PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-582

PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly

ISSUE 582

MAY 2001
PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-582 - Page 26 of 32
But, first, clean the connecting area of each element with your antenna's guide rope.
Loop the rope around the element. Pull back and forth from both ends of the rope.
The friction created by the rope cleans the connecting area.
PS 582
MAY 01
48
T
he OE-254 antenna has two places where
rust and other types of corrosion can get a
foothold—the feedcone sockets and the
threads of the antenna sections. The six
antenna feedcone sockets catch dirt and mois-
ture that lead to corrosion. So keep them clean
with isopropyl alcohol, NSN 6810-00-753-
4993, and a swab.
For stubborn corrosion, use a
small arms bore brush, NSN 1005-
00-903-1296, to scrape out the
corrosion. For a better grip and
more twisting force, attach clean-
ing rod handle, NSN 1005-01-
113-0321, to the brush.
Just twist the bore brush down
into the socket and turn it several
times. The stiff fibers loosen cor-
rosion and clean out the grooves.
Finish the job with isopropyl
alcohol and a swab.
Keep the antenna elements free
from corrosion with water-dis-
placing compound, NSN 6850-00-
142-9409 (twelve 24-oz aerosol
cans) or NSN 6850-00-142-9389
(twelve 16-oz aerosol cans), and
silicone, NSN 6850-00-880-7616.
Once the contact areas are clean, spray them with water-displacing compound.
Then give them a light coat of silicone compound.
Your element PM will be easier if the elements are attached only hand tight.
Elements that are muscled together get damaged when they have to be muscled apart.
Keep sockets
clean
Clean element
with rope
rust-
buster!
you’re just
in time!
scram,
fellas!
we’re
busted!
Never use a scouring pad to do this
cleaning! Scouring pads wear down the
metal and strip the element.
Wrap electrical tape,
around each connection
to keep moisture out and
corrosion away.
One final tip—before you pack up your
antenna's mast sections, make sure they're
clean. Too often antennas get packed away
in a hurry with dirt and moisture.
Pack ‘em
clean
Wrap connection
with electrical tape
Don’t use scouring pad
OE-254 Antenna…
I can
get
away
if he didn’t
read his
PS!
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4/9/01
12:17 PM
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