PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-518
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 518
JANUARY 1996
OE-25
Antenna .
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nit mainTainers, There's a New
twisT to cleaniNg The feedcone as·
sembLy oN youR OE-254 anTeNna.
OveR Time, coRRosion buILds up in
±he aNTenna feed sockeTs² where the
antenna eLements are insTaL³ed´
²
heavily corµoded socKeT causes h¶gh
reFecTed
RF
poweR ThaT Can buRn
up youR rece¸ver¹TRansmiTTerº
»he New TwisT To cLeaniNg is in
The cLeaNing TooLº Use a smaLL arms
bore brush¼ ½S½ 1005¾¿¾903-12À6,
Áo scµape ouT the corrosion ÃoR a
beTTer griP and more TwisTiNg ÄRceÅ
attach a handLe, ½S½ 1005¾01-1Æ3-
0321, To The bRushÇ
JÈsT TwisT THe bore brush down
in±o The sockeT aNd tuRn iT seveRaÉ
timesÊ »he sTiË fibers Loosen corroÌ
sion and clean ouT The groovesÊ
»Hen wipe out THe sockeT w¸Th isoÍ
propyL aÎcohoL, ½S½ Ï810Ð00¾753Ñ
4ÀÀ3Å and fÒam swabs, ½S½ 7045¾
01Ó154¾13ÔÕ.
Öerform This cLeaNing duriNg your
quarTeRLy ×MØSÙ
PS 518
43
J³N 96
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