PS Magazine - MARCH 1986
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 400
MARCH 1986
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Firefinder Cable .
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Be a Mover And Shaker
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You can head off faults in your
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AN/ TPQ-36 radar set just by carefuL
handLing of the data cabLe between
youR shELtER and traiLEr²
When you
move
thE cable ³
to
rEeL it up´ for exampLe ³
keep it off
µhe ground² It's fragiLe² Bouncing the
cabLe or connector aLong the ground
or catching µhe connector o¶ a piece
of equipment can KO the cabLE² One
bro·en wire can set your faULt Lights
bLinking²
Make sUre the cabLe is connected
snUgLy to the traiLer's receptacLe²
RF Power .
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Shake th¸
cable Connector
to make
surE it's tight² Shaking the traiLer's
receptacle won't teLL you ifthe cabLe's
connEcted² ¹he recepµacLe wiºL aLways
feEL snug²
It's Got to Be Freed!
Before you kEy your radio set to
transmit´ be sure it has an outlet for
its »F powEr outpuµ²
Without an outLEt ³
an antenna´
dummy Load oR test meter´ for
instance ³
the »F output stays
inside the set or is reflEcted back into
it²
The extra wattage buiLds up heat
thaµ damages the radio's final ampLi¼
fier circuits²
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MAR 86
Missing handLe assembLies can LeavE your AN/V»C½12¾sERies receiver¿
transmittErs big µargets for diRt and moisµure²
Àeave µhE handLes on wHen youR seµ goes to mainµenance² Át neeDs tHe
protecµion during the µRipÂ
KEep µhe sEt buttonEd up to ·eep out coÃmo-·iLLing waµEr and dirt²
»epLace missing MWO handLe screws with NÄN 5305-00-764-0071²
gET YOur ±b 11-131?
If your nEw SB 11Å131(Mar85) VehicuLaÆ »adio Sets and AuthorizEd
Çnst{ÈLLations has¶'t arrived´ have your pubs cLerk order Éone²
ThE SB µeLLs you which insµaLLation ·its your vehicLes neEd and what is in
each ·it²
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NSN/PPL
5820-oo
q93±3037
PPL q257
5820±00±892±33q2
5820±00±875²0920
5820±00²875±0931
Table
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End item
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BraÁket Assy f³r ¼Â-1780ÃVRC
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BrÆÁket f³r Gunner's Çntr³¸
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VehiÁ¸e
Â60
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ThE pub doesn't yet havE its own pinpoÊnt formuLa and is on no ËA
Ì2-seRies form² Iµ wiLL be added to ËA FoRm 12-34» soon²
I¶ the mea¶timeÍ the headshed has distributed the SB ac_cordi¶g to its
own formuLa² If your Unit d
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idn't get oneÏ order it on a ËA Form 4569 pEr
ËA Ðam 310-Ì0²
MAR 86
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