PS Magazine - JULY 1986
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 404
JULY 1986
Ground Power Unit .±²
Beware of the Hand CraNk
Here're three things you can do to
keep from getting clobbered by a
runaway crank handle:
•
Make sure the end of the crank-
shaft and the handle socKet are not
all gummed up with dirt and crud
that could keep the handle from
slipping oFf easy.
•
Put a little dab of lube oil on
the end of the crankshaft to help the
handle slip on and off easy.
•
Always put the handle on near
6 o'clock and pull up to start the
GPU. That gets your head and
sho±lders out of the way in
case the engiNe starts and you can't
get the handle off quickly. If you
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start with the crank at 12 o'clocK and
push down on the handle to start the
unit, you could suFfer a serious head
injury from a runaway handle.
JULY 86
Using a radar scattering camo±²
flage screen to hide your A³/
GRC´µ06 radio set?
¶eep at least 8 inches between any
part of the screen and your radio's
whip antenna. ·etal in the screen
can knock out the radio's amplifier.
³sE plasTIc sTRaps,
NSN 1080-01´022-8633µ
TO TIE back ThE flap
±7
So c±t a flap in the scree¸. Tie the
flap back with plastic straps, ³S³
µ080¹0µº022º8633, in your screen's
repair kit.
»f the flap's not tied back, wind can
blow it against the whip while the
radio is transmitting. That can do
thousands of dollars damage to an
A·º3349 amplifier.
Also, keep the scree¸'s al±minum
s±pport poles
²
feet from the an²
ten¸a.
To get the best distance from your
whip, keep the entire length of the
radiating sur¼ce (down to the sheath)
above the screen. Otherwise, the
screen metal will stop or distort yo±r
signal.
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