the
20²ft cAble without end ³conNector´
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slave cabLe end conNectoR´
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adapteR²connectoR FoR each eNd
to Fit
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the 2²hole Receptacles´
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